Overview
ProSpectral is an innovation led photonics company developing next generation snapshot spectral imagers for materials identification using computer vision.
The company’s technology uses off-the-shelf image sensors which are modified with ProSpectral’s intelligently designed nanostructured filters. These thin layers of material (100s nanometres) can be coated and patterned using standard semiconductor industry processes; thin film deposition, lithography, and etching.
Prospectral designs “blueprints” for the patterning of these layers which allows them to interact with / scatter light before it is collected at the sensor beneath. The blueprints act as highly specialised optical filters and enable the camera to extract the information from the incident light that is necessary for materials fingerprinting.
While the design process can be used to produce a generalised spectral imaging camera, its greatest benefit is the flexibility to be tuned to only collect the “right” light for particular use cases, allowing targeted, application specific cameras that reduce noise and improve data accuracy.
Prospectral’s novel imaging sensor technology enables the use of less complex and much cheaper cameras, improves manufacturability, form factor, data quality and robustness.
Seeking collaborations with:
• Partners expertise in upscaling in-lab nanofabrication processes to pilot lines
• Image sensor manufacturers, particularly those manufacturing visible and short-wave infrared image sensors
• Camera manufacturers
ProSpectral是一家以創新為主導的光子學公司，致力開發利用電腦視覺進行材料識別的新一代快照光譜成像儀（snapshot spectral imager）。
ProSpectral的技術使用現成的圖像感測器，並透過該公司以智慧設計方式產生的奈米結構濾鏡進行修改。這些厚度為100奈米的材料薄層，可使用標準半導體工業製程進行鍍膜與圖案化、薄膜沉積、光刻，以及蝕刻。
Prospectral為材料薄層的圖案設計「藍圖」，在下方感測器開始蒐集資訊前，讓薄層先和光進行相互作用／散射。這些藍圖充當高度專業化的光學濾鏡，讓相機能從入射光中，提取材料辨識所需的資訊。
前述設計製程雖可用於生產通用光譜成像相機，但其最大的好處是可以靈活調整，僅蒐集特定用例的「正確」光線，讓鎖定目標的特定應用相機減少雜訊，進而提高資料準確性。
Prospectral的新影像感測器技術，可使用複雜度較低且價格較低廉的相機，進而提升可製造性、規格、資料品質和耐用性。
徵求下列合作夥伴：
• 具備將實驗室奈米製程升級至先導製程專業知識的合作夥伴
• 影像感測器製造商，尤其是製造可見光和短波紅外線影像感測器的製造商
• 相機製造商