Pioneers in comprehensive camera testing and comparative analysis in the industry

DXOMARK has a rich history in camera testing, spanning two decades. Initially focused on lenses and sensors, the company has since expanded its scope to include a wide range of consumer and professional devices where cameras play a crucial role. This expansion extends from smartphones to specialized applications in fields like automotive and high-end photography, including AR/VR. 

The foundation of DXOMARK’s expertise lies in rigorous testing and experimentation across various product types and quality levels. Their team of seasoned professionals has decades of experience in evaluating image quality. Notably, DXOMARK’s smartphone camera protocol, developed over 20 years, has become the industry benchmark. 

DXOMARK’s experts are attuned to current and future consumer needs in terms of camera features and AI tools, and they can design protocols that prioritize the end user.  By taking into  consideration consumer habits, preferences, and innovative features, DXOMARK helps manufacturers create products tailored to their customers. DXOMARK provides efficient solutions to make tuning faster and more accurate. Those solutions can also extend to  diverse industries, such as automotive or medical, where camera performance significantly influences the overall user experience.

Industries covered

How can DXOMARK Camera experts help?

For smartphones, DXOMARK’s engineers can assist from the early design stages, helping to choose the right components and technologies based on quality targets, to the final stages, providing in-depth analysis and actionable data to engineering and marketing teams. As the product heads toward launch, DXOMARK’s teams will show engineering and product marketing teams how the newly designed product compares to the competition in regards to the user experience with in-depth analysis and actionable data. DXOMARK’s teams can also help to design a customized quality test protocol for your own laboratory as well as train your team and keep their testing skills current with the latest updates. DXOMARK’s large database of tested cameras spans many devices and provides a valuable headstart in building the specifications of your next product. In addition, DXOMARK’s Insights go directly to consumers in different geographical markets to gather information on their preferences for picture and video quality on various products.

For automotive cameras, DXOMARK provides tools and expertise for computer and human vision systems, from sensor selection to hardware validation and ISP tuning, ensuring high performance through lab and real-life testing. Benefiting from its extensive experience in photography and consumer devices, the DXOMARK team offers a thorough testing methodology and tuning or calibration for advanced driver-assistance systems. We can test common automotive use cases such as autonomous parking or ADAS applications in challenging conditions like entering and exiting a tunnels or driving directly in sunlight.

Certifications & standards

DXOMARK image quality experts play an integral role in scientific and technical committees, leveraging their deep expertise to actively contribute to the development and refinement of new industry standards for various industries. DXOMARK has made significant contributions to several key initiatives, driving the definition of new benchmarks for image performance and quality. These contributions help set the foundation for the next generation of visual experiences in a variety of applications. In particular, DXOMARK has contributed to the following works:

IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Some of our engineers are part of the IEEE technical committee and contribute to the definitions of the IEEE P1858 and P2020 standards

ISO – International Organization of Standardization

As an active contributor to ISO Technical committee TC-42 

CIE – International Commission on Illumination

Elaborated guidelines for the definition and evaluation of high dynamic range Images and image sequences 

Scientific Publications

DXOMARK actively continues its research and is regularly publishing research papers, including the development of groundbreaking algorithms and contents at image science conferences throughout the world. 

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