Embedded Vision Insights: July 15, 2014 Edition

Dear Colleague,

The steady stream of new videos on the Alliance website from the recent Embedded Vision Summit continues unabated. Newly published technical tutorials cover augmented reality for wearable devices and the "Internet of Things" (from AugmentedReality.org), processor optimization for pedestrian detection (from Synopsys), and the implementation of HOG, the histogram of oriented gradients algorithm used in object detection (from videantis). And still to come are nearly two dozen product demonstration videos captured at the event. Regularly revisit the website and keep an eye out on the Summit content archive page for them. If you sign up for the Alliance's Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter channels, or its RSS feed, you'll receive notification each time a new piece of content appears.

The day after the Summit, the Embedded Vision Alliance held its quarterly Member Meeting. Last time, I told you about the first video from this meeting, the presentation on "Project Tango" depth-sensing mobile devices from Google's Johnny Lee. And now I have the pleasure of sharing with you the other four published sessions from that day. They are:

• A demo-filled presentation on augmented reality use cases and implementation challenges from Vitaliy Goncharuk of Augmented Pixels
• An educational case study on panorama camera development and design tradeoffs from Paul Alioshin, CTO at CENTR
• An in-depth tutorial on inertial sensor and "sensor fusion" enhancements for vision-based systems from Kevin Shaw, CTO of Sensor Platforms, and
• A data-rich analysis of the ADAS (advanced driver assistance system) market and trends from Strategy Analytics' Roger Lanctot

And speaking of Embedded Vision Summits, I'll close out with a "teaser" about next year's event. It's currently scheduled for April 30, once again preceded one day earlier by Alliance member company-led workshops, and will feature an expanded technical program. An overview page is now up on the website; mark your calendars and check back periodically for updates. 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. Please don't hesitate to let me know how the Alliance can better service your needs.

Brian Dipert
Editor-In-Chief, Embedded Vision Alliance

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