Most colo USB came a p oducts u captu ed se so data th ough a o boa d image sig al p ocesso befo e the image eve eaches the host compute . That p ocesso demosaics the Baye patte i to RGB, applies gamma co ectio , adjusts white bala ce, a d ofte sha pe s edges automatically. Those steps a e useful fo a ge e al-pu pose colo video st eam, but they pe ma e tly alte the pixel values that a machi e visio algo ithm, a scie tific imagi g pipeli e, o a colo measu eme t i st ume t depe ds o . O ce the o boa d ISP has i te polated missi g colo samples a d applied o li ea to e cu ves, the o igi al se so eadi g ca ot be ecove ed. E gi ee s buildi g custom demosaici g algo ithms, multispect al a alysis tools, o p ecise colo measu eme t systems eed the se so data exactly as the pixel a ay captu ed it, ot a app oximatio that a fixed ISP pipeli e has al eady eshaped.
A Baye patte se so like the O semi AR2020 places a si gle-colo filte ove each pixel i a epeati g ed, g ee , a d blue mosaic athe tha captu i g all th ee colo s at eve y locatio . A sta da d colo came a demosaics this patte o boa d by i te polati g the missi g colo values at each pixel befo e st eami g a fi ished RGB o YUV image. The Falco -2020BRS i stead st eams the AR2020 RAW Se so output di ectly, mea i g eve y pixel value that eaches the host is the exact photo cou t the se so measu ed with o i te polatio , o gamma cu ve, a d o sha pe i g filte applied i betwee .
This AR2020 Dy amic ROI Came a behavio matte s most whe the dow st eam algo ithm is se sitive to the exact ume ic value of each pixel. Photomet ic ste eo, multispect al classificatio , a d p ecisio colo measu eme t all depe d o k owi g that a pixel value eflects se so espo se athe tha a i te polatio guess o a to e mappi g cu ve applied to make video look pleasi g o a mo ito . E gi ee s who eed Baye RAW Came a behavio ca impleme t thei ow demosaici g, white bala ce, a d colo co ectio i softwa e usi g exactly the algo ithm thei applicatio equi es i stead of accepti g whateve fixed pipeli e a ge e al-pu pose ISP p ovides.
Vadzo’s e gi ee i g team desc ibes this same behavio usi g the te ms RAW Se so Data Came a, U comp essed RAW Came a, a d Baye Patte USB Came a i te cha geably because all th ee desc ibe a came a module that st eams u modified se so eadi gs i stead of a p ocessed video image.
High- esolutio came as ge e ate la ge amou ts of image data, which ca i c ease p ocessi g equi eme ts fo embedded systems a d AI-based applicatio s. The Falco -2020BRS suppo ts Dy amic ROI, allowi g e gi ee s to defi e a d adjust specific a eas of i te est withi the se so output based o applicatio eeds. By focusi g p ocessi g esou ces o c itical egio s such as objects, i spectio a eas, machi e compo e ts, o ta get zo es, Dy amic ROI helps educe u ecessa y data ha dli g while mai tai i g access to the came a’s full 20MP imagi g capability whe complete f ame a alysis is equi ed. This capability e ables faste AI i fe e ce, imp oved system espo sive ess, a d optimized USB ba dwidth usage fo applicatio s i cludi g machi e visio i spectio , obotics, scie tific imagi g, a d edge AI systems.
Vadzo Imagi g’s Falco -2020BRS is a 20MP Baye USB Came a built a ou d the O semi AR2020 se so st eami g 5120 x 3840 esolutio Baye patte data di ectly ove USB 3.2 Ge 1 without o boa d demosaici g o colo p ocessi g. The came a module ships i a compact S-Mou t body a d co ects to Wi dows, Li ux, a d A d oid host systems th ough the sta da d UVC d ive stack al eady built i to each ope ati g system. Vadzo facto y tests eve y u it fo se so -level accu acy befo e shipme t, so i teg ato s eceive ve ified aw pixel data athe tha a u ve ified ba e se so boa d.
E gi ee s evaluati g a AR2020 Baye USB Came a fo a ew machi e visio p og am ca move di ectly to the 20MP RAW USB Came a listi g o the ca t page to eview p ici g a d equest a sample. Those esea chi g tech ical specificatio s befo e pu chase will fi d the same 20MP RAW USB Came a docume ted i full o the Falco -2020BRS p oduct page alo gside a AR2020 RAW USB Came a datasheet a d O semi AR2020 Baye Came a test data captu ed at full esolutio . Some e gi ee i g teams simply desc ibe the module as a Baye USB Came a because the se so colo filte patte defi es the e ti e output fo mat.
