Vadzo Imaging Validates the IMX900 USB Camera for Biometric Vision: Falcon-900MGS Delivers 3MP Monochrome Global Shutter Capture with NIR Sensitivity and Quad HDR

Vadzo Imagi g has validated the Falco -900MGS as a 3MP IMX900 USB Came a fo biomet ic visio , built o the So y P egius S IMX900 stacked global shutte se so a d delive i g 2064×1552 mo och ome captu e with a 2.25 µm x 2.25 µm back-illumi ated pixel, ea i f a ed espo se at 850 m a d 940 m, a d Quad HDR up to 120 dB ove a UVC-complia t USB 3.2 i te face. The module ta gets i is ecog itio , facial ecog itio , access co t ol, machi e visio , a d obotics deployme ts whe e simulta eous pixel exposu e, i visible illumi atio , a d si gle f ame dy amic a ge a e all ha d equi eme ts.

FORT WORTH, TX / ACCESS Newswi e / August 19, 2026 / Vadzo Imagi g, a p ovide of embedded visio came a p oducts fo OEMs a d system i teg ato s, today a ou ces validatio of the Falco -900MGS fo biomet ic visio . Built o the So y P egius S IMX900, it is a IMX900 Mo och ome Global Shutte USB Came a e gi ee ed fo teams buildi g ide tity ve ificatio , access co t ol, a d p ecisio i spectio systems whe e motio , illumi atio spect um, a d sce e co t ast all wo k agai st the se so at o ce. Vadzo exte ds its USB came a po tfolio with a biomet ic-g ade mo och ome optio that ope ates as a sta da d UVC device o Wi dows, Li ux, a d A d oid hosts.

The E gi ee i g P oblem: Motio , Spect um, a d Dy amic Ra ge at the Se so

Biomet ic systems fail at the se so lo g befo e they fail at the algo ithm. A olli g shutte se so eads out pixel ows i seque ce, so the top a d bottom of a f ame co espo d to diffe e t i sta ts, a d o a subject walki g towa d a eade that offset appea s as skew ac oss the i is bou da y a d shea ac oss facial la dma ks. This is why simulta eous exposu e ac oss the full pixel a ay is a ha dwa e p e equisite i biomet ic a d met ology imagi g athe tha a pe fo ma ce upg ade. A Mo och ome Global Shutte Came a emoves the a tifact at the poi t of captu e, the o ly place it ca be emoved without assumi g a subject velocity.

The seco d co st ai t is spect al. I is textu e i da kly pigme ted eyes is fa mo e legible u de ea -i f a ed light, which is why p actical i is ecog itio is built a ou d 850 m a d 940 m illumi ato s. A colo se so places a Baye mosaic ove the pixel a ay that abso bs a la ge f actio of i cide t photo s, a d that filte stack atte uates exactly the ba d a biomet ic illumi ato emits, as the compa iso betwee NIR a d RGB se so espo se shows. A mo och ome pixel outes the full photo flux to the photodiode, which makes a IMX900 NIR Mo och ome Came a usable u de illumi atio a huma obse ve ca ot see.

The thi d co st ai t is dy amic a ge. Access co t ol eade s sit betwee i te io a d exte io lighti g, whe e a subject i a doo way is backlit by daylight while the face sits i shadow. A si gle-exposu e se so eithe clips the backg ou d o c ushes the face i to oise, a d multi-f ame HDR me gi g solves co t ast o ly by ei t oduci g motio e o .

Se so a d Came a Ove view

The Falco -900MGS is built o the So y IMX900 Image Se so , a stacked back-illumi ated CMOS device i 1/3.1″ optical fo mat with a 2.25 µm x 2.25 µm pixel size a d a ative esolutio of 3MP (2064×1552). The So y P egius S Image Se so a chitectu e pai s back-illumi ated pixel co st uctio with global shutte eadout, so eve y pixel i teg ates ove the same exposu e wi dow. The mo och ome va ia t omits the Baye filte a ay e ti ely, aisi g qua tum efficie cy ac oss the visible ba d a d exte di g espo se i to the ea i f a ed. That combi atio qualifies this 3MP Mo och ome Global Shutte USB Came a fo ide tity captu e, st uctu ed light p ofili g, a d high-speed i spectio i o e module.

