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With
the
Cellular Multicore Video AnalyticsTM (C-MVATM) processor, AnaLogic Computers enables camera manufacturers, system
integrators, and application engineers to achieve greatly accelerated image
processing performance in embedded applications designed for the rapidly growing
intelligent security/surveillance camera market.
C-MVA
is the newest practical application to emerge from AnaLogic’s Cellular Visual
TechnologyTM (CVT). Developed in concert with Eutecus, Inc.,
AnaLogic’s US-based sister company, CVT’s groundbreaking use of massively
parallel cellular array structures for ultra-fast image processing received the
prestigious Innovation Award from the In-Stat Microprocessor Report in February,
2007.
The C-MVA system is composed of a cascade of highly optimized processing blocks
embedded in FPGA, which takes over the computationally-intensive, pixel-level
early tasks of the video processing flow (such as noise filtering and signal
reconstruction, foreground-background separation, and morphological shape and
structure extraction) that would otherwise be handled by the main processor
inside an intelligent camera (e.g., a DSP).
C-MVA
processes 8-bit grayscale input from the image sensor or other source and
produces a black-and-white output image of salient features, which can then be
streamed for higher-level on-board processing and
analysis.
C-MVA
is currently configured to run on the Spartan 3 FPGA (with 32 MB SDRAM) embedded in AnaLogic Computer’s Bi-iTM V301F Intelligent Camera reference design and fully integrated into AnaLogic’s InstantVisionTM Integrated Software Environment (IV ISE). AnaLogic works closely with OEMs at all levels to help them take advantage of CVT
applications on a wide variety of hardware and software platforms.
In its current implementation, C-MVA pre-processes 320 x 240 resolution images at a
rate of 30 FPS. AnaLogic’s multicore CVT provides almost unlimited scope for increased
pixel rate. The individual cores that constitute the C-MVA are also available as
separate IP blocks for implementation in other FPGA
configurations.
For
more information on the IP blocks, how to license them, and availability of
future releases, contact AnaLogic Computers.
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