3D Sensing Field Unicorn
Established in January 2013, Ophir Zhongguang is a 3D sensor technology high-tech company integrating R&D, production, and sales. The company is headquartered in Shenzhen and has offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi’an, and the United States. Nearly 400 employees, R&D personnel accounted for more than 75% of the total. Chairman Dr. Huang Yuanhao is an expert in the national 'Thousand Talents' program, laser surveying, 3D vision, and international experts in artificial intelligence.
In July 2015, Obbi Zhongguang independently developed China's first 3D depth computing Asic chip, breaking the monopoly of Apple, Microsoft, and Intel’s foreign giants, becoming the fourth company in the world, and Asia’s first mass production of all independent intellectual property rights. Sensor manufacturers.
Today, the 3D sensors developed by Obi Zhongguang have been applied to smart phones (the same Face ID function for smart phones to achieve iPhone X), unretailed retail, AI smart living rooms, smart robots, smart home, smart security, industrial 4.0, etc. In the field, there are more than 2,000 artificial intelligences in the world (including more than 10 Fortune 500 companies). The intelligent hardware company uses Ophir Zhongguang 3D sensors for various types of development.
3D sensory boom
The iPhone X's Face ID has undoubtedly led the 3D sensor boom. It is understood that since the launch of Apple’s True Depth camera and Face ID technology, Android phone manufacturers have at least tripled the development of 3D sensing technology and spotted the growing number of mobile phones. In the 3D sensor market, Obi Zhongguang has also made mobile phones the focus of business development this year.
According to the data, with the shipment of Android phones with 3D sensing capabilities in the second half of this year, 150 million mobile phones will use 3D sensor cameras by 2019. By 2020, there will be more than 300 million mobile phones using 3D sensing. The camera, even penetrating into the thousand dollar model, also means that by 2020, 3D sensor cameras will become popular in mobile phones.
In fact, when Apple acquired the 3D structured light company PrimeSense in 2013, it realized that the structured light solution would be used on mobile phones. Since Apple's technology is almost never open to the outside world, someone in the future will surely need to find out. PrimeSense’s alternative solution has enabled Obi Zhongguang to develop a 3D structured light mobile phone solution since 2015. In 2016, the mobile phone chip solution provider MediaTek strategically took over Opbi Sinopak, which made Obbi Light in the mobile phone business even more powerful.
It is understood that in 2017, Aobi Zhongguang successfully developed Astra P, a front camera module for mobile phones. After the iPhone X was released for two months, Aobi Zhongguang delivered the modules to mobile phone manufacturers of MediaTek and domestic TOP 3. As a result, Obbi Zhongguang also became the world's first manufacturer to send samples to Android phones. It is expected that smart phones equipped with Obi's front-of-the-line 3D cameras will be introduced to the market this year.
On May 10, at the OPPO media conference, OPPO announced that it has made breakthroughs in 3D structured light technology. At present, the technology has reached volume production capacity and will be commercially available in mobile phones in the next six months.
According to supply chain news, OPPO Find series products will become the first 3D face recognition mobile phone in China.
Aobi Zhongguang 3D Camera Solution
Currently, 3D vision sensing technology in the industry mainly includes three main technical solutions: structured light, time-of-flight (ToF), and binocular multi-angle stereoscopic imaging. According to Chen Ying, Vice President of Optoelectronics, Opzo Zhongguang has adopted Structured light technology, currently available 3D sensor cameras include Astra, Astra Mini, Astra P, etc.
Aobi Zhongguang has successfully developed its own ISP chip MX400 in 2015. It is mainly used for 3D camera color data and in-depth data processing. In 2017, the more powerful MX6000 tape was successfully used for front-end camera 3D sensing. .
In fact, the 3D sensing technology of Obi Zhongguang involves several technical aspects including optical system design, visual measurement algorithm design, ASIC design, embedded development, driver development, SDK development, 3D reconstruction of computer vision, and machine learning algorithm research. And cloud application algorithm development and so on.
The 3D sensor cameras currently available from Aobi Zhongguang include Astra, Astra Mini, Astra P, etc. The Astra 3D sensor camera allows hardware devices to have a 'smart eyes' that sense the environment, enabling face recognition and gesture recognition. , 3D measurement, environment perception, 3D map reconstruction and dozens of functions.