元器件交易网讯 5月8日消息，据外媒报道，来自美国风险投资公司Woodside Capital Partners公司的报告显示，深度整合传感和计算功能的嵌入式摄像头模块2017年出货量将增加10亿。

　　报告预估12亿计算化摄像头将用于智能机，同时15亿图像传感器也将应用其中。

　　深度信息和计算能力将是嵌入式摄像头的分水岭，计算化摄像头可以增强动态范围、提高低光图捕捉能力和对焦能力。同时作为第三方临场信息提供方，还可应用于手势识别、人机交互以及增强现实领域。这将为深至捕捉信息，浅到模块、包装，从图像处理到软件系统工程的整个传感器供应链提供机遇。（元器件交易网毛毛  摘译）

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　　Integrating depth sensing and computationalfunctions into embedded camera modules could rake in a billion of additionalshipments by 2017, according to a report from Woodside Capital Partners.

　　The report estimates that 1.2 billioncomputational cameras will ship in smartphones, in addition to the 1.5 billionimage sensors.

　　Smartphone shipment

　　It is believed that the addition of depthinformation and computation will become the point of differentiation forembedded cameras. This computation can be used to increase dynamic range,improve low-light image capture and improve image focus. And it can be used forgesture recognition and the human–machine interface and as part of augmentedreality systems that overlay third-party information on the captured scene.

　　This provides opportunities throughout thesupply chain from sensors—from capturing depth information as well as light topackaging and modules, and from image processors to software and systemsengineering.

　　Overall embedded camera shipment

　　While many of these possibilities can beseen in the mobile electronic equipment market they are also likely to betransformative in the broader consumer electronics market such as smart TVs,and in automotive electronics, Woodside Capital Partners reckons.