Data Encoding Formats

Prophesee’s event-based sensor are producing data in proprietary event stream formats (EVT that stands for EVent Type). Those event formats have been designed to strike a balance between compactness and robustness, while taking into account constraints imposed by the processing platforms.

The following schemes of encoding are used depending on the sensor and the EVK:

• EVT 2.0 Format
• EVT 2.1 Format
• EVT 3.0 Format

Gen3 sensors are using EVT 2.0 by default. Gen4 and IMX636 sensors are using EVT 3.0 by default and can use EVT 2.1 when embedded in EVK3 or EVK4.

Note

For an overview on data encoding formats, you can also watch our training video.