The module p ese ts itself to the host as a sta da d UVC video device ove USB 3.2. As a UVC-complia t USB came a module, it e ume ates a d st eams o Wi dows, Li ux, a d A d oid with o custom d ive wo k, ope ati g atively u de UVC, V4L2, a d Di ectShow. GPIO p ovides t igge i put a d st obe output, so exposu e ca be sy ch o ized to a NIR illumi ato pulse o a co veyo e code athe tha to host softwa e timi g. The module is bus-powe ed a d accepts sta da d S-Mou t (M12) optics.

Key specs: 3MP (2064×1552) | So y P egius S IMX900 | Mo och ome | Global Shutte | 1/3.1″ Se so Fo mat | 2.25 µm x 2.25 µm Pixel Size | USB 3.2 | Quad HDR up to 120 dB | NIR Se sitivity | S-Mou t (M12) | GPIO | Ope ati g Tempe atu e −30°C to 75°C

Key Capabilities of the Falco -900MGS Mo och ome Global Shutte USB Came a

Global Shutte Captu e fo Motio -Accu ate Biomet ic a d Met ology Imagi g: The Falco -900MGS captu es all 2064×1552 pixels withi a si gle exposu e wi dow, emovi g olli g shutte skew as a class of e o , so at a walk-th ough gate the i is bou da y etai s its t ue ci cula geomet y. As a 3MP Global Shutte USB Came a, the module delive s oughly fifty pe ce t mo e pixels tha the 2MP devices that domi ate this i te face class, which t a slates i to mo e i is textu e samples ac oss the same field of view. Teams ca eview the tech ical backg ou d o global shutte se so behavio befo e committi g to a optical layout. The same ha dwa e se ves as a Facial Recog itio Global Shutte Came a a d as a IMX900 Global Shutte Came a with o co figu atio cha ge.

Mo och ome BSI A chitectu e a d NIR Se sitivity at 850 m a d 940 m: Removi g the colo filte a ay i c eases the photo cou t eachi g each photodiode a d elimi ates the p i cipal sou ce of atte uatio i the ea i f a ed. Combi ed with the back-illumi ated pixel st uctu e of the So y P egius S IMX900, the esult is a IMX900 NIR Came a that p oduces usable sig al-to- oise u de 850 m a d 940 m illumi atio whe e a colo device of ide tical pitch would be sta ved of light. Cove t i stallatio s ca illumi ate a sce e without visible light pollutio , a d lase li e p ofili g ca use a NIR li e ge e ato without co tami ati g the wo ki g e vi o me t.

P ocu eme t docume ts desc ibe this build i seve al ways, a d all of them efe to the same ha dwa e. Specified as a IMX900 NIR USB Came a o a 3MP NIR USB Came a, it cove s ide tity captu e a d met ology f om o e pa t umbe . Whe e a specificatio ames the shutte a chitectu e, the IMX900 NIR Global Shutte USB Came a a d 3MP NIR Global Shutte USB Came a desig atio s apply to the same module, ofte listed as a IMX900 Mo o NIR USB Came a o a 3MP Mo o NIR USB Came a.

Mo och ome output also simplifies the pipeli e. The e is o demosaicki g stage, so the e a e o i te polatio a tifacts at featu e bou da ies a d o added late cy befo e i fe e ce. The Y12 mo och ome st eami g fo mat p ese ves twelve bits of to al i fo matio pe pixel, which dete mi es whethe a histog am is usable whe a face sits i shadow. This is why a IMX900 Mo och ome Came a outpe fo ms a colo device of the same esolutio i low-light ide tity wo k, a d why the 3MP Mo och ome Came a co figu atio emai s the default fo NIR e ollme t.

