Himax Opens Pre-orders for WiseGuard™ Smart Sensor Evaluation Kit Through DigiKey, Bringing Ultralow Power Edge AI Sensing to Security Applications

New WiseGuard Smart Sensor Delivers Always-On, Ultralow Power Edge AI Vision For Security, Monitoring and IoT applications

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Himax Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) ("Himax" or the "Company"), a global supplier of smart sensor and edge AI technologies, today announced that its WiseGuard^™ smart sensor evaluation kit is now available for pre-order through DigiKey, a global online distributor of electronic components.

Built on the same core hardware platform as the WiseEye technology, WiseGuard smart sensors combine ultralow power consumption, a wide field of view and long-range detection capabilities. They enable always-on human and object detection and AI-based classification directly at the edge, without the need to continuously stream images to the cloud. The compact 13mm x 11mm WiseGuard module integrates Himax's ultralow power sensor NPU, a high-performance vision sensor, a trained human detection AI model and an optimized image compression engine, allowing for easy integration into IoT devices. Together, these capabilities enable accurate human and object detection while minimizing false alarms, reducing data transmission requirements, and reducing dependence on cloud-based processing. This makes WiseGuard well suited for security, monitoring, and IoT applications.

"The availability of evaluation kits and module samples marks an important step in bringing WiseGuard to market, enabling customers to accelerate product evaluation and integration," said Samuel Kuo, VP of Smart Sensing Business at Himax. "With up to 5 years of battery life, high-precision human and object detection capabilities, minimal maintenance requirements, and privacy-preserving on-device AI, WiseGuard is well suited for remote monitoring in both indoor and outdoor environments. Its always-on sensing and on-device event detection capabilities also enable connected AI systems to respond proactively to real-world events, supporting next-generation Agentic AI solutions."

WiseGuard Smart Sensor Key Features:

• Ultralow Power Sensing: Enables always-on Edge AI classification with over 5 years of battery life on a single CR123 battery
  
  
• High Detection Accuracy: Achieves up to 98% human detection accuracy, minimizing false alarms and unnecessary power consumption
  
  
• Optimized Compression Engine: Dynamically crops and compresses image data to transmit only relevant information, optimizing power consumption and bandwidth usage for remote event verification
  
  
• Edge AI Intelligence: Goes beyond conventional binary motion sensing with multi-class AI classification, generating contextual metadata that enables Agentic AI applications to make informed decisions without continuously transmitting large image streams
  
  
• Data Privacy & Security: Processes images locally at the edge, minimizing the transmission of sensitive visual data. Arm® TrustZone® isolation, PUF-based device authentication, and image masking and encryption help protect data privacy and support secure device operation.

An AI agent can't intelligently respond to the physical world unless something tells it what's happening. WiseGuard provides that context. For example, WiseGuard detects that a person entered a restricted area → generates metadata describing the event → an AI system/agent decides what action to take.

"We are already seeing WiseGuard progress from evaluation toward commercial deployment, gaining traction across commercial surveillance and monitoring, indoor occupancy sensing and smart building and IoT sensing applications," said Steve Chen, Head of U.S. Sales and Business Development at Himax.

Availability:

For more information about WiseGuard, please visit https://www.himax.com.tw/wiseguard.

The WiseGuard Evaluation Kit is now available for pre-order through DigiKey, while shipments of WiseGuard module orders are expected to begin by mid-November 2026. For additional information, contact hxUS_support@himax.com.tw.

About Himax Technologies

Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is a leading global fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display imaging processing technologies. The Company's display driver ICs and timing controllers have been adopted at scale across multiple industries worldwide including TVs, PC monitors, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, automotive, ePaper devices, industrial displays, among others. As the global market share leader in automotive display technology, the Company offers innovative and comprehensive automotive IC solutions, including traditional driver ICs, advanced in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI), local dimming timing controllers (Local Dimming Tcon), Large Touch and Display Driver Integration (LTDI) and OLED display technologies. Himax is also a pioneer in tinyML visual-AI and optical technology related fields. The Company's industry-leading WiseEye™ Ultralow Power AI Sensing technology which incorporates Himax proprietary ultralow power AI processor, always-on CMOS image sensor, and CNN-based AI algorithm has been widely deployed in consumer electronics and AIoT related applications. Himax optics technologies, such as diffractive wafer level optics, LCoS microdisplays and 3D sensing solutions, are critical for facilitating emerging AR/VR/metaverse technologies. Additionally, Himax designs and provides touch controllers, OLED ICs, LED ICs, EPD ICs, power management ICs, and CMOS image sensors for diverse display application coverage. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax currently employs around 2,200 people from three Taiwan-based offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China, Korea, and the US. Himax has 2,514 patents granted and 297 patents pending approval worldwide as of September 30, 2026.

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