ABOUT
PROPHESEE
Prophesee is the inventor of the world’s most advanced neuromorphic vision systems
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.
PARTNERS
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 technology, 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.
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.
INTRODUCING ONBOARD
Onboard is the first device to combine Prophesee’s patented sensor and AI algorithms.
Onboard has embedded processing capabilities for Industry 4.0 applications, such as vibration measurement or high-speed counting.
It is now possible to perform theses tasks using minimal power and computational requirements thanks to the very nature of event-based vision, which perceives all the essential information, while overlooking the irrelevant.
Million $ raised since 2014
International PATENTS
Prophesee is based at the Passage de l’innovation in Paris, with local offices in Japan and the USA.
It is the culmination of more than 20 years of research in the field of neuromorphic engineering, driven by a team of more than 70 visionary and global engineers.
It holds more than 50 international patents and is backed by leading international investors including 360 Capital Partners, Supernova Invest, iBionext, Intel Capital, Renault Group, and Robert Bosch Venture Capital.
STORIES
MIT Innovators Under 35 Award
Prophesee is honored to have one of its engineers awarded by the MIT Innovators Under 35 Xavier Lagorce, Head of Computer Vision at Prophesee, has been recognized for his research on Event-Based Vision by being selected as one of the 35 Innovators Under 35 by the MIT...
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Prophesee wins Award at AspenCore Global CEO Summit
Prophesee Named Startup Technology of the Year at Global CEO Summit in China Prophesee had the opportunity to participate in the Global CEO Summit in Shenzhen, China, put on by AspenCore Group (publishers of EE Times and EDN). This conference focused on important...
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EVENT: Prophesee Unveils Breakthrough New Machine Vision Capabilities at VISION 2018
Prophesee Unveils Breakthrough New Machine Vision Capabilities at VISION 2018 Bio-inspired, AI-based EBV (Event Based Vision) with ONBOARD reference system delivers new levels of performance for high-speed counting, real time tracking and vibration monitoring,...
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