Samsung launches dual camera solution for budget smartphones

Last updated: February 6th, 2018 at 08:34 UTC+01:00

Samsung may take introduced its dual camera solution with the flagship Galaxy Note eight terminal year simply we knew that it was only a affair of fourth dimension earlier this engineering filtered downward to more affordable devices. The company has since launched its premium mid-range handsets, the Galaxy A8 and Galaxy A8+ (2018), they're the showtime smartphones from Samsung to characteristic a front end-facing dual camera.

Samsung today announced a complete dual camera solution with ISOCELL Dual image sensors and its ain software algorithm to bring two pop features to budget smartphones – refocusing (bokeh) and low-light shooting.

A complete dual photographic camera solution for affordable devices

Smartphones with dual cameras have two image sensors that combine light information absorbed from the two sensors to provide improved performance in low-low-cal atmospheric condition and a DSLR-similar bokeh upshot.

The company divided its ISOCELL camera sensor lineup into four sub-brands last twelvemonth one of which is ISOCELL Dual. As the name suggests, this sub-brand is focused on dual camera solutions for smartphones.

Samsung is going to offer this new solution to companies that source camera sensors from it. Since it'due south offering a total solution that includes both the camera sensors and the proprietary software, this means that smartphone manufacturers will be able to quickly add dual camera features to their smartphones every bit they will not have to opt for different vendors for the photographic camera sensors and algorithm software, a process that'due south time-consuming.

The visitor says that its total dual photographic camera solution simplifies this procedure and enables depression-end and mid-range devices to offering advanced camera features that have largely been limited to premium devices that accept an extra image betoken processor. The ISOCELL Dual solution has been designed from the ground up for use with awarding processors with weak epitome signal processing and it will certainly drive adoption of dual cameras in affordable devices.

Samsung has coupled its refocusing algorithm with a 13-megapixel and 5-megapixel set of image sensors while its low-lite shooting algorithm is paired with a set of two 8-megapixel sensors to offer further simplification for implementation by smartphone makers. The company is going to offering multiple combinations for ISOCELL Dual solutions in the future.

Nosotros can look mid-range and entry-level smartphones from other OEMs to adopt this solution later this twelvemonth. Samsung might use this new solution for its own smartphones also. After all, it did launch the Galaxy J7+ with a dual photographic camera setup in Thailand final twelvemonth, information technology was Samsung's start non-flagship device to characteristic a dual camera organization at the back.

ISOCELL Dual Camera Sensor Logo