Information Access and Analytics Applications for Embedded Vision

Citizen Surveillance: A Topic Fraught With Contentiousness
Last weekend, I spent a few hours catching up on some recent-past television recordings. As usual, I was multitasking, but I put the magazines and laptop aside when one particular segment from the September 25th edition of 60 Minutes appeared on-screen. Entitled "The Counter-Terrorism Bureau", here's how the show's website describes it: Scott Pelley brings

Google Goggles: One Of Many Cloud-Based Processing Examples
My previous writeup points out that Anthony Oliver, Chief Technology Officer at Ingenuitas, sees built-in support for server-side processing of image data captured by a low-tech, inexpensive camera as one of the key benefits of his company's championed SimpleCV API. His quote reminded me that Google recently updated the Goggles app for Android, adding optional

Website Analytics: Exceedingly Useful Webcam Analysis “Tricks”
I spent a few days at BDTI's Oakland office this week, as you already know if you saw last night's writeup on the interview with UC Berkeley's Jitendra Malik. Among other things, I had a face-to-face meeting with the folks who work on the Embedded Vision Alliance website. Stay tuned for more news on the

NEXCOM Whitepaper on Video Analytics using PC Hardware
Join the discussion and tell us whether you believe this is an embedded vision system. NEXCOM serves security markets with networked video recorders, and the newer devices include the intelligence for video analytics. However, these devices use centralized, rack-mounted hardware that resembles a PC Server. http://embeddedinnovator.com/2011/03/analog-surveillance-with-hd-and-analytic/
