Machine vision, or the ability for a computer to read an image, is vital in many industries and application spaces, with medical devices being at or near the top of that list. Imaging devices play a key role the medical/health care space, and that will only increase moving forward. To help facilitate such a movement, a new industry group has been formed, the Embedded Vision Alliance.

Made up of more than fifteen leading technology companies, including some of the world’s largest semiconductor companies, the group is joining forces to speed the adoption of computer vision capabilities in electronic products.

The ability of machines to see and understand their environments, what this group is deeming “embedded vision,” has the potential to transform the electronics industry with products that are more intelligent and aware of their environments.

The consortium was initiated by BDTI, Xilinx, and IMS Research. Other members now include Analog Devices, Apical, Avnet Electronics Marketing, CEVA, CogniVue, Freescale, MathWorks, National Instruments, NVIDIA, Texas Instruments, Tokyo Electron Device,  Ximea, and XMOS.

EE Times has its own take on the venture.

Richard Nass