In my 14+ years as a technology analyst and journalist, I'm not sure that I've ever referenced MIT News before, far from twice within two weeks. Yet an innovation reported in the online journal late last month justifies the repeat attention. As those of you who own one already know, smartphones (along with an increasing […]
Networked Camera Phones: Traffic Timing Awareness Makes Good Gas Mileage Sense Read More +
Wellingborough, UK – 7th September 2011. It seems that the price sensitive world of retail security has an emerging creative side, according to IMS Research’s latest end-user research on video surveillance and security in the retail market. Historically, the retail market has been characterised by low prices and basic, easy-to-use security solutions. Although these remain
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By Michael Tusch Founder and CEO Apical Limited Camera designers have decades of experience in creating image processing pipelines which produce attractive and/or visually accurate images, but what kind of image processing produces video which is well-purposed for subsequent analytics? It seems reasonable to begin by considering a conventional ISP (image signal processor). After all,
How Does Camera Performance Affect Analytics? Read More +
I'm currently working on a technical article on image sensors, which is out for review in first-draft form. Perhaps obviously, one key focus area deals with the respective strengths and shortcomings of CCDs and CMOS sensors. CCDs implement a 'global shutter' function, wherein all pixels's photodiodes and other associated circuitry terminate photon accumulation at the
An Image Sensor Connect-The-Dots: Rolling Shutters And Other Thoughts Read More +
Earlier this month, I pointed out several advancements in motion capture technology that had been made at the in-progress SIGGRAPH conference. Today, with thanks to Slashdot for the heads-up, I'll pass along another SIGGRAPH-delivered announcement, this one in the surface visualization technology space. From MIT News on August 9: Traditionally, generating micrometer-scale images has required
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Wellingborough, UK – 22nd August 2011. While the “Kids & Transportation Safety Act” in the US is stirring-up much excitement for automotive rear-view camera suppliers, it is stirring-up much anxiety for surround-view camera suppliers. This is because, as it stands, surround-view is not allowed as an alternative to a “traditional” rear-view camera according to the
Will the NHTSA Specification be a Killer for Surround-View Cameras? Read More +
I hope you'll indulge a brief divergence from 'pure' embedded vision topics, because I just can't resist sharing a highlight clip from the upcoming snowboarding film The Art Of Flight with you. For one thing, the footage was shot with a precursor to the Vision Research Phantom camera systems that I showcased a week ago.
“The Art of Flight”: A Phantom Flex High-Speed Camera System Highlight Read More +
The IEEE Hot Chips Conference has historically been a can't-miss event for me each year, but I wasn't able to attend this year's 23rd iteration held last week. Tipped off by a 'tweet' from a former co-worker, I realized too late that Microsoft was on the program, discussing the objectives and implementation of the Kinect
Randall Munroe's web comic xkcd, which comes out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, is admittedly one of my favorite Internet-delivered diversions. It's always entertaining and clever (IMHO, although not everyone seems to agree), and particularly popular with the techie community, albeit sometimes a bit obscure…thereby rationalizing the existence of sites such as Explain XKCD. And
Image Processing Hits The Comic (Sort Of) Mainstream Read More +
I spent a few days at BDTI's Oakland office this week, as you already know if you saw last night's writeup on the interview with UC Berkeley's Jitendra Malik. Among other things, I had a face-to-face meeting with the folks who work on the Embedded Vision Alliance website. Stay tuned for more news on the
Website Analytics: Exceedingly Useful Webcam Analysis “Tricks” Read More +
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