It's interesting that Chicony partnered with with Emza on an AI-based human sensing product back in 2020. Sounds like something Akida could do lying down drinking a Pina Colada.
Chicony and Emza demo human sensing at CES
At this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Taiwanese firm Chicony Electronics and Israel-based Emza Visual Sense will launch a battery-powered, AI-based human sensing product for IoT smart home applications.
A reference design is available and this can be experienced at Emza’s suite in the Westgate Resort.
Chicony Electronics makes input devices, power supplies and digital imaging products. Emza Visual Sense provides visual sensors allowing for the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in various applications.
The reference design is claimed to be the world’s first battery-powered human sensor for the IoT.
Chicony and Emza say they are bringing the sense of sight to IoT products and systems. Where cameras and motion detectors do not have the intelligence or accuracy to sense and differentiate people effectively, this jointly developed human sensor does. Its ability to detect human beings and their activities exclusively results in reduced false positives and increased cost effectiveness. The compact unit installs easily, with no infrastructure requirements, and maintains privacy by not storing images.
“Sight-based human sensing is a truly disruptive technology opening up an entire realm of AI opportunities in IoT,” said Roger Lu, president of Chicony. “By integrating Emza’s human sensing capabilities with our advanced camera modules and communications components, we can now enrich products and systems with the intelligence and accuracy they never had before.”
Chicony and Emza invite everyone in Las Vegas for CES to experience the battery-powered, AI-based human sensor first-hand.
“We are excited about addressing the rapidly growing demand for IoT together with one of the largest original design manufacturers in the world,” said Yoram Zylberberg, CEO of Emza. “With its broad product offering and global reach, Chicony is well positioned to extend our visual sensor into a host of markets, including security, smart home, smart building, consumer appliance, notebook, automotive and industry.”
Chicony Electronics is a Taiwan-based multinational electronics manufacturer of input devices, power supplies and digital imaging products including desktop and mobile keyboards, digital and PC cameras, integrated webcams and digital video cameras, as well as motherboards for personal computers and notebooks. Founded in 1983 and based in Taipei, it has operations in more than 15 countries worldwide and a client base of top-tier brands including Dropcam, Google, GoPro, HP and Lenovo.
Emza Visual Sense designs, develops, manufactures and markets always-on, low-power visual sensors allowing for the adoption of AI. It enables computer manufacturers, appliance OEMs and IoT providers to make their products and systems smarter. Its always-on WiseEye platform – which integrates machine-learning trainable algorithms with a CMOS sensor and AI SoC processor – sits at the edge of the cloud to optimise data and bandwidth use, increase privacy and reduce latency and computing and storage costs.
Emza is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Himax Technologies.
At this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Taiwanese firm Chicony Electronics and Israel-based Emza Visual Sense will launch a battery-powered, AI-based human sensing product for IoT smart home applications. A reference design is available and this can be experienced at Emza’s suite...
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