Qualcomm hopes to capitalize on this trend with its Clear Sight dual camera processing tech.
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We’ve already seen a bunch of Snapdragon 820 chips in phones, from the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge to the Moto Z, and Snapdragon 821 is just getting its start in phones like the Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe. However, each camera has a different image sensor: one color image sensor (to mimic an eye’s cones), and a separate black and white image sensor (to mimic an eye’s rods).
Qualcomm’s Spectra image signal processor also combines the two resulting images into one superior photo, and it’s destined for the company’s Snapdragon 820 and 821 processors. In addition, your device will need two cameras, naturally. The color sensor acts like a regular camera, but the black and white sensor captures up to three times more light, which Qualcomm says leads to better contrast as well as less noise and improved sharpness in low-light areas. When color information from the other photo is merged, you can get a fantastic image. The Chinese phone maker uses a black-and-white camera and vibrant color camera, and combines them into one. The output from the pair of sensors is combined into a theoretically sharper photo.
Clear Sight features two cameras, each with its own lens and image sensor.
So, what’s the short of it? Those details will be much clearer with the kind of dual-camera arrays that Clear Sight enables.
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If this all sounds a bit familiar, it’s exactly the same way Huawei’s dual-camera system works. That’s exciting news for us – we’re looking forward to seeing who does it better in 2017!
