TI demonstrate 3D time-of-flight image sensor chipset

TI 将CES上演示其全新3D 渡越时间(ToF) 影像传感器芯片组，该芯片组不仅集成SoftKinetic 的DepthSense 像素技术，而且还可运行SoftKinetic 的iisu 中间件，可跟踪手指、手掌甚至全身的动作。TI 芯片组内置在3D 摄像机中，只需挥手就可控制笔记本电脑及智能电视，从而对电影、游戏以及其它内容进行访问和导航。此外，电视演示还采用TI OMAP 5 处理器，可提供支持高稳健手势识别与全高清图形的逼真而自然的用户界面。

Both demonstrations will be showcased at CES 2013 in the TI Village, North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. "SoftKinetic has long believed that motion control and gesture recognition is the future of user interfaces and digital interactivity," said Michel Tombroff, chief executive officer of SoftKinetic. "We are pleased to collaborate with TI to help bring this technology into the mass market, and look forward to having our technology impact the everyday lives of consumers."

Current 3D gesture recognition solutions lack real-time tracking and suffer from poor sensitivity, which can cause sluggish performance. TI's ToF chipset, featuring a 3D sensor employing SoftKinetic's DepthSense pixel technology, overcomes this problem to deliver high sensitivity and the real-time motion tracking responsiveness consumers expect. The TI and SoftKinetic solution enables precise tracking of finger, hand and full-body gestures. TI plans to follow its initial products with a complete portfolio of solutions suitable for various applications and form factors.

"There are a plethora of applications that can benefit from the accuracy and resolution of this technology," said Gaurang Shah, vice president of Audio and Imaging Products at TI. "Imagine an end equipment designer tilting, rotating, compressing and expanding a new product in 3D to inspect and evaluate it on their PC before committing to a hardware prototype. We believe our collaboration with SoftKinetic will ignite more applications like this, and foster further technology innovation to simplify the way we interact with machines."