Dear Colleague, I've got Israel on the brain of late, it seems. And it's not just because the 40 days of Lent wrapped up a few weeks ago with Easter (roughly coincident with Passover for my Jewish friends and associates). It's because Israel has become a particular hotbed of embedded vision technology and product innovation. […]
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By Paula Carrillo, Akira Osamoto, and Adithya K. Banninthaya Texas Instruments Accurate skin-tone reproduction is important in conventional still and video photography applications, but it's also critical in some embedded vision implementations; for accurate facial detection and recognition, for example. And intermediary lossy compression between the camera and processing circuitry is common in configurations that
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Back in early November, I mentioned that South Korean cellphone manufacturer Pantech had begun augmenting some of its products with gesture interface capabilities, courtesy of the Embedded Vision Alliance's newest member, eyeSight Mobile Technologies. Add Chinese developer Huawei to the gesture interface supporter list; as reported at Engadget earlier today: The company's North American research
The Gesture Interface: Another Asian Smartphone Manufacturer Thinks It Makes Sense Read More +
A couple of weeks ago, a flurry of posts hit the blogosphere discussing Apple's reputed plans for a glasses-free autostereoscopic 3-D display. See, for example: 9to5Mac Ars Technica Cult of Mac The Unofficial Apple Weblog, and The Verge I didn't think much of it until my co-worker Jeremy pointed out to me that the associated
The Webcam: Key To Apple’s 3-D Display Plans? Read More +
Jeff Bier, Founder of the Embedded Vision Alliance and co-founder and president of BDTI, moderates the panel discussion "Beyond Kinect; From Research to Revenue," at the March 2012 Embedded Vision Summit. Also participating are Jim Donlon (Project Manager, DARPA), Bruce Kleinman (Corporate Vice President, Platform Marketing, Xilinx), Bruce Flinchbaugh (Fellow and Manager of Vision R&D,
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Back in early March, I told you about the Embedded Vision Alliance's then-latest member, CogniMem Technologies. Less than two months later, I'm happy to share with you the news that the EVA has expanded yet again, to include Israel-based eyeSight Mobile Technologies. The company name will be a familiar one for regular visitors to the
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OpenCV is an open-source software component library for computer vision application development. OpenCV is a powerful tool for prototyping embedded vision algorithms. Originally released in 2000, it has been downloaded over 3.5 million times. The OpenCV library supports over 2,500 functions and contains dozens of valuable vision application examples. The library supports C, C++, and
OpenCV is an open-source software component library for computer vision application development. OpenCV is a powerful tool for prototyping embedded vision algorithms. Originally released in 2000, it has been downloaded over 3.5 million times. The OpenCV library supports over 2,500 functions and contains dozens of valuable vision application examples. The… Start Developing OpenCV Applications Immediately
As readers of the last two Embedded Vision Insights newsletters already know, Analog Devices took advantage of the late-March Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley and quarterly Embedded Vision Alliance Summit to unveil the latest entries in the high-performance segment of its multi-vector Blackfin SoC product line (Figure 1). Two weeks ago, I published a videorecorded
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Globalpress Electronics Summit 2012, Santa Cruz, California, April 25, 2012— The Embedded Vision Alliance (www.Embedded-Vision.com) today announced that eyeSight Mobile Technologies (www.eyesight-tech.com) has joined the Alliance as a Technology Member. eyeSight is a provider of vision-based gesture control software for digital devices. Just a few weeks ago, CogniMem Technologies (www.cognimem.com) also joined the Alliance, swelling
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