Custom Camera Design Services

At Optopax, we understand that the success of an AI vision system starts with a precisely engineered camera module. That’s why we provide end-to-end development services, ensuring every aspect—from sensor selection to optical design and embedded processing—is optimized for AI-driven performance, efficiency, and reliability. With our expertise, we help transform complex imaging challenges into seamless, high-performance solutions tailored to your application.

Custom Camera Design Phases

From initial concept through prototyping, validation, and scalable manufacturing, we tailor every camera module to meet the exact imaging, processing, and environmental requirements of robotics, industrial automation, UAVs, aquatics, submersibles, biomedical, and defense applications—delivering superior image quality for smarter AI vision.

Original Equipment Manufacturing

For customers seeking turnkey camera module production, we provide full-service OEM manufacturing solutions, including:

Pilot production & low-volume manufacturing – Supporting pre-production builds for field testing.
High-volume production – Leveraging global contract manufacturing partners for cost-effective mass production.
Custom assembly & packaging – Offering private-label and white-label solutions tailored to customer specifications.
Post-manufacturing services – Including firmware pre-loading, system integration, and on-site validation.
Logistics & fulfillment – Worldwide warehousing, distribution, and drop-shipping capabilities.

Prototyping and Testing

We validate camera designs through extensive testing and real-world simulation to ensure AI models receive high-quality data:

MTF & resolution validation – Measuring sharpness, contrast, and distortion.
Spectral response & depth accuracy assessments – Ensuring AI-ready data quality.
Environmental testing – Assessing durability in temperature extremes, vibration, and submersion.
Synthetic scene data generation – Creating realistic datasets for AI model validation.

Electronic & Mechanical Engineering

We design scalable, high-performance camera electronics and enclosures for embedded AI applications:

Custom PCB development – High-speed data processing and low-latency communication.
Embedded power management – Efficient designs for battery-powered and real-time AI systems.
Ruggedized & compact enclosures – Designed for industrial, aerospace, and underwater environments.

Camera Requirement Definition

Camera module specification is arguably the most important step in the custom camera design process.

System architecture - mono, stereo or other multimodal sensing configuration
Sensor selection – CMOS, SWIR, LWIR, ToF, or multi-modal sensors tailored to the application.
Optical specifications – Custom lens design for FoV, depth of field, and aberration correction.
Dynamic range & exposure control – Adapting to lighting variations for AI-driven decision-making.
Frame rate & latency optimization – Balancing high-speed capture and efficient processing.
Data interface & bandwidth management – Configuring MIPI, USB3, Ethernet, or wireless data pipelines.
Power consumption & thermal management – Optimizing for low power and heat dissipation.

Production Package Creation

As custom camera modules transition from prototype to full-scale production, we develop repeatable, high-precision manufacturing processes transferable to our clients:

Manufacturing workflow design – Defining assembly, calibration, and quality control procedures.
Automated & manual testing – Implementing MTF, focus, spectral response, and stress testing.
Supply chain & component sourcing – Managing a global supplier network for high-quality materials.
End-of-Line (EOL) validation – High-speed pass/fail quality control for consistent AI camera performance.
Regulatory & compliance support – Ability to meet CE, FCC, RoHS, MIL-STD, IP-rated sealing, and other standards.

Software and Hardware Integration

To ensure seamless integration with customer AI software and compute hardware, we optimize camera hardware for compatibility and efficient data processing:

Image signal processing (ISP) tuning – Adjusting noise reduction, HDR, and compression for AI readiness.
Data pipeline optimization – Ensuring compatibility with AI frameworks and processing architectures (e.g., TensorRT, OpenVINO, ONNX).
Edge processing & interface support – Configuring MIPI, USB3, Ethernet, or wireless communication.
Hardware acceleration readiness – Aligning sensor output with FPGA, GPU, or vision processors.
Software driver & API support – Providing SDKs, firmware, and drivers for easy AI system integration.

Optical and Sensor Integration

Strong product differentiation often comes from customized optics and sensor selection and inventive multimodal-sensing hybrid designs.

Custom lens design – Optimized for resolution, distortion control, and spectral performance.
Multi-modal integration – Combining RGB, IR, LiDAR, structured light, and polarization filtering.
Optical alignment & calibration – Fine-tuning lens-sensor positioning for optimal sharpness and minimal distortion.

Scene Content Analysis

Optopax understand real-world imaging challenges, and upon request can help translate the client imaging needs into camera specifications to ensure optimal data capture for AI processing. Some factors we consider include:

Lighting conditions – Day/night transitions, HDR scenes, underwater or infrared environments.
Object size, speed, and distance – Determines resolution, frame rate, and depth sensing needs.
Depth perception requirements – Stereo vision, LiDAR, structured light, or ToF solutions.
Spectral and polarization needs – Multi-spectral or hyperspectral imaging for AI classification.
Environmental factors – Extreme temperatures, vibration, submersion, or airborne particulates.

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Custom Camera Design Projects