OCTOBER 10--The Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM; Neuchatel, Switzerland), an electronics R&D center, has launched a miniature vision sensor system that enables broad-based monitoring and interpretation of visual data in real time and in any light conditions. The low-cost system, called ViSe, allows OEMs to develop application-specific image-analysis and response systems aimed at automotive, security, building and home automation, and industrial markets.
The ability to rapidly process data in real time and at low cost gives the system applicability for markets where vision sensing was previously not an option. Additionally, the system addresses privacy issues through an option that identifies human forms but not facial or body detail.
The ViSe camera is composed of a vision sensor and a DSP chip that can run identification algorithms. The chip extracts key image features needed for interpretation prior to sending it for software processing on the DSP. The sensor chip captures a detailed image but extracts contrast strength and orientations, permitting it to pass on to the DSP only the key features of the scene needed for analysis. The ViSe contrast-extraction approach eliminates sensitivity to light environment change, ensuring greater safety and security.
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