CEVA has introduced imaging and vision platform based on its CEVA-MM3000 programmable silicon intellectual property (IP) platform for use in camera-enabled devices, including smartphones, tablets and smart TVs.
The programmable DSP IP integrates video and imaging functions that today are distributed among multiple processor engines, to address the image and video pipeline, image enhancement, embedded vision applications and image encoding functions.
Instead of using fixed-function engines or running these functions on the main application processor, the IP is designed to support all of these functions on a single processor, which results in a power reduction compared to CPU-based designs, said the firm.
The CEVA-MM3101 is capable of processing video streams of 1080p, or 8 megapixel images at 12 frames per second, simultaneously with advanced performance-driven features such as video stabilisation, color correction, wide dynamic range (WDR), face detection and gesture recognition.
"The critical role that high-performance DSP technology plays in mobile and digital home applications is being brought to the forefront by the advent of new video, image and embedded vision applications. Traditional combinations of hardwired blocks and general-purpose CPUs are no longer capable of delivering the required flexibility, power efficiency and performance for these fast-changing market trends," said Gideon Wertheizer, CEO of CEVA.
CEVA has collaborated with CEVAnet partner eyeSight to offer a Human Machine Interface (HMI), based on the CEVA-MM3101 platform. eyeSight's offering includes hand gesture recognition and virtual mouse user interface technology using finger tracking for multiple users in various conditions.
CEVA and eyeSight will demonstrate a range of real-world applications for this technology at CES 2012.
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