Prophesee Metavision IMX636

Prophesee Metavision IMX636 is the flagship event-based (DVS) sensor co-produced by Sony Semiconductor Solutions and Prophesee. Unlike classical CMOS cameras, IMX636 does not capture full frames - each of the 1280 x 720 pixels emits asynchronous brightness-change events with microsecond temporal resolution, equivalent to up to 10000 fps effective rate at a very low data budget.

A dynamic range over 120 dB enables operation under harsh lighting (sun in the lens, dark warehouse), and the absence of motion blur simplifies ego-motion estimation and SLAM algorithms. In humanoid robotics IMX636 is used for ultra-fast manipulation (ball catching, object balancing), collision detection, and motor vibration monitoring. The sensor is available in the Prophesee EVK4 HD evaluation kit and OEM modules from Sony partners.