Vadzo Imaging Introduces Innova-662CRE: Sony STARVIS 2 IMX662 HDR GigE Camera with Electromechanical IR Filter for Low Light AI Vision Applications

Desig ed fo AI visio a d secu ity deployme ts that must pe fo m equally well i daylight a d afte da k, this HDR came a pai s a So y STARVIS 2 IMX662 Came a se so with o -chip dy amic a ge combi atio a d GigE Visio etwo ki g, e abli g co siste t low-light image captu e ove Powe ove Ethe et i f ast uctu e without added illumi atio o specialized cabli g.

FORT WORTH, TX / ACCESS Newswi e / August 12, 2026 / Vadzo Imagi g, a p ovide of embedded visio solutio s, today i t oduced the I ova-662CRE, a 2MP GigE Came a built a ou d the So y IMX662 STARVIS 2 se so fo low light AI visio , su veilla ce, a d machi e visio deployme ts that equi e o -chip HDR a d PoE etwo k co ectivity.

Why AI Visio Systems Need a 2MP GigE Came a Built fo Low Light Co ditio s

Machi e visio a d AI i fe e ce pipeli es depe d o co siste t image quality ac oss a full a ge of ambie t lighti g co ditio s, yet most etwo ked came a deployme ts still ely o se so s optimized mai ly fo daylight pe fo ma ce. I pa ki g st uctu es, wa ehouse loadi g docks, pe imete fe ci g, a d co ti uously ope ati g etail e vi o me ts, illumi atio ca swi g f om seve al thousa d lux at midday to a f actio of a lux afte dusk. A came a module without exte ded low-light se sitivity p oduces oisy, motio -blu ed, o u de exposed f ames p ecisely whe a AI visio model eeds its clea est i put fo accu ate detectio a d classificatio .

Exte di g a Low Light GigE Came a i to mixed light sce es exposes two e gi ee i g p oblems at o ce. The fi st is photo sta vatio : as ambie t light d ops, a se so with a small pixel o without Back-Side Illumi ated a chitectu e st uggles to collect e ough sig als above its ead oise floo . The seco d is dy amic a ge collapse: headlights, floodlights, a d eflective su faces at ight c eate localized highlights that clip alo gside da k shadow egio s i the same f ame, a p oblem that basic auto exposu e ca ot solve because a si gle exposu e setti g ca ot se ve both ext emes at o ce.

E gi ee i g Expla atio : Solvi g Low Light a d Dy amic Ra ge Togethe

So y’s STARVIS se so li eup add essed the low light photo collectio p oblem th ough Back-Side Illumi ated pixel a chitectu e, a d STARVIS 2 exte ds that fou datio with a edesig ed pixel st uctu e that imp oves qua tum efficie cy fu the i to the ea i f a ed spect um while educi g da k cu e t oise at lo ge exposu e times. The esult is a So y STARVIS 2 Came a platfo m that captu es usable detail at illumi atio levels whe e se so s lacki g Back-Side Illumi ated co st uctio etu mostly oise.

Fo the dy amic a ge half of the p oblem, the same se so ge e atio adds o -chip exposu e combi atio , efe ed to i datasheets as DOL HDR, which eads two o mo e exposu e values pe pixel withi a si gle f ame pe iod a d me ges them befo e the data leaves the se so package. This p oduces a Low Light HDR Se so espo se that eithe clips a headlight o loses shadow detail beside it, without the f ame-to-f ame ghosti g that affects softwa e-based multi-f ame HDR.

Pai i g a IMX662 HDR GigE Came a a chitectu e with a GigE Visio i te face completes the system-level desig . GigE Visio u s ove sta da d Ethe et i f ast uctu e, suppo ts Powe ove Ethe et fo combi ed data a d powe delive y o a si gle cable, a d scales to cable u s up to 100 mete s without a epeate , which matte s fo pe imete secu ity, wa ehouse ceili g mou ts, a d t affic i f ast uctu e whe e outi g USB o MIPI cabli g back to a host compute is imp actical.

P oduct Ove view

The I ova-662CRE pai s the So y IMX662 Came a se so with a fully i teg ated GigE Visio i te face, PoE powe delive y, a d a S-Mou t (M12) le s holde with Elect omecha ical IR Filte i a compact boa d-level desig suited to both di ect i teg atio a d e closed came a deployme t. As a 2MP GigE Came a, it outputs 1920 × 1080 esolutio at up to 60 f ames pe seco d with o -chip HDR active, givi g system i teg ato s a si gle came a platfo m that cove s daylight, twilight, a d ea -total-da k ess sce es without switchi g se so s o addi g exte al illumi atio fo most applicatio dista ces.