Quad HDR up to 120 dB fo Si gle F ame Co t ast Ha dli g: Quad HDR o the So y P egius S IMX900 delive s up to 120 dB of i t asce e dy amic a ge f om the se so a chitectu e athe tha f om host-side f ame me gi g. Multi-exposu e HDR stitches togethe f ames captu ed at diffe e t i sta ts, so a movi g subject p oduces ghosti g at p ecisely the bou da ies a matche depe ds o . Se so -level Quad HDR p ese ves highlight a d shadow detail withi the captu e wi dow that global shutte al eady defi es. That makes the module a c edible IMX900 Quad HDR Came a fo u co t olled lighti g, a d the 3MP Quad HDR Came a co figu atio is why a So y P egius S Quad HDR Came a is specified ove a si gle-slope device at gates a d kiosks.

USB 3.2 UVC I teg atio with GPIO T igge a d St obe Sy ch o izatio : The module st eams ove USB 3.2 as a UVC class device, which emoves d ive developme t f om the p oject scope a d emoves the ce tificatio bu de a p op ieta y ke el module would c eate i egulated ma kets. U de cu e t USB ami g, the same 5 Gbps li k is w itte as USB 3.2 Ge 1, so a IMX900 USB 3.2 Came a li e item, a 3MP USB 3.2 Came a li e item, a d a So y P egius S USB 3.2 Came a li e item all desc ibe the ide tical elect ical i te face. Teams weighi g i te face optio s ca co sult the compa iso betwee UVC a d USB3 Visio a chitectu es befo e fi alizi g a host softwa e stack. GPIO t igge i put d ives the exposu e wi dow f om a exte al eve t such as a p ese ce se so o a PLC sig al, a d st obe output fi es a NIR illumi ato alig ed to that wi dow. Acquisitio timi g o this IMX900 Global Shutte USB Came a follows the physical p ocess athe tha host scheduli g jitte .

Compact S-Mou t Fo m Facto fo OEM I teg atio : The Falco -900MGS uses a sta da d S-Mou t (M12) le s i te face, so focal le gth a d field of view ca be selected to match wo ki g dista ce without a y cha ge to the boa d o the e closu e. A a ow field le s suppo ts i is captu e at sta doff, a d a wide field le s suppo ts full face captu e at gate dista ces. The module ope ates ac oss −30°C to 75°C, cove i g i doo i stallatio s, semi-outdoo e t y poi ts, a d i dust ial e vi o me ts. Bus-powe ed ope atio keeps the cable cou t at o e, which simplifies the embedded visio came a po tfolio sta da dizatio wo k that follows a successful pilot.

P oduct Specificatio s

“Biomet ic i teg ato s have lived with a comp omise fo yea s. They could have global shutte accu acy o eal ea -i f a ed se sitivity, a d getti g both usually mea t givi g up esolutio o dy amic a ge. The So y P egius S IMX900 emoves that comp omise at the se so level. What the Falco -900MGS puts o a e gi ee ‘s be ch is 3MP mo och ome global shutte captu e, ge ui e espo se at 850 m a d 940 m, a d Quad HDR up to 120 dB i a si gle f ame, ove a plug-a d-play USB li k that eeds o d ive wo k. Fo a team buildi g a i is eade o a facial ecog itio gate, that collapses mo ths of se so evaluatio i to o e decisio .” – Alwi Vi ce t, P oduct Ma age , Vadzo Imagi g

Ta get Applicatio s

Biomet ic Access Co t ol a d I is Recog itio : Usable i is textu e depe ds o spatial sampli g ac oss the i is diamete a d o co t ast u de NIR illumi atio . The 3MP esolutio of this IMX900 Biomet ic USB Came a holds a adequate i is sample cou t at p actical sta doff dista ces, while global shutte captu e p ese ves the ci cula geomet y segme tatio depe ds o . Mo och ome NIR espo se at 850 m a d 940 m lets the illumi ato ope ate without a visible flash. As a Biomet ic Access Co t ol Came a, it suppo ts doo -mou ted eade s, ma t ap po tals, a d time a d atte da ce te mi als, a d as a I is Recog itio Came a it cove s e ollme t statio s a d ve ificatio gates alike. The 3MP Biomet ic USB Came a co figu atio is specified most ofte whe e e ollme t quality a d th oughput must both be satisfied.

