Understanding Embedded Vision Technology

by Sanya Malhotra INNOVATING TO ADVANCE THE WORLD

Imagine an intelligent doorbell that can identify who’s at the door and alert you without actually having to open the door; or industrial equipment integrated with little sensors and cameras to help monitor its health, functioning and ensure it works the way it was intended.

So, what is it really, that helps the machine see its environment, collect data and carry out all sorts of tasks automatically?

Embedded Vision – This technology combines Embedded Systems and Computer Vision to enable a machine to perform intelligent tasks. The technology can be embedded into a product for practical usage/applications.

Understanding Embedded Vision Systems

An Embedded System is a “microprocessor-based system” with a dedicated functionality inside a larger mechanical body or electrical system, whereas Computer Vision is the use of digital processing and intelligent algorithms to interpret meaning from images or video.

Traditionally, Vision Systems are comprised of a Camera and a large PC. Backed by a frame grabber or interface card to import camera images, they use software to analyze these images and pass on the information to another part of the system. Despite offering good performance, PC-based vision systems were heavy in size and expensive too. On top of that, integrating them into existing systems or manufacturing setups often seems complex given the number of iterations involved.

On the other hand, Embedded Vision refers to the integration of a camera and a processing board of compact size. This way, an embedded vision system acts like an independent computer system that can be integrated directly into large machinery or electrical systems. With everything on a small board, a PC is not required. Therefore, embedded vision systems are easier to use and integrate in comparison to their PC-based counterparts.

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Key advantages of Embedded Vision Systems

Small size
Lightweight
Low cost
Low energy consumption

Final Thoughts

In the vision milieu, Embedded Vision is an exciting & robust Technology that is gaining huge traction because of the huge potential it has to shape the future of entire industries. Using little cameras with inbuilt intelligent algorithms, it is opening doors to new growth opportunities. Most of the companies have already started realizing the promising benefits of this Technology, from Increasing Vehicular Safety to Advanced Driver Assistance, Speeding up Medical Procedures to Diagnose critical diseases like Cancer, to enhancing security at work and public places & automating manufacturing operations.

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