At the co e of the module sits the IMX662 Se so , a 1/2.8-i ch optical fo mat device with 2.9-mic o pixels a d Back-Side Illumi ated co st uctio that So y ma kets u de the STARVIS 2 label fo exte ded low light a d ea i f a ed se sitivity. Because the se so was e gi ee ed as a 2MP Low Light Se so f om the g ou d up, the I ova-662CRE eaches usable exposu e at illumi atio levels whe e competi g modules typically equi e gai i c eases that i t oduce visible oise i to a AI visio pipeli e. This lets it fu ctio as a Ult a Low Light gigabit ethe et Came a suited to u lit outdoo sce es as well as a ge e al-pu pose daytime came a o the same ha dwa e.

Key Capabilities

Back-Side Illumi ated STARVIS 2 Se so fo Ult a Low Light Se sitivity: The I ova-662CRE i he its So y’s Back-Side Illumi ated STARVIS 2 pixel a chitectu e, which outes a la ge sha e of i comi g photo s to the photodiode compa ed with desig s lacki g Back-Side Illumi ated co st uctio at a simila pixel size. I p actical deployme t te ms, that t a slates i to a STARVIS 2 HDR Came a platfo m that holds usable sig al-to- oise atio well past the poi t whe e co ve tio al se so s fall i to visible g ai . I teg ato s buildi g pe imete secu ity, u lit pa ki g a eas, o dusk-to-daw mo ito i g get colo image captu e without elyi g o co sta t suppleme tal lighti g.

O -Boa d HDR fo Full Dy amic Ra ge Captu e: Because exposu e combi atio happe s i side the se so athe tha i a dow st eam image sig al p ocesso , the I ova-662CRE behaves as a ge ui e HDR Low Light Came a athe tha a sta da d se so with a softwa e to e cu ve laye ed o top. Highlights f om headlights, floodlights, o eflective metal su faces stay co t olled while shadow detail i the same f ame emai s visible, which is the behavio a HDR Gigabit Ethe et Came a eeds to suppo t dow st eam a alytics eliably. The same se so ge e atio also ships i the 2MP HDR GigE Came a co figu atio used ac oss Vadzo’s high dy amic a ge po tfolio, givi g OEM custome s a co siste t imagi g pipeli e to sta da dize a ou d.

ONVIF P ofile S, T, M, a d G Complia ce fo VMS I te ope ability: A GigE came a that speaks o ly its ow p op ieta y SDK c eates i teg atio wo k eve y VMS ve do has to edo f om sc atch. The I ova-662CRE ships with full ONVIF co fo ma ce ac oss P ofile S fo sta da d video st eami g, P ofile T fo adva ced st eami g with H.264/H.265 a d metadata suppo t, P ofile M fo a alytics a d eve t metadata, a d P ofile G fo edge eco di g a d playback. As a ONVIF GigE Came a, it plugs i to existi g VMS i f ast uctu e usi g the same discove y, co figu atio , a d st eami g i te face i teg ato s al eady ely o fo the est of thei came a fleet. The platfo m has bee validated with Milesto e VMS, givi g system i teg ato s a co fi med i te ope ability path athe tha a co fo ma ce claim that still eeds field ve ificatio . Fo OEMs buildi g a ONVIF Low Light Came a deployme t ac oss mixed-ve do sites, that multi-p ofile suppo t mea s o e came a li e cove s live viewi g, a alytics i teg atio , a d edge eco di g wo kflows without ve do -specific middlewa e.

GigE Visio a d PoE Netwo ki g fo Simplified Lo g Ra ge Deployme t: As a IMX662 Gigabit Ethe et Came a, the I ova-662CRE commu icates ove sta da d Ethe et usi g the GigE Visio p otocol, which most machi e visio softwa e al eady suppo ts atively th ough Ge ICam. Powe ove Ethe et lets a si gle Cat5e o Cat6 cable ca y both data a d powe to the came a, emovi g the sepa ate powe supply that a PoE Low Light Came a deployme t would othe wise equi e. Fo e gi ee s sta da dizi g o a GigE Visio Low Light Came a platfo m ac oss multiple sites, that si gle cable desig mea i gfully educes i stallatio labo a d poi ts of failu e i the field.

