May 2015 Embedded Vision Summit Introductory Presentation

Copyright © 2015 Embedded Vision Alliance 1

Jeff Bier, Founder, Embedded Vision Alliance / President, BDTI

Welcome to the Embedded Vision Summit! Santa Clara, California

12 May 2015


Computer vision: research and fundamental

technology for extracting meaning from images

Machine vision: factory applications

Embedded vision: thousands of applications

• Consumer, automotive, medical, defense, retail,

gaming, security, education, transportation, …

• Embedded systems, mobile devices,

PCs and the cloud

The Evolution of Vision Technology


Most devices are useful only to the extent that they interact with the

physical world

Visual information is the richest source of information about the real

world: People, places, and things

Vision is the highest-bandwidth mode for systems to obtain info from the

real world

Embedded vision can:

• Boost efficiency: Improving throughput and quality

• Enhance safety: Detecting danger and preventing accidents

• Simplify usability: Making the “user interface” disappear

• Fuel innovation: Enabling us to do things that were impossible

Momentary Fad or

Transformative Technology?


What Do You Want to Sense?


Vision Makes it Smarter


Innovating with Embedded Vision:

MotionSavvy Empowers the Deaf

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqAbOZMZp_E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqAbOZMZp_E


• Infinitely varying inputs in many applications…

• Uncontrolled conditions: lighting,

orientation, motion, occlusion

• Lead to ambiguity…

• Leads to the need for complex,

multi-layered algorithms…

• Leads to high computation requirements…

• Which, combined with cost, size, and power consumption constraints,

creates design challenges…

• Hence, many vision applications require parallel or specialized

processors

• And, most product creators lack experience with embedded vision

What Makes Embedded Vision Hard?

www.selectspecs.com


The Embedded Vision Alliance (www.Embedded-Vision.com) is a

partnership of leading embedded vision technology

and services suppliers

Mission: Inspire and empower product creators to incorporate

visual intelligence into their products

The Alliance provides low-cost, high-quality technical

educational resources for engineers

• The Alliance website offers in-depth tutorial articles,

video “chalk talks,” code examples, tools and discussion

forums

• The Embedded Vision Insights newsletter delivers news,

Alliance updates and new resources

• Embedded Vision Summit conferences provide

classroom and hands-on learning, exciting demos

and keynotes, and unique networking opportunities

Empowering Product Creators to

Harness Embedded Vision

http://www.embedded-vision.com/




Alliance Member Companies


Thanks to Our Lead Sponsors


• Alliance Member companies are highly visible

to thousands of product creators who visit the

Alliance web site each month

• Embedded Vision Summit conferences introduce

Member companies and their products to hundreds

of prospective customers

• Member companies meet quarterly to develop

business partnerships and gain insights into vision

markets, technology trends and customer needs

• We secure frequent press coverage, gaining exposure

for our members as thought leaders

Vision Technology and Service Suppliers:

Join the Alliance!


Program Overview

A: Deep

Learning/CNNs

Welcome Remarks and Conference Overview

Morning Keynote:

Enabling Ubiquitous Visual Intelligence Through Deep Learning

B: Vision Functions

and Implementation

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

C: 3D Vision

C: 3D Vision +

D: Apps/Business/

Markets

9:00 AM

10:30 AM Morning Break

Afternoon Keynote:

Bringing Computer Vision to the Consumer

1:00 PM

Lunch (Technology Showcase Opens)


Program Overview

A:

Deep Learning/CNNs

D: Applications/

Business/Markets

2:00 PM

F: Processors

3:30 PM

4:00 PM

5:30 PM

3:00 PM

D: Applications/

Business/Markets

Evening Reception in the Technology Showcase:

Food, Drink, Demos, and Q&A with Experts

B: Vision Functions

and Implementation

E: Libraries,

Standards, APIs

E: Libraries,

Standards, APIs

7:30 PM

Afternoon Break

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Floorplan


Afternoon Keynote

“Bringing Computer Vision

to the Consumer”

Mike Aldred

Electronics Lead

Dyson Ltd.


Morning Keynote

“Enabling Ubiquitous Visual

Intelligence Through Deep Learning”

Ren Wu

Distinguished Scientist

Baidu Institute of Deep Learning