Year: 2011

Mid-month, I mentioned that the U.S. government was considering mandating the inclusion of rear-view cameras in all vehicles, and I pondered what sort of beyond-backup-view applications engineers might find for the resultant image sensors, processors and other circuitry. The case for front-mounted image subsystems has historically been less solid, however. For one thing, the driver's […]

I daresay a number of you are probably going to be shooting some video in the coming days…of kids opening presents, of carolers at your door, of pre-meal toasts…and of drunken New Years behavior perfect for future blackmail evidence. Whatever your motivation and subject, editing the raw footage is a tedious and time-consuming task that

Jeff Bier and Jeremy Giddings will be representing the Embedded Vision Alliance at CES in Las Vegas January 9-12. Jeff and Jeremy will be meeting with press and analysts, supporting current Alliance Member companies, and meeting with other companies active in the embedded vision market. If you're an Embedded Vision Alliance member company and will

The presence of front-facing cameras built into modern cellular phones and tablet computers was initially justified for videoconferencing applications. Similarly, rear-facing cameras' primary function is to obsolete the historical need for separate standalone devices. But with the image sensors (and associated image processors) now in place, embedded vision visionaries are harnessing them for an abundance