Facial Recog itio , Secu ity, a d Su veilla ce: Facial ecog itio at a gate i volves a subject i co ti uous motio with u co t olled backg ou d lighti g. Global shutte captu e holds the elatio ship betwee la dma k poi ts co sta t, keepi g the matche alig me t stage o valid i put, while Quad HDR ha dles the backlit doo way case that defeats si gle slope se so s. Fo secu ity a d su veilla ce deployme ts, it is a p actical IMX900 Mo o USB Came a choice fo pe imete e t y poi ts, a d the 3MP Mo o USB Came a co figu atio cove s the same duty. Withi sma t city i f ast uctu e, the same cha acte istics suppo t pedest ia a alytics a d co t olled access at mu icipal sites, a d i telematics a d fleet ma ageme t, it suppo ts d ive ide tity ve ificatio a d i -cab mo ito i g, whe e NIR illumi atio is equi ed p ecisely because it does ot dist act the d ive .

I dust ial Automatio , Machi e Visio , a d Robotics: O a p oductio li e, the failu e mode is dime sio al athe tha biomet ic, but the se so equi eme t is ide tical. Su face defect detectio , dime sio al gaugi g, a d p i t ve ificatio depe d o f ames that stay geomet ically faithful at co veyo speed. As a High Accu acy Machi e Visio Came a, the 2.25 µm x 2.25 µm pixel size a d 3MP a ay hold g ou d sample dista ce withi tole a ce, a d mo och ome output maximizes edge co t ast without demosaicki g ove head. I automatio a d obotics cells, it fu ctio s as a Robotics Visio Came a fo pick-a d-place guida ce, visual se voi g, a d bi picki g. Teams su veyi g the global shutte optio s fo i dust ial automatio will fi d this IMX900 Mo och ome Global Shutte Came a positio ed betwee 2MP avigatio class devices a d highe esolutio olli g shutte alte atives.

Medical Device a d Patie t Ca e Imagi g: Vei visualizatio , fluo esce ce guided imagi g, a d multispect al tissue assessme t all ope ate i the ea i f a ed, whe e a So y P egius S Mo och ome USB Came a delive s substa tially bette sig al tha a colo device of equivale t pitch. Global shutte captu e p ese ves measu eme t validity du i g patie t a d i st ume t moveme t. I medical device a d patie t ca e applicatio s, the UVC i te face simplifies egulato y docume tatio because the e is o p op ieta y ke el d ive to validate i the softwa e bill of mate ials. The IMX900 Mo och ome NIR USB Came a co figu atio is the sta da d sta ti g poi t fo fluo esce ce a d vei imagi g, a d the 3MP Mo och ome NIR USB Came a build suppo ts highe mag ificatio wo k.

Retail Automatio , Kiosk, a d Self-Se vice Te mi als: Self-checkout statio s, age ve ificatio te mi als, a d u atte ded etail u its combi e ide tity ve ificatio with object ecog itio i o e imagi g ode. I etail automatio deployme ts, it cove s both oles, captu i g ha ds a d p oducts i motio without shutte a tifacts while suppo ti g face o i is ve ificatio u de NIR illumi atio that c eates o visible flash. Fo kiosk a d digital sig age i stallatio s, the wide i t asce e dy amic a ge keeps subjects legible agai st sto ef o t glass. The 3MP Mo o Global Shutte USB Came a co figu atio suppo ts docume t a d ba code captu e at the same te mi al, a d the IMX900 Mo o Global Shutte USB Came a build ha dles the cycle ate self-se vice th oughput dema ds. A i teg ato ca deploy the same 3MP USB Came a agai st a existi g te mi al softwa e stack without touchi g the ope ati g system image.

