ABOUT

PROPHESEE

Prophesee is the inventor of the world’s most advanced neuromorphic vision systems

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BIO-INSPIRED

Inspired by human vision, Prophesee’s technology  uses a patented sensor design and AI algorithms  that mimic the eye and brain to reveal what was invisible until now using standard frame-based technology. 

Prophesee’s machine vision systems open new potential in areas such as autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, IoT, security and surveillance, and AR/VR. One early application was in medical devices that restore vision to the blind.

Prophesee’s technology is fundamentally different from the traditional image sensors – it introduces a paradigm shift in computer vision: event-based vision.

 

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THE END OF FRAMES

FRAME-BASED: A conventional camera takes an arbitrary number of frames per second, usually around 30 fps, in which all pixels record in synchrony regardless of what is going on in the scene. 

EVENT-BASED: In Prophesee Metavision® patented sensor (discover our Evaluation Kits), each pixel is independent and only records when it senses a change or movement. The information created does not arrive frame by frame. Rather, movement is captured as a continuous stream of information.

Prophesee sees between the frames, where all traditional frame-based systems are blind.

What is event-based vision?

NATURAL EFFICIENCY

10 – 1000x

Less data than conventional sensors

<10mW 

Enabling new levels of power efficiency

Prophesee technology functions like human vision. 

Something moving at high speed will be sampled at a high rate. Something that moves slowly will be sampled at a lower rate, and something that does not change, will not be sampled at all. No excess data is created.

This drastically reduces the power, latency and data processing requirements imposed by traditional frame-based systems.

 

 

 

Million $ raised since 2014

International PATENTS

Prophesee is based in Passage de l’Innovation in Paris, with local offices in China, Japan, USA and is driven by a team of over 100 visionary Engineers and Researchers and is backed by leading international investors including iBionext, 360 Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Supernova Invest, Renault Group and European Investment Bank.

With over 30 international recognitions and 51 patents, PROPHESEE stands at the forefront of Event-Based Computer Vision.

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