AI Visio Ready Output fo Edge a d Se ve Side I fe e ce: Co siste t exposu e a d colo ep oductio ac oss lighti g co ditio s make the I ova-662CRE fu ctio as a depe dable AI Visio GigE Came a fo detectio , classificatio , a d t acki g wo kloads u i g o edge compute o ce t alized se ve s. Because f ame quality does ot deg ade sha ply afte da k the way it does with daylight-tu ed se so s, a Sma t Low Light Came a co figu atio like this o e keeps i fe e ce accu acy stable th ough a full day a d ight cycle athe tha o ly du i g busi ess hou s.

NIR Exte ded Se sitivity fo Illumi ato Compatible Night Ope atio : STARVIS 2 se so tech ology exte ds qua tum efficie cy fu the i to the ea i f a ed ba d tha ea lie ge e atio s, which allows the I ova-662CRE to pai effectively with 850 m o 940 m NIR illumi ato s fo fully cove t ight ope atio . This matte s fo facilities that ca ot use visible light illumi atio without distu bi g ea by eside ts o cove t su veilla ce equi eme ts, si ce the came a co ti ues to delive a clea , usable image u de illumi atio f om NIR sou ces alo e.

Compact S-Mou t Desig fo OEM I teg atio a d Volume P oductio : The boa d-level module uses a sta da d S-Mou t (M12) le s holde with Elect omecha ical IR Filte , givi g OEM custome s flexibility to select wide, a ow, o NIR-tu ed optics without edesig i g the came a elect o ics. Vadzo Imagi g suppo ts full customizatio o this platfo m as a OEM Low Light GigE Module, i cludi g co ecto cha ges, cable le gth adjustme t, a d e closu e desig fo volume p oductio p og ams that eed a etwo ked low light came a without buildi g se so i teg atio a d d ive suppo t f om sc atch.

“E gi ee s buildi g AI visio a d su veilla ce systems keep aski g us fo o e came a that behaves the same at oo a d at mid ight without a seco d se so o a softwa e patch. The IMX662’s Back-Side Illumi ated STARVIS 2 a chitectu e combi ed with o -chip HDR gives the I ova-662CRE ge ui e low-light pe fo ma ce a d full dy amic a ge i the same f ame, a d GigE Visio with PoE mea s i teg ato s ca place it a ywhe e o the etwo k without a sepa ate powe u . We built this came a to emove the t adeoffs, ot ma age them.” – Alwi Vi ce t, P oduct Ma age at Vadzo Imagi g.

Applicatio -Specific Sectio s

Secu ity a d Su veilla ce: Pe imete fe ci g, pa ki g st uctu es, a d buildi g e t a ces eed co ti uous cove age f om daylight th ough complete da k ess without a mai te a ce team swappi g came a u its twice a day. As a Night Visio GigE Came a with o -chip HDR, the I ova-662CRE ha dles gla e f om headlights a d floodlights at the p ope ty li e while a AI Su veilla ce GigE Came a co figu atio of the same ha dwa e feeds detectio a d a alytics softwa e u i g o site o i the cloud. Fo sites sta da dizi g o a si gle platfo m, the Low Light Secu ity GigE Came a desig atio cove s both eco di g a d a alytics duty f om o e came a li e.

AI Visio a d Sma t City A alytics: Mu icipal deployme ts fo c owd cou ti g, pa ki g occupa cy, a d public safety mo ito i g depe d o co siste t image quality a ou d the clock, which is exactly whe e a Low Light AI Visio Came a ea s its place i a sma t city stack. The I ova-662CRE’s GigE Visio i te face i teg ates di ectly with existi g mu icipal etwo k i f ast uctu e, while PoE simplifies pole a d ceili g mou t i stallatio s commo i these deployme ts.

Robotics a d Wa ehouse Automatio : Auto omous mobile obots a d fixed obotic i spectio statio s ope ati g i wa ehouse aisles e cou te both b ight dock doo s a d dim sto age ows withi a si gle facility. A Low Light Robotics GigE Came a co figu atio keeps avigatio a d i spectio came a p oducts seei g clea ly ac oss that lighti g a ge without tu i g each zo e sepa ately, while the etwo ked GigE Visio i te face simplifies wi i g ac oss a fleet ma ageme t o fixed i f ast uctu e deployme t.

