New Grid-Eye 90° from Panasonic Industry brings the right angle to Machine Learning based IR sensing

Panasonic Industry has launched a new member of its popular Grid-Eye sensor family featuring a 90° lens delivering a wider field of view (FoV) and reducing the number of sensors required to cover a given area to enable people counting and tracking applications. Privacy conscious designers have appreciated the 64 pixel resolution of the Grid-Eye family, and the Grid-Eye 90° will enhance systems designed to track and count the movement of people tracking as well as other applications.

Previously, Grid-Eye has been used in a variety of applications where absolute temperature values were required to detect hot spots in a smart kitchen or get general idea about hotter areas of a room for smart air conditioning. At the same time, Grid-Eye has also been found highly suitable for people tracking/counting applications. Innovative product designers have used Grid-Eye 60° as a low-cost IR matrix sensor as an alternative to camera or wireless radar type solutions. The new wide-angle lens allows Grid-Eye to have a wider field of view (FoV), improving on previous sensors which offer a 36° and 60° FoV. With the launch of Grid-Eye 90°, system designers can capture the IR signature of a larger area, leading to fewer sensors required to cover a given area. This leads to CapEx improvements deploying people tracking/counting devices in indoor environments (more info).