Vispa ARC SDK a d Host Softwa e I teg atio

The Falco -900MGS ope ates atively u de UVC, V4L2, a d Di ectShow, so st eami g, esolutio selectio , a d exposu e co t ol a e available o Wi dows, Li ux, a d A d oid with o additio al softwa e. Fo co t ol beyo d the UVC baseli e, the Vispa ARC SDK p ovides p og ammatic access to st eami g co figu atio , exposu e a d gai co t ol, t igge mode selectio , st obe pulse timi g, egio of i te est co figu atio , bi i g, wi dowi g, sma t GPIO ma ageme t, a d secu e fi mwa e updates i C, C++, C#, a d Pytho . The SDK i stalls alo gside the ative UVC st eam athe tha eplaci g it, so a team ca p ototype agai st sta da d video captu e APIs a d the move to di ect se so co t ol without cha gi g ha dwa e.

This matte s most i t igge ed acquisitio . A biomet ic gate eeds the exposu e alig ed to a illumi ato pulse, a d a multi- ode i stallatio eeds seve al modules exposi g withi the same wi dow. Regio of i te est co figu atio also se ves a ba dwidth pu pose, letti g a wi dowed c op a ou d the expected i is egio st eam faste tha full f ame at ative pixel pitch. Teams sta da dizi g ac oss i te face types ca evaluate the full USB came a po tfolio alo gside the Vadzo MIPI CSI-2, GigE, Wi-Fi, a d Se Des families.

F eque tly Asked Questio s

Q: Why is a global shutte se so equi ed fo i is ecog itio a d facial ecog itio systems?

A: A olli g shutte se so exposes a d eads out pixel ows i seque ce, so the fi st ow a d the last ow of a f ame co espo d to diffe e t mome ts i time. Whe a subject walks towa d a eade o tu s thei head, that offset appea s as geomet ic disto tio . The ci cula i is bou da y becomes a ellipse with a i co siste t ce te , a d facial la dma ks shift elative to o e a othe betwee the top a d the bottom of the face. I is segme tatio assumes a stable bou da y a d facial matche s assume co siste t la dma k spaci g, so both deg ade i ways that a e ha d to diag ose. A global shutte se so exposes the e ti e a ay simulta eously, maki g eve y f ame geomet ically valid ega dless of subject velocity, which is why global shutte a chitectu e is a baseli e equi eme t i biomet ic captu e. Vadzo Imagi g builds its 3MP Global Shutte Came a p oducts a ou d exactly this equi eme t.

Q: How does ea i f a ed illumi atio imp ove biomet ic captu e compa ed to visible light?

A: I is textu e i da kly pigme ted eyes ca ies ve y little co t ast u de visible illumi atio , because mela i abso bs st o gly ac oss the visible ba d. U de ea -i f a ed light at 850 m o 940 m, that abso ptio d ops a d the u de lyi g st omal st uctu e becomes legible, which is why p actical i is ecog itio is built a ou d NIR. Nea i f a ed also emoves the subject complia ce p oblem c eated by a visible flash a d elimi ates a light pollutio co st ai t at e t y poi ts ope ati g th ough the ight. The se so has to coope ate, howeve . A colo device places a Baye filte ove eve y pixel, a d that filte atte uates the ea -i f a ed ba d. The p actical diffe e ces betwee NIR a d RGB imagi g show up as a di ect sig al-to- oise adva tage at the same exposu e time a d pixel pitch, which is why Vadzo Imagi g builds its NIR biomet ic modules o mo och ome se so s exclusively.

Q: What is the adva tage of a 3MP mo och ome global shutte USB module ove a 2MP alte ative?

A: Resolutio i a biomet ic co text is about how ma y pixels fall ac oss the featu e bei g measu ed. I is ecog itio quality is exp essed as i is diamete i pixels, a d facial ecog itio accu acy t acks the umbe of pixels betwee the eyes. Movi g f om 2MP to 3MP aises the pixel cou t by oughly fifty pe ce t withi the same optical fo mat class, which eithe i c eases sampli g de sity at a fixed sta doff o exte ds the usable sta doff at a fixed sampli g de sity. Both outcomes ca y di ect system value, because a gate ca sit fu the f om the subject o accept a wide a ge of subject heights without epositio i g. Vadzo Imagi g offe s this as the Falco -900MGS, a So y P egius S 3MP USB Came a built o the IMX900. The USB global shutte came a a ge spa s 2MP th ough 20MP co figu atio s, so a 3MP Mo och ome Global Shutte Came a ca be matched to wo ki g dista ce without cha gi g i te face a chitectu e.

