With the emergence of increasingly capable processors, image sensors, memories and other semiconductor devices, along with associated algorithms, 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 Microsoft's Kinect game controller and Mobileye's driver assistance systems are raising awareness of the incredible potential of embedded vision technology. As a result, many embedded system designers are beginning to think about implementing embedded vision capabilities.
This article explores the opportunity for embedded vision, compares various processor options for implementing it, and introduces an industry alliance created to help engineers incorporate vision capabilities into their designs.
Access the entire document on the Altera Corp. website.
