Embedded vision company Movidiushas announced a partnership with the world’s largest IP security camera provider, Hikvision, to bring deep neural network technology to the company’s cameras to perform much higher accuracy video analytics locally.
As part of the deal, Hikvision’s cameras will be powered by the Movidius Myriad 2 vision processing unit (VPU). Myriad 2 features a configuration of 12 programmable vector cores, which allows users to implement custom algorithms. The VPU offers TeraFLOPS (trillions of floating point operations per second) of performance within a 1 Watt power envelope. It features a built-in image signal processor and hardware accelerators, and offloads all vision-related tasks from a device’s CPU and GPU.
Traditionally, notes Movidius, running deep neural networks requires devices to depend on additional compute in the cloud, but the Myriad 2 VPU is a low-power device that enables the running of advanced algorithms inside the cameras themselves. This includes such tasks as car model classification, intruder detection, suspicious baggage alert, and seatbelt detection.
"Advances in artificial intelligence are revolutionizing the way we think about personal and public security" says Movidius CEO, Remi El-Ouazzane "The ability to automatically process video in real-time to detect anomalies will have a large impact on the way cities infrastructure are being used. We're delighted to partner with Hikvision to deploy smarter camera networks and contribute to creating safer communities, better transit hubs and more efficient business operations."
By utilizing deep neural networks and stereo 3D sensing, Hikvision has been able to achieve up to 99% accuracy in their advanced visual analytics applications, including those mentioned above.
"There are huge amounts of gains to be made when it comes to neural networks and intelligent camera systems" says Hikvision CEO, Hu Yangzhong. "With the Myriad 2 VPU we're able to make our analytics offerings much more accurate, flagging more events that require a response, while reducing false alarms. Embedded, native intelligence is a major step towards smart, safe and efficiently run cities. We will build a long term partnership with Movidius and its VPU roadmap."
In September, Intel announced plans to acquire Movidius, with the deal expected to close this year. Movidius has also collaborated with DJI, FLIR, Google,and Lenovo, among others.
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