CCTV to 'see in the dark'

This News article on developments by Canon informs us that sensors that can truly 'see in the dark' are coming in 2022:

TOKYO -- Japanese camera maker Canon has developed an image sensor that can take high-quality color photographs even in the dark, a big stride toward automated driving and augmented reality.

Canon will start mass-producing the sensor in 2022, Nikkei has learned.

The sensor can recognize light at one-tenth the brightness conventional sensors need, lending itself to a range of industrial applications such as driving and surveillance.

Until now, night-vision cameras using infrared rays have been the mainstream for taking pictures in the dark. But the images are in black and white. Conventional high-sensitivity cameras can capture color images in mere moonlight, but the amount of noise increases when it is too dark for the naked eye to see.

You may not be aware that Canon is in fact the parent company of one of the world's largest CCTV camera manufacturers - Axis Communications.
Canon also own Milestone Systems, and a number of other specialist companies in video surveillance & analysis.

Canon also offer their own (small) range of CCTV cameras.

It's interesting to see this visionary Japanese tech giant build its portfolio slowly and quietly ...