Embedded Vision Alliance Members

Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment.

Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices’ common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “ADI” and is included in the S&P 500 Index.

Apical Limited www.apical.co.uk is a leading provider of embedded imaging IP in consumer and industrial sectors and draws on a strong R&D capability and focus on modelling of the human visual system. The company pioneered the introduction of advanced dynamic range management technology in a wide range of embedded applications and its products range from individual image processing cores to complete camera subsystems. The company’s technical expertise encompasses SoC and FPGA design, embedded CPU, GPU and DSP programming.

Apical is interested in exploring the interaction between primary image processing and computer vision algorithms; to investigate architectures for efficient and flexible vision-based systems; and is committed to being at the forefront of the development and deployment of novel embedded vision technology.

Avnet Electronics Marketing is one of the world’s largest technology, marketing, distribution and services companies, offering leading design chain services combined with world-class supply chain services in support of the electronics industry. Serving electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in more than 70 countries, we distribute electronic components and embedded solutions from the industry’s leading manufacturers. With a growing line card of more than 300 of today’s leading suppliers, engineers can rely on Avnet to provide a vast selection of relevant processor chips and development kits for embedded vision technology. As well, Avnet’s trained engineers, provide designers with educational opportunities that will enable them to get to market faster. From design to delivery, we are a company that is dedicated to support across the board. To learn more about Avnet, visit www.em.avnet.com

BDTI is the industry’s trusted source for analysis, advice, and engineering for embedded processing technology and applications. For 20 years, BDTI has helped companies develop, choose, and use signal processing technology. Our expertise in architectures, algorithms, and tools helps our clients reach the market faster, with less risk and better products.

For Embedded Vision, a field with a relatively short history, BDTI has deep experience. BDTI’s engineers have helped companies design processing architectures for embedded vision applications, implement applications for automotive driver assistance and safety, and design and implement algorithms for industrial control. BDTI has led the formation of the Embedded Vision Alliance in the belief that embedded vision will bring dramatic benefits to users and provide high-growth opportunities in consumer, medical, automotive, entertainment, industrial, and retail markets.

In business since 2004, Bluetechnix is a well known as manufacturer of high quality embedded systems and image sensors. Bluetechnix is a market leader for small size and low power System-on-Modules (SoM) based on Analog Devices Blackfin DSPs for image processing applications. In addition to the expansion of the module portfolio to ARM Cortex-A8/A9 processors from Freescale’s i.MX family, Bluetechnix started a partnership with chip manufacturer pmdtechnologies to offer 3D cameras based on Time-of-Flight technology.

Bluetechnix offers a versatile range of products based on ToF technology. The “Argos3D” product line features off-the shelf cameras for 3D image processing applications while the “Sentis” line is geared towards modularity, used as an interconnected sensor node with on-board processing capabilities. This enables us to provide modular application-specific 3D ToF sensors which can be integrated into the customer’s solution with as little overhead as possible.

Embedded vision capabilities are fast becoming a standard requirement in many consumer devices, including smartphones, tablets, surveillance cameras and game consoles. As a result, there is a growing demand for embedded multimedia platforms that can execute these capabilities in a cost and power efficient manner. These multimedia platforms must also provide the necessary programmability to allow software developers to implement their own, proprietary vision algorithms and differentiate their multimedia SoC designs.

CEVA offers the industry’s only IP solution that can address all of the multimedia requirements for video, imaging and vision in a single, unified platform. The CEVA-MM3000 is a scalable, fully programmable multimedia engine that can be integrated into SoCs to deliver 1080p 60fps video decode and encode, ISP functions and vision applications, completely in software. Complemented with a complete tool chain, including compilers, debuggers and simulation environments, as well as a full set of pre-optimized libraries, it allows software developers to develop vision algorithms and applications in a fast and efficient manner.

CogniMem Technologies is a fabless semiconductor company designing components for high speed and parallel pattern recognition. Although its technology is agnostic to the type of data to learn and recognize, the vision market is by far a dominant market. The CogniMem chips can truly benefit the embedded vision markets due to their ease of use, trainability, high speed performance, and low power consumption. They are ideal companion chips for sensors and enable to embed intelligence into miniature sensory devices. They can also enable the design of cognitive computing systems with massive hard-wired parallelism for cloud-based pattern recognition and data mining. For more information, please visit www.cognimem.com

CogniVue specializes in embedded vision processing, delivering revolutionary vision processing IP and software for performance-hungry and power-sensitive embedded vision applications. Recently, CogniVue introduced the Image Cognition Processor (ICP) architecture as a solution for a new generation of embedded vision applications and has already secured significant IP licensees. The ICP architecture is a new processor architecture designed to significantly accelerate vision processing in deeply embedded systems. CogniVue achieves a >100X advantage in vision processing performance per power vs other alternative processing architectures.

