Why Engineers Choose ImSym
Enhance your optical system development with ImSym.
Designing modern imaging systems requires more than lens design alone. ImSym enables engineers to model optics, sensors, image signal processors, and real-world scenes in a unified virtual environment. By validating imaging performance before hardware is built, teams can reduce prototype iterations, improve system-level decisions, and accelerate development.
Validate Performance Before PrototypingEvaluate image quality and system behavior before hardware is manufactured.
Reduce Development RiskIdentify performance issues earlier when design changes are easier and less costly.
Accelerate Design IterationsAssess design alternatives faster using simulation instead of physical testing.
Optimize the Entire Imaging PipelineUnderstand how optics, sensors, and image processing interact to affect final image quality.
Improve Cross-Team CollaborationProvide a common platform for optical, sensor, algorithm, and system engineers.
Bring Products to Market FasterReduce development cycles through virtual prototyping and simulation-driven design.
See It in Action
Bring Your Imaging System to Market Faster
Validate imaging systems before manufacturing and during assembly with ImSym. By providing a cohesive end-to-end simulation platform, ImSym makes it possible to reduce your design-to-market time. It also supports workflows tailored to your unique requirements and collaboration style. With ImSym, you can communicate seamlessly and assess all system components within one tool. Explore ImSym's advantages in this video.
Key Features
Model optics, sensors, image processing, and scenes within a unified workflow.
Accurately simulate detector characteristics, pixel behavior, and noise sources.
Evaluate how image processing affects overall system performance and image quality.
Understand the impact of unwanted light and scene interactions on imaging performance.
Quantify how individual system elements influence image quality and performance.
Automate workflows and extend functionality through Python support.
Resources to Get You Started
ImSym is a powerful tool that allows engineers to design, test and optimize digital imaging systems entirely in software. Instead of relying on physical prototypes, ImSym simulates the full imaging pipeline—from scene capture and optics to sensors and image processing—helping teams speed up development, reduce costs and improve final image quality.
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Optimizing Imaging System Performance: Balancing Hardware & Software with ImSym
Webinar European Session
Accelerating High-Fidelity End-to-End Image Simulation with Stand-Alone Workflows
Webinar Americas Session
Accelerating High-Fidelity End-to-End Image Simulation with Stand-Alone Workflows
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Optical Design and Engineering Services
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Keysight Optical Simulation Solutions
White Paper
Choosing the Right Optical Design Software
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Optical Design Tolerancing
Applikationsberichte
Predicting Real-World Ghosting Using Typical Camera Parameters in ImSym
Have Questions? We've Got Answers
Imaging system simulation software enables engineers to model optics, sensors, image processing, and scenes in a virtual environment to predict imaging performance before hardware is built.
Virtual prototyping allows engineers to evaluate image quality and system performance entirely in software before manufacturing physical prototypes, helping reduce cost, risk, and development time.
ImSym simulates the complete imaging pipeline, allowing engineers to predict image quality and analyze system performance before hardware is manufactured.
An end-to-end imaging system simulator models the complete imaging chain, including optics, sensors, image signal processors, and scenes, to evaluate overall system performance.
Image quality depends on interactions between lenses, sensors, image signal processors, and environmental conditions. ImSym allows engineers to analyze these components together within a unified simulation workflow.
Yes. Engineers can use ImSym to evaluate imaging performance, sensor selection, optics, and image processing workflows used in machine vision applications.
CODE V focuses on imaging optical design and lens optimization, while ImSym simulates the complete imaging pipeline, including optics, sensors, image processing, and scene effects.
Virtual prototyping helps identify issues earlier, reduces physical prototype iterations, improves collaboration, and accelerates design cycles.