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New Perception for Physical AI at the Edge.

PxE’s holocoder disrupts the stagnant visible image sensor industry. Replacing the Bayer filter and MLA with a single layer, PxE brings unfiltered color, infrared light, and depth to a single sensor. Natively fused, real-time data for AI vision systems.

2.5x SNR

versus traditional Bayer-based cameras

RGB-IR-Depth

natively fused from a single snapshot

Ambient Light

white light only, no active illumination needed

The technology

Holographic imaging treats light as waves.

Classical imaging treats light as rays and throws most of its information away. Treating light as waves reveals far more: wavelength carries color and infrared, wavefront curvature carries depth, and distortion can be decoded to deblur the image.

Incoming light waves pass through the PxE HoloCoder, which separates wavelength (color and IR), curvature (depth) and distortion (deblurring).

How it works

The PxE full-stack perception solution.

One modular layer at the sensor. The rest of the camera stays the same.

The PxE camera stack: a single lens, the PxE HoloCoder replacing the microlens array and Bayer filter, a standard CMOS sensor, the holographic ISP, and natively fused RGB, IR and depth output for AI perception.

01

Start with a compact camera module

One lens and one standard CMOS sensor, the same parts already in today’s devices.

02

Replace the Bayer filter with the HoloCoder

A transparent, static, diffractive optical element that creates a holographic image on the sensor.

03

Decode the hologram in real time

A fully deterministic, super-efficient ISP generates RGB, infrared and depth images from one capture.

04

Deploy full-stack perception anywhere

Perception AI runs on natively fused RGB-IR-Depth channels, edge-processed for any platform.

A single capture, natively fused RGB, IR and depth.

Single capture
A man taking a selfie outdoors with a phone, the single capture used to produce RGB, infrared and depth images
RGB
The color image of his face
IR
The infrared image of his face
Depth
The depth map of his face, colored from near to far

Key benefits

More perception from fewer parts.

01

More information

Natively fused RGB-IR-Depth channels from a single snapshot

02

High accuracy

Sharpest image, precise depth

03

High resolution

No compromise on image quality

04

Cost-differentiated

Deployable to cost-sensitive platforms

05

Low power

Edge-processed, suitable for portable devices

06

High speed

Super-efficient, deterministic algorithm

07

High sensitivity

All lighting conditions, superb low-light performance

08

Compact

One lens, one sensor, one chip

Across industries

Smaller, simpler, more efficient perception.

World-class image quality and depth accuracy, plus 2.5x the SNR of traditional Bayer-based cameras, wherever a camera needs to understand the world.

Consumer

Phones, laptops and wearables: color, depth and infrared without extra camera modules.

Automotive

In-cabin and driver-assist sensing with precise depth in difficult light.

Security

Smart cameras that see depth and color day and night from one sensor.

Industrial

Robots and machine vision with accurate 3D perception at production speed.

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