Embedded Vision Insights: September 18, 2012 Edition

Dear Colleague,

In the previous edition of this newsletter, published just two weeks ago, I shared the news that the Alliance had just added two new members, Synopsys and VanGogh Imagine. At that time, I had already published a detailed writeup on Synopsys' embedded vision strategies and aspirations, and I promised that one would shortly follow on VanGogh. Well, I'm happy to extend the trend. The aforementioned VanGogh coverage is now live on the website, and the Alliance has added its third member for this month, image sensor developer Aptina Imaging. Stay tuned for more in-depth coverage of Aptina to appear soon.

Speaking of news, this week's a notable one for the Alliance. As you're receiving this newsletter on Tuesday, Alliance representatives Jeff Bier and Eric Gregori from BDTI will be presenting two classes and moderating an exhibit floor theater presentation on embedded vision applications from Analog Devices, Texas Instruments and Xilinx at the Embedded Systems Conference Boston, part of the DESIGN East series of shows. Later this same day, Bier and I will co-deliver a "Boot Camp" embedded vision tutorial to Alliance newcomers. Wednesday's the day-long Embedded Vision Summit, combining two keynotes and a variety of technical presentations from Alliance member companies, along with diverse product demonstrations. And Thursday morning is the quarterly Alliance Member Summit.

If you happen to be in the Boston, Massachusetts area tomorrow, send a registration request to [email protected], because there's a good chance (although I can't definitively guarantee) that a few remaining Embedded Vision Summit attendee slots will remain open for day-of-event registrants. And speaking of Summits, I'll close with a bit of a "back to the future" explanation. One of this newsletter edition's showcase videos, listed below, is an interview I recently conducted with John Morse, IMS Research senior analyst covering the machine vision market. Morse will also be the featured market analysis presenter at December's upcoming Alliance Member Summit. And that Summit will be hosted by National Instruments, whose product demonstration from the April Alliance Member Summit is the other showcase video below.

Thank you as always for your support of the Embedded Vision Alliance, and for your interest in and contributions to embedded vision technologies, products and applications. As always, I welcome your feedback on this newsletter, the Alliance website, and anything else Alliance-related.

Brian Dipert
Editor-In-Chief, Embedded Vision Alliance

An Introduction to the Market for Embedded Vision in Machine Vision Applications
Brian Dipert interviews John Morse, Senior Market Analyst at IMS Research, in this third video of a planned series with various IMS Research analysts. Brian and John discuss the various applications for embedded vision in machine vision applications, feature set evolutions for the cameras that implement machine vision (sensors, communications, illumination, etc), sizes of both the overall market and subsets, and various market trends..

National Instruments Product Demonstration at at the Embedded Vision Alliance Summit
Vineet Aggarwal, Group Manager for Embedded Systems, demonstrates National Instruments' latest embedded vision technologies and products at the March 2012 Embedded Vision Alliance Summit.

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Image Sensors Evolve to Meet Emerging Embedded Vision Needs
Look at the systems you're designing, or more generally at the devices that surround your life, and you're likely to see a camera or few staring back at you. Image sensors and their paired image processors are becoming an increasingly common presence in a diversity of electronic products. It's nearly impossible to purchase a laptop computer without a bezel-mount camera, for example, and an increasing percentage of all-in-one desktop PCs, dedicated computer displays and even televisions are now also including them. Smartphones and tablets frequently feature image sensors, too, often located on both the front and back panels, and sometimes even arranged in "stereo" configurations for 3-D image capture purposes. And you'll even find cameras embedded in portable multimedia players and mounted in cars, among myriad other examples. More

Meeting Embedded Vision Needs: HDR Processing
In any review of image sensor technology, it's often important to discuss so-called HDR (High Dynamic Range) or WDR (Wide Dynamic Range) sensors. Many embedded vision applications (as with photography and other image capture applications in a more general sense) require robust functionality even with challenging real-life scenes. Cameras, even high-end DSLRs, aren't often able to capture as much information in high contrast scenes as our eyes can discern. This fact explains why we have rules of photography such as "make sure the sun is behind you." Although conventional image sensors struggle in such conditions, the industry has devoted significant work over many years to developing HDR sensors that extend the raw image capture capability." More

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