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 […]
As I previously mentioned in mid-October, the latest-generation Android 4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" operating system from Google touts (among other things) built-in support for facial recognition as a system unlock option. And as I mentioned a few days later, it…umm…doesn't yet work terribly well. Not only is its operation inherently erratic, especially in low-light settings,
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By José Alvarez Video Technology Engineering Director Xilinx Corporation José Alvarez, Video Technology Engineering Director at Xilinx Corporation, follows up his premier video in this tutorial series with the discussion of a flexible ISP (image signal processing) implementation using readily available dynamic processing blocks in an FPGA.
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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 This video training session covers some of the algorithms available in OpenCV, and is intended for programmers and non-programmers alike. You can download (and install) the BDTI OpenCV Executable Demo Package here and follow along. The examples run on various Windows operating systems and
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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
The BDTI OpenCV Executable Demo Package is an easy-to-use tool which allows anyone with a Windows computer and a web camera to experiment with some of the algorithms in OpenCV v2.3. After downloading the installer zip file, double-click on the zip file to uncompress its contents, then double-click on the… Introduction To Computer Vision Using
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