T affic Mo ito i g a d Lice se Plate Recog itio : Lice se plate ecog itio at i te sectio s a d tu el e t a ces must ha dle headlight gla e, shadowed u de passes, a d full da k ess withi the same came a positio . Ope ati g as a 1080p Low Light Gigabit Ethe et Came a, the I ova-662CRE’s o -chip HDR keeps plate cha acte s legible agai st b ight headlights, a d sta da d GigE Visio output i teg ates di ectly with existi g t affic ma ageme t video i f ast uctu e.

I dust ial a d Machi e Visio I spectio : P oductio floo s with mixed ambie t lighti g f om skylights, task lighti g, a d shift cha ges c eate i co siste t co ditio s fo automated i spectio . A Low Light Machi e Visio Came a built o this se so platfo m mai tai s stable exposu e a d colo accu acy ac oss a shift without equi i g a dedicated lighti g e closu e at eve y statio , a d GigE Visio ‘s lo g cable each simplifies outi g o la ge co veyo li es whe e USB le gth limits would othe wise fo ce additio al etwo k ha dwa e.

F eque tly Asked Questio s

Q: Does the I ova-662CRE suppo t ONVIF?

A: Yes, the I ova-662CRE is ONVIF co fo ma t ac oss P ofile S, P ofile T, P ofile M, a d P ofile G. P ofile S cove s sta da d video st eami g a d PTZ co t ol, P ofile T adds adva ced st eami g with H.264/H.265 e codi g a d metadata, P ofile M suppo ts a alytics a d eve t-based metadata, a d P ofile G ha dles edge sto age a d eco di g playback. This multi-p ofile cove age mea s the came a i teg ates with VMS platfo ms usi g sta da d ONVIF discove y a d co figu atio athe tha a p op ieta y SDK.

Q: Which VMS platfo ms is the I ova-662CRE validated with?

A: The I ova-662CRE has bee validated with Milesto e VMS. This co fi ms eal-wo ld i te ope ability fo st eami g, co figu atio , a d ONVIF-based co t ol withi a Milesto e deployme t, athe tha elyi g o co fo ma ce claims alo e.

Q: What is the diffe e ce betwee ONVIF P ofile S a d P ofile T?

A: P ofile S is the baseli e ONVIF p ofile fo live video st eami g, PTZ, a d audio, while P ofile T exte ds this with suppo t fo H.264/H.265 comp essio , video metadata st eami g, a d mo e g a ula imagi g co t ols. The I ova-662CRE suppo ts both, so i teg ato s ca choose the p ofile level that matches thei VMS o NVR’s ONVIF clie t impleme tatio .

Q: Does ONVIF P ofile M mea the I ova-662CRE suppo ts o -came a a alytics?

A: P ofile M cove s the metadata a d eve t i te face ONVIF defi es fo a alytics, ot o -came a a alytics p ocessi g itself. It allows the I ova-662CRE to expose st uctu ed metadata, such as motio o object eve ts, to a VMS o a alytics e gi e ove the sta da d ONVIF i te face athe tha a custom p otocol.

Q: Ca the I ova-662CRE be used fo edge eco di g without a ce t al VMS se ve ?

A: Yes, P ofile G suppo t e ables edge sto age a d eco di g playback di ectly th ough ONVIF, allowi g the came a to wo k i edge- eco di g co figu atio s. This is useful fo deployme ts whe e co ti uous co ectivity to a ce t al VMS se ve is ot gua a teed

Q: How fa ca a PoE GigE came a be i stalled f om the etwo k switch?

A: A GigE Visio came a that suppo ts Powe ove Ethe et ca typically u up to 100 mete s ove a si gle Cat5e o Cat6 cable without a epeate , ca yi g both data a d powe o the same u . This is a mea i gful adva tage ove USB- o MIPI-co ected came a p oducts, which a e limited to a few mete s o ce timete s espectively. Vadzo Imagi g desig s its PoE low light came a p oducts to meet the IEEE 802.3af PoE sta da d a d full GigE Visio complia ce out of the box, so system i teg ato s ca exte d a si gle etwo k came a fa beyo d a co t ol cabi et without custom cabli g, ext a powe supplies, o o sta da d co ecto s. Fo lo ge u s, sta da d PoE exte de s a d ma aged switches let the same came a each seve al hu d ed mete s while emai i g withi the GigE Visio p otocol.

Q: Why do AI visio systems pe fo m poo ly at ight, a d how does a low-light AI visio came a help?