Q: Does a UVC-complia t USB module wo k without custom d ive developme t o Wi dows, Li ux, a d A d oid?

A: Yes. A fully UVC-complia t module p ese ts itself to the host as a sta da d video captu e device, a d Wi dows, Li ux, a d A d oid all i clude ative UVC suppo t i thei default d ive stacks. Wi dows ecog izes it th ough the i box USB video class d ive , Li ux th ough the V4L2 f amewo k, a d A d oid th ough the UVC host d ive . Fo a OEM team, this emoves d ive developme t f om the p oject scope a d simplifies the softwa e bill of mate ials i egulated ma kets. Vadzo Imagi g builds its UVC USB came a a ge to full UVC complia ce fo exactly this easo . The Falco -900MGS, as a So y P egius S USB Came a a d a So y P egius S IMX900 Came a, st eams immediately o co ectio , a d the Vispa ARC SDK i stalls sepa ately to p ovide t igge , st obe, a d fi mwa e co t ol fo teams that eed it.

Q: Ca a biomet ic g ade USB imagi g module be customized fo OEM p oductio ?

A: Yes. Vadzo Imagi g wo ks di ectly at the ha dwa e a d fi mwa e level athe tha eselli g catalog p oducts, so the module is adapted to the system i stead of the system bei g desig ed a ou d the module. Customizatio cove s fo m facto modificatio a d boa d edesig , fi mwa e developme t, NIR a d visible LED illumi atio boa d desig , le s holde modificatio a d optical filte selectio i cludi g NIR ba dpass filte s matched to 850 m o 940 m illumi ato s, a d e closu e desig i IP- ated a d sta da d co figu atio s. Evaluatio u its ca y o mi imum o de equi eme t, a d volume p og ams a e suppo ted by a dedicated applicatio s e gi ee i g team th ough desig -i , qualificatio , a d p oductio amp. Teams ca begi with a sta da d IMX900 Mo och ome USB Came a evaluatio u it a d move to a customized build without cha gi g the se so platfo m. Requi eme ts ca be discussed th ough the Vadzo Imagi g co tact a d suppo t page.

Availability a d Customizatio

The Falco -900MGS So y P egius S IMX900 USB Came a is available ow fo evaluatio a d OEM i teg atio . Evaluatio kits ship with the module, a default S-Mou t le s, a USB cable, a d Vispa ARC SDK docume tatio . Volume p ici g, fi mwa e customizatio , optics selectio , a d e closu e desig a e available o equest. E gi ee i g teams ca equest a datasheet, CAD files, o a evaluatio u it th ough the USB came a sto e o by co tacti g the Vadzo Imagi g sales team at [email p otected].

The Falco -900MGS fo ms pa t of a b oade USB imagi g family spa i g 2MP global shutte avigatio modules th ough 20MP i spectio co figu atio s. Teams evaluati g a 3MP Mo och ome USB Came a o a 3MP Mo o USB Came a fo a ew p og am ca equest a compa ative evaluatio ac oss se so optio s, a d the same OEM suppo t i f ast uctu e applies ac oss the full embedded visio came a po tfolio. Specified as a IMX900 P ecisio Visio USB Came a fo ide tity wo k o a 3MP P ecisio Visio USB Came a fo i spectio , this IMX900 USB Came a is available th ough the Vadzo Imagi g o li e sto e fo evaluatio a d OEM qualificatio .

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 i dust ial automatio , obotics, healthca e, secu ity, etail automatio , a d sma t i f ast uctu e. The compa y’s came a po tfolio spa s USB, MIPI CSI-2, GigE, Wi-Fi, a d Se Des i te faces. Beyo d ha dwa e, 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. Lea mo e at www.vadzoimagi g.com.

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