New applications expands growth for image sensor market in 2015

Mobile Phone and consumer cameras are no more that bigger market for image sensors, there is a wider market opportunity coming up for image sensors. Body worn cameras is one such opportunity fast emerging for image sensor market. Gesture control through image sensing is also another opportunity, but it is still in research. Machine vision,ADAS systems in automotive also depends on image sensors. Wearables such as e- eyewear, smart watches are embedded with camera similar to the one in smart phone. Due to the selfile trend the smart phone started packing two cameras resulting in near doubling of shipment volumes. And the front camera is going for high resolution. The car will have lot of image sensors both outside as well as inside. It's going to be easily for 4/5 cameras such as rear camera, front camera interior camera, side camera in each high-end cars. The technology trend driving image sensor market is the CCD-based image sensor are replaced by CMOS image sensors creating a market for slightly cheaper image sensors. The reason for CMOS image sensor to do well in the market is not only the cost but also performance matching best of the CCD sensors available in the market. In the camera's market the share of CCD sensors is reduced to 30% in 2015 from around 80% in 2010. Sony is leading in smart phone market, whose manufacturing facilities are running full ca...