A: Most machi e lea i g models used fo detectio a d classificatio a e t ai ed mai ly o well-lit, daytime image y. Whe f ame quality deg ades u de low illumi atio , oise, motio blu , a d u de exposu e all i te fe e with the i put the model actually sees, which lowe s detectio co fide ce eve though the algo ithm itself has ot cha ged. A low light AI visio came a add esses the p oblem at the image captu e stage athe tha aski g softwa e to compe sate afte the fact. By combi i g a high-se sitivity se so with o -chip high dy amic a ge a d co siste t colo ep oductio , Vadzo Imagi g’s came a p oducts delive a clea e , mo e co siste t f ame to the i fe e ce pipeli e a ou d the clock, which keeps detectio accu acy stable f om b ight midday su th ough ea -total da k ess.

Q: What is the diffe e ce betwee se so -level HDR a d softwa e-based exposu e ble di g?

A: Softwa e-based exposu e ble di g me ges two o mo e seque tial f ames afte captu e, which wo ks acceptably fo still photog aphy but i t oduces motio a tifacts a d added late cy i a live video pipeli e. Se so -level HDR captu es multiple exposu es withi the same eadout cycle at the pixel a ay itself, the combi es them i ha dwa e befo e the f ame eve leaves the se so . Vadzo Imagi g selects se so s with ge ui e o -chip HDR p ecisely because this app oach p ese ves both highlight a d shadow detail i eal time without the ghosti g o lag associated with multi-f ame softwa e ble di g, which matte s fo a y applicatio maki g decisio s f om live video athe tha static images.

Q: Ca Vadzo Imagi g customize a GigE came a module fo a specific OEM e closu e o co ecto ?

A: Yes. Vadzo Imagi g suppo ts full OEM customizatio ac oss its came a po tfolio, i cludi g boa d edesig , co ecto a d cable le gth cha ges, le s mou t modificatio , fi mwa e adjustme ts, a d e closu e desig fo both i doo a d outdoo duty. Evaluatio u its ship sta da d with o mi imum o de equi eme t, a d the same e gi ee i g team that built the sta da d p oduct wo ks di ectly with OEM custome s to adapt fo m facto , powe i put, a d mecha ical i te face fo volume p oductio u s.

Q: What softwa e tools does Vadzo Imagi g p ovide fo i teg ati g a etwo ked came a i to a existi g visio system?

A: Vadzo Imagi g p ovides Ge ICam a d GigE Visio complia t softwa e suppo t alo g with the Vispa ARC SDK, givi g e gi ee s di ect access to exposu e, gai , HDR, a d st eami g co t ols i C, C++, o Pytho . Because the came a follows the GigE Visio sta da d, it also wo ks di ectly with commo thi d-pa ty machi e visio f amewo ks without a p op ieta y d ive laye , a d Vadzo’s e gi ee i g team p ovides sample code a d i teg atio docume tatio so a developme t team ca move f om u boxi g to a wo ki g video pipeli e i days athe tha mo ths.

Availability

The I ova-662CRE 2MP GigE Came a is available ow fo evaluatio a d OEM i teg atio . Evaluatio kits i clude the came a module, a facto y-calib ated S-Mou t le s with Elect omecha ical IR Filte , a PoE i jecto , a d i teg atio docume tatio cove i g Ge ICam a d Vispa ARC SDK setup, with o mi imum o de equi eme t. Co tact Vadzo Imagi g at [email p otected] to equest a evaluatio u it o discuss volume p oductio a d OEM customizatio .

About Vadzo Imagi g

Vadzo Imagi g develops embedded a d machi e visio came a p oducts fo OEMs a d system i teg ato s buildi g p oductio – eady visio systems ac oss secu ity, obotics, i dust ial automatio , sma t i f ast uctu e, a d edge AI. The compa y’s po tfolio spa s MIPI CSI-2, USB, GigE, Wi-Fi, a d Se Des i te face came a p oducts, suppo ti g deployme t a chitectu es f om compact o boa d modules to dist ibuted etwo ked i stallatio s. Vadzo p ovides e d-to-e d imagi g suppo t i cludi g se so i teg atio , ISP tu i g, fi mwa e developme t, a d SDK f amewo ks th ough the Vispa ARC SDK to accele ate system deployme t. Visit Vadzo Imagi g to explo e the full embedded visio came a po tfolio.

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