Digital Media Professionals (DMP) is one of the top suppliers of GPU IP cores, offering highly optimized graphics and parallel processing solutions for consumer electronics, gaming, mobile devices, embedded, and automotive markets. The industry-leading performance of DMP's GPUs, along with their small area and ultra-low power consumption, will bring parallel computing in these markets to the next level. DMP has design wins with most major digital camera manufacturers. This unique position puts DMP in the forefront of advanced visual applications which cover many industries. As one of the members of the Embedded Vision Alliance, DMP will work collaboratively with existing and future customers to enable solutions for next-generation visual technologies that truly meet customers' expectations.

eyeSight presents innovative gesture recognition technology powering Touch Free UI solutions that create new and exciting user experiences when interacting with digital devices. eyeSight's Touch Free technology utilizes advanced real- time image processing and machine vision algorithms to track a user's hand gestures and convert them into commands. These commands are then used to control the functions and applications of the device, creating enhanced user interactions. eyeSight's technology is entirely software based and requires only a standard 2D camera for full functionality, which may be either embedded or connected to the device. In addition, eyeSight's solution is highly optimized in terms of CPU and power consumption, ideal for embedded platforms.

Fidus Systems brings over 1000 projects and a decade of high-speed, high-complexity electronic design services capabilities to the Embedded Vision Alliance. As an inaugural Xilinx Premier Design Services Member, Fidus is uniquely positioned and capable of enabling vision systems by implementing EVA member hardware solutions, and then adding the custom digital signal processing that differentiates your offering.

Whether you require turnkey Electronic Product Development, Staffing, or Consulting, Fidus offers world-class capabilities in Hardware, FPGA, and Signal Integrity design. These capabilities are further supported by our expertise in Embedded Software and Mechanical design. With this breadth of knowledge, Fidus is your optimal choice for leading edge designs that require the flexibility and performance made possible by today’s Video, Embedded Processor, FPGA, and DDR3 technologies.

With design centers in Ottawa, Kitchener-Waterloo, and San Jose, Fidus is ready to enable your next product. Visit www.fidus.com.

FireFly is a new generation of embedded DSP services and IP company. Conceived from a set of 21st century requirements – and the latest advances in hardware and software technologies – the FireFly approach starts by helping analyze customers´ system-level requirements alongside their algorithm processing needs and software development desires – and implements a system-wide DSP solution that balances performance, code size and silicon costs while enabling a modern software development environment. Moreover, the FireFly team has a collection of proprietary and patent-pending IP that we use to deliver results that accelerate application code development while also reducing instruction memory requirements by up to 25% and costs by up to 50%.

Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial and networking markets. Freescale’s participation in the Embedded Vision Alliance is a natural fit for the company’s technology capabilities and a natural outgrowth of its longstanding role as a leader in automotive and consumer markets.

Ultra-high performance with low power and low cost are the hallmarks of Freescale’s industry-leading processing solutions. The company offers a broad portfolio of products potentially conducive to embedded vision applications including applications processors, digital signal processors, and high performance microprocessors. Freescale plans to contribute expertise, insight and technology capabilities to help create the framework and ecosystem to advance Embedded Vision technology.

GEO Semiconductor is a pioneer in geometric correction for images and video. GEO’s proprietary algorithms allow for incredibly efficient, low latency transforms to correct, dewarp and calibrate video from any lens or sensor configuration.

GEO’s intelligent and infinitely configurable warping engine enables embedded vision systems to capture images in an ultra-wide field of view, breaking open new opportunities for innovation in automotive, consumer and industrial markets.

With the addition of the Mobilygen/Maxim H.264 video compression and human interface business in 2012, GEO added the capabilities to compress, process and transport video to enable a new class of camera and vision systems that are connected to the cloud as well as enable new methods of interacting with devices through gesture and voice recognition.

IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS (NYSE: IHS)) is a leading independent supplier of market research and consultancy to the global electronics industry. IMS offers syndicated market studies, bespoke client research and consultancy services. From wireless communications to consumer and security, we help our clients better understand markets and shape strategies. Supported by a strong and proven track record, we work with clients in over 50 countries. Innovative and dynamic, we continue to seek out new ways to develop and meet our clients’ needs.

In addition to providing industry leading market research, IMS Conferences is the proud host of international summits and conferences that explore the evolution and real world implementations of the leading edge technologies covered by the IMS Research Groups. IMS Conferences bring together international executives from technology companies, content & service providers, operators, policy & standard makers, distributors, analysts and retailers.

