Tecno held its Future Lens 2024 event in Chongqing, China, where the brand detailed the upcoming camera features for its 2025 flagship phone. The main announcements were Tecno’s Imaging Matrix (TIM) and two advanced imaging technologies – EVS Dynamic Snapshot and Tap Any Zoom Dual Prism Telephoto.
Tecno Imaging Matrix is the brand’s latest generation image processing technology with four stages. The hardware foundation layer consists of four image processing units (camera hardware, sensor, chipset, and display) that feed data to the deconstruction layer and its ten fundamental imaging algorithms. From there, the engine reconstruction layer uses an AI-powered imaging engine with a dedicated Techno Algorithmic Process Stack (TAPS) and transfers the information to the application layer with its mobile imaging application functions.
On the hardware front, Tecno premiered its EVS Dynamic Snapshot technology, which combines an event-based vision sensor (EVS) with a traditional CMOS camera sensor with the goal of capturing moving objects.
Techno EVS Dynamic Snapshot
Instead of collecting pixels frame-by-frame like traditional camera sensors, the EVS sensor captures motion data with full dynamic processing while the camera sensor captures still images and color information. The data from both sensors is then merged, resulting in perfectly focused still images in the end result. This development will be useful for action shots in sports and wildlife scenarios, which have traditionally been difficult for smartphone cameras.
The second major hardware announcement is Tecno’s Tap Any Zoom dual prism telephoto sensor. It employs a dual periscope module with lens-shifting and optical image stabilization along with a proprietary algorithm that helps users focus and capture stunning long-range photos and videos.
TECNO Tap Any Zoom Dual Prism Telephoto
Tecno’s new periscope module allows the user to double-tap an object in the viewfinder, and the periscope lens will automatically adjust its zoom and framing to capture that object. Tecno’s new sensor also supports image stitching with the ability to capture larger image frames than traditional telephoto lenses without distortion.
Tecno confirmed its plans to launch a premium smartphone with newly announced camera developments in 2025.