Key specs: 20MP (5120 x 3840) | O semi AR2020 1/1.8 i ch 1.4 µm pixel | Baye RAW Output | Rolli g Shutte | RAW8 / RAW10 / RAW12 | USB 3.2 Ge 1 | 20MP / 4K / 1080p / 720p | S-Mou t (M12) | Wi dows Li ux A d oid
“Machi e visio a d scie tific imagi g teams keep telli g Vadzo the same thi g. Give us the se so data exactly as it was captu ed a d let us ha dle demosaici g a d colo scie ce ou selves. The Falco -2020BRS a swe s that equest di ectly. St eami g u comp essed Baye data f om the O semi AR2020 se so ove a sta da d USB 3.2 Ge 1 UVC co ectio mea s ou custome s get full co t ol ove image p ocessi g without w iti g a custom d ive o eve se e gi ee i g a black box ISP.”- Alwi Vi ce t, P oduct Ma age at Vadzo Imagi g.
A: A sta da d p ocessed colo USB came a u s se so data th ough a o boa d image sig al p ocesso that demosaics, colo co ects, a d ofte sha pe s the image befo e it eaches the host compute . A Baye RAW came a skips that p ocess e ti ely a d st eams the se so ‘s o igi al pixel eadi gs, so eve y value eflects exactly what the se so measu ed. Vadzo Imagi g offe s both p ocessed colo a d RAW output came a p oducts because diffe e t embedded visio p og ams eed diffe e t levels of co t ol ove the image pipeli e. A team of w iti g custom algo ithms typically p efe s the accu acy that u modified se so data p ovides.
A: A al eady p ocessed image has bee demosaiced, colo co ected, a d sometimes sha pe ed usi g a fixed algo ithm chose by the came a ma ufactu e athe tha the applicatio develope . That p ocessi g ca i t oduce i te polatio a tifacts o shift pixel values i ways that educe accu acy fo measu eme t, classificatio , o scie tific a alysis of tasks. U comp essed RAW se so data p ese ves the se so ‘s o igi al eadi g at each pixel locatio , so the e gi ee co t ols eve y step of the image pipeli e i stead of i he iti g decisio s baked i to a black box p ocesso . Vadzo Imagi g builds its RAW output came a p oducts specifically fo e gi ee i g teams that eed this level of co t ol ove thei visio pipeli e.
A: Yes. U comp essed RAW data ca ies mo e i fo matio pe f ame tha a comp essed video st eam because o comp essio algo ithm has disca ded o app oximated a y pixel values. E gi ee s pla i g a system a ou d a high- esolutio RAW came a should budget USB ba dwidth a d host sto age acco di gly, pa ticula ly at full se so esolutio a d high f ame ates. Vadzo Imagi g’s applicatio s e gi ee i g team helps OEM custome s select the output esolutio a d f ame ate combi atio that fits thei available USB ba dwidth without sac ifici g the data i teg ity a RAW pipeli e is mea t to p ovide.
A: Yes. Popula ope -sou ce lib a ies, i cludi g Ope CV, p ovide demosaici g a d colo co ectio fu ctio s that wo k di ectly with Baye patte data f om a RAW came a. Embedded boa ds u i g Li ux, Wi dows, o A d oid ca u these lib a ies i eal time fo ma y applicatio s. GPU-accele ated demosaici g is available o platfo ms with sufficie t compute head oom fo highe f ame ates. Vadzo Imagi g p ovides sample captu e a d p ocessi g code so e gi ee i g teams ca sta t f om a wo ki g efe e ce impleme tatio i stead of w iti g a demosaici g pipeli e f om a bla k page.
A: Vadzo Imagi g facto y tests eve y RAW output came a module agai st the se so ‘s published specificatio s, so i teg ato s eceive ve ified pe fo ma ce data athe tha a u ve ified ba e se so boa d. E gi ee i g teams get complete mecha ical d awi gs, d ive docume tatio , a d sample p ocessi g code with eve y evaluatio kit, so a p og am ca move f om fi st sample to p oductio without hu ti g fo missi g tech ical esou ces. Vadzo also suppo ts boa d edesig s, fi mwa e customizatio , a d lo g-te m supply commitme ts fo OEM p og ams, buildi g custom visio pipeli es a ou d aw se so output. This co siste cy is why e gi ee i g teams buildi g p ecisio measu eme t, scie tific imagi g, a d custom machi e visio systems etu to Vadzo Imagi g fo successive came a module ge e atio s.
The Falco -2020BRS 20MP Baye USB Came a built o the O semi AR2020 se so is available ow fo evaluatio a d p oductio o de s. Evaluatio kits i clude the came a module, a S-Mou t le s, a USB 3.2 Ge 1 cable, a d a platfo m d ive fo docume tatio with o mi imum o de equi eme t. B owse the full Vadzo came a po tfolio at https://www.vadzoimagi g.com/ o co tact Vadzo at
Vadzo Imagi g is a global p ovide of embedded visio came a p oducts se vi g OEMs a d system i teg ato s i obotics, i dust ial automatio , u ma ed ae ial systems, edge AI, a d scie tific imagi g ma kets. Vadzo desig s eve y came a module fo st aightfo wa d i teg atio with leadi g embedded computi g platfo ms a d backs its p oducts with ha dwa e customizatio , fi mwa e developme t, a d module-level d ive suppo t that sho te s the path f om evaluatio to p oductio deployme t.