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) designs semiconductors and software that accelerate storage and networking in datacenters, mobile networks and client computing. Our technology is the intelligence critical to enhanced application performance, and is applied in solutions created in collaboration with our partners. More information is available at www.lsi.com. Connect with LSI via Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

MathWorks provides software tools for embedded vision.  MATLAB is a high-level language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computing.  Several key toolboxes extend MATLAB for embedded vision: Computer Vision System Toolbox, Image Processing Toolbox, and Statistics Toolbox. Together, these products enable you to work much faster than with traditional programming languages such as C or C++.

Model-Based Design with MathWorks products enable the migration of embedded vision algorithms into real-world hardware while meeting tight constraints on performance, power, latency, and cost. Our tools support efficient design trade-off exploration and design verification.  Using products such as MATLAB Coder, Simulink, Simulink Coder, Embedded Coder, and Simulink HDL Coder, engineers can migrate embedded vision algorithms from MATLAB and Simulink into embedded systems.

Since 1976, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has been transforming the way engineers and scientists throughout the world design, prototype and deploy systems for embedded, measurement, automation applications. NI empowers customers with a large offering of hardware and high-performance, scalable software, including NI LabVIEW graphical system design software, which benefits system development and maintenance.

As a leading machine vision tools provider, engineers and scientists use NI products to solve a diverse set of application challenges, faster and at a lower cost. The NI vision product platform provides support for a wide range of industrial and scientific cameras as well as easy integration with automated devices. NI has direct operations in more than 40 countries and provides solutions to a broad base of more than 30,000 different companies worldwide.

NVIDIA invented the highly parallel graphics processing unit—the GPU—in 1999. Since then, NVIDIA has set new standards in visual computing with interactive graphics on products ranging from smart phones and tablets to supercomputers and automobiles.

Since computer vision is extremely computationally intensive, it is perfectly suited for parallel processing, and NVIDIA GPUs have led the way in the acceleration of computer vision applications. In embedded vision, NVIDIA is focused on delivering solutions for consumer electronics, driver assistance systems, and national defense programs. NVIDIA expertise in visual computing, combined with the power of NVIDIA parallel processors, delivers exceptional results.

Omek is transforming the way people interact with their devices and applications, by providing tools and technology that enable manufacturers and software developers to add gesture-based interfaces to their products. Omek’s gesture recognition and body tracking software is being incorporated into a vast range of devices—from TVs, set-top boxes and game consoles, to tablets, notebooks and PCs, smartphones, interactive signs, and medical and fitness devices—and into the content and applications that run on these devices. Omek’s tools work with all major 3D cameras, and support a broad range of processors and operating systems, giving customers the flexibility to take advantage of the latest technology while maintaining portability for their applications. Founded in 2006 by a group of computer vision experts and entrepreneurs, the company has a large body of proprietary and patented intellectual property in its field. Omek is headquartered in Israel, and has offices in San Francisco, Taipei, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.omekinteractive.com.

PathPartner Technology is an embedded multimedia company. It provides of software solutions, product engineering services, system integration and technology consulting that enable the development and deployment of convergence devices for mobile, digital home, video surveillance, video conferencing, automotive vision, industrial and thin-client markets. Embedded vision is a key focus area for PathPartner. PathPartner offers services & solutions in embedded vision markets covering vision based automotive safety, video analytics for surveillance market, industrial vision and vision applications for consumers. PathPartner’s excellent background in vision algorithms and efficient realization of vision algorithms on embedded platforms help the semiconductor companies and device makers in realizing the best-in-class solutions for the embedded vision market.

Qualcomm Incorporated is the world leader in 3G, 4G and next-generation wireless technologies. Qualcomm Incorporated includes Qualcomm's licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of its patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of Qualcomm's engineering, research and development functions, and substantially all of its products and services businesses, including its semiconductor business, QCT. For more than 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of digital communications, linking people everywhere more closely to information, entertainment and each other.

SoftKinetic is the leading provider of end-to-end natural gesture recognition solutions. These include 3D CMOS Time-of-Flight sensors, cameras and embedded modules (DepthSense®), natural gesture recognition middleware (iisu®), and games and applications from SoftKinetic Studios. SoftKinetic wants to give everyone the freedom to control, explore and enjoy the entire digital world through the most natural and intuitive user interfaces and machine interactions.  The company partners with leading semiconductor companies, platform manufacturers, service providers, application developers, and research institutes to revolutionize the end-user experience in the professional, automotive and consumer electronics markets including PCs, laptops and Smart TVs. For more information, please visit www.softkinetic.com.

