Oppo SmartSensor

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We’re proud to say that today, Oppo has made a huge breakthrough in smartphone photography —we’ve developed the first-ever sensor-based image stabilizer for smartphones. It’s also the smallest image stabilizer, for any type of device, in the world.

At Oppo, we’ve always thought of photography as the most essential feature of a smartphone.

OPPO’s imaging laboratory collaborated with MEMS Drive, in which we have invested. After years of research, we’ve developed our new SmartSensor image stabilization technology, which brings camera phones one step closer to professional cameras, and enables consumers to get consistent, clear and beautiful photos.

But our new SmartSensor, through the latest advances in micro-electro-mechanical, or MEMS, technology, which is only as thin as two sheets of paper, detects motion on three axes of movement and makes split-second compensations with a monocrystalline silicon MEMS system. Within mere milliseconds, SmartSensor achieves three-axis image stabilization.

Secondly, SmartSensor is revolutionarily fast, requiring just 15 milliseconds to achieve comprehensive image stabilization.
A traditional lens-based image stabilizer compensates for shaking using a spring-based mechanism that must react proportionately to any movements of the camera, a process which takes at least 50 milliseconds, more than three times slower than SmartSensor. With SmartSensor’s superior speed and compensation time, great shots are far more likely.
Thirdly, SmartSensor also greatly reduces power consumption and avoids lens heating, ensuring consistent and clear shots even in extended photography sessions.
Traditional lens-based image stabilization modules use an electrically powered voice coil motor, which consume a large amount of power, over 500mW with each photo. The lens also quickly heats up when taking photos for extended periods of time, which impacts lens performance and significantly lowers image quality. In comparison, SmartSensor uses a voltage-driven sensor, reducing electricity consumption to as low as 10 milliwatts. That is 50 times less than the power consumption of lens-based solutions.
And with SmartSensor, image quality is barely affected even after extended periods of shooting.