Low power colour pre-roll to catch package thieves
Image sensor maker Omivision has teamed with AI firm iCatch Technology to add a low power colour pre-roll feature into the home security camera market.
The video pre-roll enables users to save up to four seconds of footage prior to the camera’s motion detector triggering to identify package thieves on a doorstep.
The strategic partnership involves integrating Omnivision’s OA07600 ultra-low-power, always-on video co-processor with a pre-roll recording buffer and iCatch Technology’s Vi57 artificial intelligence (AI) imaging system-on-chip (SoC) to enable continuous storage of pre-event colour video footage. The integrated chipset provides traceability and visibility during any triggering event for video doorbell designers while addressing the power consumption issues with pre-roll implementations.
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iCatch Technology’s Vi57 is an imaging SoC with ultra-fast capture and edge AI capability to improve the general usability of video doorbells. Taking the pre-roll footage from the OA07600 co-processor, the Vi57 SoC can seamlessly combine it with post-event footage into one video with minimal data loss.
The enhanced image processing allows the Vi57 SoC is capable of providing high-quality video in full colour, even under extreme low-light conditions. This provides enhanced traceability of package thieves and other incidents.
“We are thrilled to collaborate with Omnivision to integrate their advanced color pre-roll solution for the video doorbell market,” said Weber Hsu, CEO of iCatch Technology. “By combining the OA07600 video co-processor with our Vi57 AI imaging SoC, we are closing the gap of the user experience between wired and wireless home security cameras, offering both ease of installation and incident traceability at the same time.”
“The OA07600 is the industry’s first ultra-low-power, always-on video co-processor with pre-roll. Our unique low-power design of the OA07600 makes it possible for the first time to bring high-quality pre-roll video into battery-powered systems. We are excited to partner with iCatch Technology to integrate the OA07600 with their Vi57 SoC and bring a new level of performance to wireless home security camera OEMs,” said David Ho, Technical Director of Product Management at Omnivision.
A colour pre-roll video doorbell design jointly developed by iCatch Technology and Omnivision is in mass production now and available for customer engagement.
www.icatchtek.com; www.ovt.com
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