ST’s current product portfolio of Image Sensors and Modules spans a wide range of traditional image sensors from entry level VGA to 24 Mpixels and will soon offer products with 100’s of millions of pixels. And their image processor is highly integrated offering HDR image signal processing, lens distortion correction, graphics overlay, video compression, video analytics acceleration. It comprises all elements to support compact, low bill-of-material and low energy-consuming camera applications. No external memory chips such as DRAM or Flash are required for its operation, predictive H.264 video encoding inclusive.