Embedded Vision Insights: April 24, 2014 Edition

Dear Colleague,

There’s been quite a burst of interesting news lately about vision technology being used in mobile devices, a topic which has also been regularly covered in past presentations and articles hosted on the Alliance website. A month back, for example, we discussed the rumored depth-sensing capabilities of the latest "M8" variant of HTC's One smartphone, capabilities that were confirmed at the handset's unveiling a short time later, complete with a product teardown. We also covered Google's revolutionary Project Tango handset, which showcases robust 3D mapping facilities.

Project Tango has recently also been disassembled and analyzed, found to contain an infrared projector and multiple embedded vision processors. And just a few days ago, the first photos of the claimed coming-soon Amazon-branded smartphone have surfaced, along with some intriguing claimed embedded resources: a beefy Qualcomm application processor, front and rear conventional cameras, and four front-mounted infrared sensors supposedly for head- and eye-tracking purposes.

These and other trendsetting embedded vision capabilities, not just for mobile electronics devices but a plethora of systems, will be on display at the Embedded Vision Summit West in just over a month. Taking place May 29th at the Santa Clara (California) Convention Center, its comprehensive program encompasses two tracks' worth of sixteen total technical presentations, hour-long keynotes from both Facebook and Google, and technology demonstrations from nearly two dozen Alliance member companies. Two in-depth technical workshops are additionally offered the prior day. And the Embedded Vision Summit West is also co-located with the Augmented World Expo, with special discounts available for Summit attendees.

Last year's Embedded Vision Summit sold out, so I encourage you to register today and not further delay! And while you're up on the Alliance website, make sure you check out all the other great new content published there in recent weeks. Thanks as always for your support of the Embedded Vision Alliance, and for your interest in and contributions to embedded vision technologies, products and applications. I welcome your emailed suggestions on what the Alliance can do better, as well as what else the Alliance can do, to better service your needs.

Brian Dipert
Editor-In-Chief, Embedded Vision Alliance

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