By Brian Dipert Editor-In-Chief Embedded Vision Alliance Senior Analyst BDTI Last November, EVA founder Jeff Bier attended VISION 2011, a trade show held in Stuttgart Germany. Part of Jeff's motivation to travel to VISION 2011 was his participation in a panel discussion on the topic of the future of embedded vision. And this editor also […]
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By Brian Dipert Editor-In-Chief Embedded Vision Alliance Senior Analyst BDTI The Embedded Vision Alliance held its second quarterly Member Summit on December 6 in Dallas, TX, sponsored by Texas Instruments, and following up the premier event back in September. One notable aspect of the December meeting, as I previewed back in early November, was the
By Michael Tusch Founder and CEO Apical Limited This article will expand on the theme initiated in the premier article of this series, that of exploring how the pixel processing performed in cameras can either enhance or hinder the performance of embedded vision algorithms. Achieving natural or otherwise aesthetically pleasing camera images is normally considered
By Brian Dipert Editor-In-Chief Embedded Vision Alliance Senior Analyst BDTI A diversity of image sensor options are available for your consideration, differentiated both in terms of their fundamental semiconductor process foundations and of their circuit (and filter, microlens and other supplement) implementations. Understanding their respective strengths and shortcomings is critical to making an appropriate product
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by Jeff Bier Founder and President, BDTI September 29, 2011 This paper was originally published at the 2011 Embedded Systems Conference Boston. Abstract—With the emergence of increasingly capable processors, it’s becoming practical to incorporate computer vision capabilities into a wide range of embedded systems, enabling them to analyze their environments via video inputs. Products like
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By Paul Zoratti Driver Assistance Senior System Architect Automotive Division Xilinx Corporation This is a reprint of a Xilinx-published white paper which is also available here (344 KB PDF). In the last five years, the automotive industry has made remarkable advances in driver assistance (DA) systems that truly enrich the driving experience and provide drivers
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By Eric Gregori Senior Software Engineer and Embedded Vision Specialist BDTI Face tracking or face detection is an exciting field in embedded vision. With a simple web camera, some free open source software, and a fun animatronic head kit from Robodyssey Systems, FaceBot will introduce you to face detection and tracking using the easy to
By Eric Gregori Senior Software Engineer and Embedded Vision Specialist BDTI The name OpenCV has become synonymous with computer vision, but what is OpenCV? OpenCV is a collection of software algorithms put together in a library to be used by industry and academia for computer vision applications and research (Figure 1). OpenCV started at Intel
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By J. Scott Gardner April 8, 2011 To read this article as a pdf file, click here. For many of us, the idea of computer vision was first imagined as the unblinking red lens through which a computer named HAL spied on the world around itself in 2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur C. Clark
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By Brian Dipert Editor-In-Chief Embedded Vision Alliance Senior Analyst BDTI On September 20, representatives from 18 (of 20 to-date total) Embedded Vision Alliance member companies met in San Jose, CA at the facilities of Alliance member Xilinx. The daylong series of briefings, planning sessions and relationship-building opportunities were judged highly rewarding by all in attendance,
September’s Initial Embedded Vision Alliance Member Summit: A Resounding Success Read More +
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