Embedded Vision Insights: June 19, 2012 Edition

Dear Colleague,

It's mid-June and, for many of you, thoughts might be wandering towards planned and potential summer activities. Admittedly, mine are too, but they're also fixated on a similar-sounding word, Summit. Mid-next month in Silicon Valley, the Embedded Vision Alliance will hold its next Summit, sponsored by Platinum member Xilinx. As I type these words, agendas are being finalized, presentations are being developed, and myriad other loose ends both big and small are being tied down. I look forward to seeing many of you in four weeks' time!

I'm also still focusing a fair bit of attention on the most recent Embedded Vision Alliance Summit, held in late March. Video content from that very successful event, which brought together the Alliance membership and key representatives of the technology press and analyst ranks, is still regularly being published on the Alliance website. Below, for example, you'll find a link to the hour-long embedded vision market analysis presentation delivered by IMS Research senior analyst Tom Hackenburg. You'll also find a pointer to the equally in-depth embedded vision technology trends tutorial on 2-D, 3-D and "4-D" image sensors, led by BDTI senior engineers Eric Gregori and Shehrzad Qureshi.

The technology trends presentation, along with a technical article from Alliance member Apical's Michael Tusch, also formed the content foundation of a recently published cover story at EDN Magazine. But wait, there's more! (I sound like a TV commercial, don't I?) Last week, the Alliance published video recordings of the short new-product presentations delivered by Analog Devices, Apical, Omek Interactive, Texas Instruments and Xilinx at the March Summit. And just in the past few days, a number of new demonstration and tutorial videos have also appeared on the Alliance site, from CogniMem Technologies and CogniVue.

Speaking of videos, I'd like to draw your particular attention to two of the recent news write-ups highlighted below. Two weeks ago, Alliance founder Jeff Bier conducted two webcasts within the same day, respectively published by Vision Systems Design Magazine and EE Times. Archive recordings of both technical talks are available on the publications' websites. And a week (and a day) from today, Alliance members CEVA and eyeSight will deliver yet another technical tutorial webcast in partnership with EE Times' TechOnline; pre-registration is required, and I encourage your attendance.

I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again, because week after week I'm repeatedly reminded of it… these are exciting times to be an embedded vision industry and Embedded Vision Alliance participant!  As always, I welcome your feedback on how the Embedded Vision Alliance can more effectively help you harness the abundant opportunities in this burgeoning technology category. Thank you for your support of the Alliance, and for your interest in and contributions to embedded vision technologies, products and applications.

Brian Dipert
Editor-In-Chief, Embedded Vision Alliance

March 2012 Embedded Vision Alliance Summit Technology Trends Presentation on Image Sensors
BDTI senior engineers Eric Gregori and Shehrzad Qureshi deliver a techology trends presentation on image sensors for embedded vision applications, at the late-March 2012 Embedded Vision Alliance Summit. Eric and Shehrzad discuss trends regarding conventional 2-D image sensors, as well as those supporting "3-D" (depth discernment) and "4-D" (i.e. selective focus, otherwise known as light field or plenoptic) functions.

March 2012 Embedded Vision Alliance Summit Market Trends Presentation
IMS Research senior analyst Tom Hackenberg delivers an embedded vision application market trends presentation at the late-March 2012 Embedded Vision Alliance Summit. Tom analyzes the potential fit for embedded vision in a plethora of applications, spanning established, developing and emerging markets. He discusses both opportunities and barriers to entry in each application, as well as quantifying the potential market size and growth over time.

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