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) is a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing.

Manufacturers of embedded vision products require the highest performance, energy optimized processors that are integrated well with their host microcontrollers. Synopsys Processor Designer and DesignWare ARC provide the optimized embedded vision processing subsystem whereas Synopsys Platform Architect, Synopsys Virtualizer™ and HAPS® deliver the prototyping solutions for successful optimization and integration into the entire system on chip (SoC).

These technology-leading solutions help give Synopsys customers a competitive edge in bringing the best products to market quickly while reducing costs and schedule risk. Synopsys is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has approximately 80 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Visit Synopsys online at www.synopsys.com.

Tensilica's highly specialized processors – aka dataplane processor units (DPUs) – sit alongside the central applications processor, often on the same chip. These specialized processors are extremely small and consume very little power, yet they perform at ever-increasing speeds. Each DPU can be tailored to an exact application with absolutely no waste – of power, area, or performance.

Tensilica applies the latest in Cloud-enabled automation techniques to allow the DPUs to be easily modified for the exact application requirements. The company uses this same technology to create standardized solutions that can still be further customized. Tensilica also provides the complete solution – not just processor IP – so you can get the software and reference design information you need to quickly design the company's IP into your chip designs.

As the recognized leader in customizable DPUs, Tensilica is helping top-tier semiconductor companies, innovative start-ups and system OEMs build high-volume, trend-setting products. Visit Tensilica online at www.tensilica.com.

Texas Instruments understands vision technology and the processor architectures required to cost-effectively achieve high performance and low power in embedded systems. Since introducing programmable digital signal processors in the 1980s, TI has produced families of embedded processors. These processors help designers innovate imaging, video and vision processing devices, such as automotive vision systems, video analytics cameras, digital signage cameras, digital still cameras, robotics and more.

TI also offers market-leading applications processors and system-on-chip solutions that fuel the optimal balance of programmability, performance and power for mobile devices and industrial systems. Together, these and other TI solutions enable cost-effective board designs that help our customers realize success in the embedded vision market. For more information, visit www.ti.com.

Inrevium is the Design Service brand of Tokyo Electron Device, which offers FPGA platform solutions, market specific IP, technical support, and design services to customers worldwide. Inrevium is a Premier Member of the Xilinx Alliance Program and delivers the highest level of market and domain-specific expertise and pre-qualified solutions through Xilinx All Programmable platforms. The Design and Development Center uses its wealth of customer project experience and the latest equipment to provide specialized customer design services. The Development Center also creates market-specific multi-million gate LSI devices, FPGA evaluation boards, FMC option cards, ASIC prototyping boards, drivers, firmware, and IP to support a wide range of applications including embedded vision.

VanGogh Imaging provides affordable and easy to use embedded vision solutions for high volume applications that can use mobile devices to capture, display, and measure objects in 3D. There are unlimited applications in the medical, manufacturing, security, consumer electronics, and entertainment industries that can greatly benefit from applying VanGogh’s embedded vision technology to capture, measure, recognize, and display objects and scenes accurately in real time. In the past, these mobile applications did not consider using 3D computer vision technology due cost and complexity. Recent advances in cameras, projectors, and algorithms have dramatically reduced the cost and complexity of 3D computer vision while improving overall accuracy.

videantis is a fast growing one-stop video IP and solution provider delivering flexible multi-standard HW/SW video solutions for mobile, consumer, and automotive markets. Based on a proprietary video processor platform that is licensed to chip manufacturers, videantis provides tailored solutions to meet the specific needs of their customers. With its core competencies of deep video application expert know-how and strong SoC design and system architecture expertise, videantis passionately serves a worldwide customer basis with a diverse range of target applications, such as mobile TV, Internet-connected set-top box, or in-car infotainment systems.

With the flexibility of a programmable platform, the scalable videantis multi-core architecture efficiently accelerates a wide and further extensible range of embedded vision applications. Moreover, its ultra-low power consumption and very small silicon footprint make it an enabling technology for advanced vision applications to become truly embedded. For more information, visit www.videantis.com.

Xilinx was the first Platinum Member and a driving force behind the creation of the Embedded Vision Alliance. The programmable logic devices from Xilinx already enable embedded vision markets to deliver products for applications that require programmable, high-performance computing. Xilinx is investing in a host of new technologies that are tailored for embedded vision applications. In addition, Xilinx has led the industry in developing programmable platforms to help system architects, hardware and software developers accelerate computer vision algorithms, gaining the benefits of customized hardware, while maintaining the productivity of software-based development. Learn more about Xilinx here.