July 20, 2009 - 06:00 GMT Sharp has developed a black box for the Japanese market that can record up to six hours of travel. The heart of the high-tech travel recorder is a 2 MP CMOS sensor in 1/4 format, combined with a 180° lens in order to record what happens across the entire width of the road. Equipped with roller shutters, the camera module achieves shutter speeds of up to 30 images a second with a dynamic range of 100 dB. As a comparison: the human eye can take in around 14 images a second with a dynamic range of 105 dB...More
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