Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announces the implementation of its ECP5 FPGA into embedded vision applications for smart surveillance and automotive applications at the Edge. Reinforcing Lattice’s commitment to the industrial and automotive markets, the company’s ECP5 family of low power, small form factor FPGAs enables CPU acceleration for license plate detection and image enhancement in intelligent traffic cameras. In addition, Lattice’s ECP5 FPGA enables the integration of image stitching and 3D merging for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) 360 surround view systems.
Intelligent traffic systems (ITS), including traffic flow monitoring, traffic violations identification, smart parking, and toll collection are a key part of the vision of tomorrow’s Smart Cities. Such systems typically require intelligent traffic cameras that can accurately detect many aspects of a vehicle, such as license plates, even in harsh environments, to perform video analytics at the Edge, rather than sending raw video streams back to the Cloud. Shanghai Microsharp Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd (Microsharp) is one such company that offers intelligent traffic cameras with up to 95 percent license plate recognition rate.
360 degree surround view system is a popular automotive ADAS technology for parking assistance. These systems typically capture their surroundings using at least four cameras facing different directions around the car to generate a composite view for the driver to assist with parking and low-speed maneuvering. The NEX-ADAS 360º 3-D Surround View Monitoring Technology from Shenzhen Moorechip Technologies Limited (Moorechip) synthesizes images from four cameras to create a sophisticated, real-world 3D view of a vehicle’s surroundings.
For more details on the ECP5 family of low power, small form factor connectivity FPGAs, please visit http://www.latticesemi.com/ECP5.
