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[Dhm]

When you dig into Snapdragon it is now the term being used by Qualcomm to describe the whole platform not a single processor and on that platform or relying upon that platform all the various technology being used by Mercedes Benz including AKIDA IP will operate.

The best Simple example I can think of is going back many years to when Bosch used provide the wiring harness for most automobiles to which Lucas head lights and taillights, Lucas coils, Bosch alternators, Lucas spark plugs etc; were all integrated to service the internal combustion motor and accessories.

Hope this helps.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

So FF you are saying that AKIDA is being used as part of Snapdragon therefore Qualcomm? I searched Qualcomm's automotive clients and it includes Tesla, Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota, Tata and Ferrari. The website I viewed shows how Qualcomms revenue is going with all these companies and more year on year ,and last quarter:

https://csimarket.com/Industry/Industry_Growth.php?ind=404

But Qualcomm covers a multitude of customers in a multitude of industries with the same year on year revenue:

https://csimarket.com/stocks/markets_glance.php?code=QCOM

I'm not sure whether we would be involved or not in some of these categories, it seems like a rabbit hole of info that may or may not be relevant to us.

It's a rainy weekend in Sydney so I might look into it further. Or, I might be wasting everyones time. I somehow feel this may have already been discussed.

 

[Slade]

Edge Impulse reckons we are going to make big bucks.

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[Slade]

Higher end stuff baby.

 

[Bravo]

Edge Impulse reckons we are going to make big bucks.

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I had to give you a Sladius because I couldn't find the champagne bottle emoji.

 

[Gemmax]

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The AI-Powered Intelligent Edge Is Flourishing And It’s Powered By Snapdragon — Forbes

Qualcomm AI engines and silicon solutions are powering more and more devices out on the connected, intelligent edge.

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[equanimous]

U4ear

You know who I bumped into when I went to spec savers today?

Everyone

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

You know who I bumped into when I went to spec savers today?

Everyone

Now that's a Dad joke if ever I.
Welcome to the brown cardy club, champion!

 

[Bravo]

Now that's a Dad joke if ever I.
Welcome to the brown cardy club, champion!

I went to spec savers today and told them I need glasses and they said "You sure do because this is the butchers".

 

[Diogenese]

Hi Dhm,

Mercedes aquired a stake in Luminar, that‘s all I can say. Another article says:
„Mercedes-Benz announced it will integrate Luminar’s lidar sensors into future production vehicles to enable autonomous driving capabilities.“

Mercedes-Benz acquires stake in lidar maker Luminar, will use its sensors for future autonomous vehicles

Acquiring 1.5 million shares in the lidar company

www.theverge.com

Have a good weekend!
Regards
cassip

Well, here's something interesting about Luminar:

Luminar have a lidar NN system capable of tracking multiple objects.

But, and this is a VERY BIG BUTT:

US11361449B2 Neural network for object detection and tracking (priority may 2020)

"[0083] Because the blocks of FIG. 3 (and various other figures described herein) depict a software architecture rather than physical components, it is understood that, when any reference is made herein to a particular neural network or other software architecture component being “trained,” or to the role of any software architecture component (e.g., sensors 102 ) in conducting such training, the operations or procedures described may have occurred on a different computing system (e.g., using specialized development software). Thus, for example, neural networks of the segmentation module 110 , classification module 112 and/or tracking module 114 may have been trained on a different computer system before being implemented within any vehicle. Put differently, the components of the sensor control architecture 100 may be included in a “final” product within a particular vehicle, without that vehicle or its physical components (sensors 102 , etc.) necessarily having been used for any training processes."

[0078] The data generated by the sensors 102 is input to a perception component 104 of the sensor control architecture 100 , and is processed by the perception component 104 to generate perception signals 106 descriptive of a current state of the vehicle's environment. It is understood that the term “current” may actually refer to a very short time prior to the generation of any given perception signals 106 , e.g., due to the short processing delay introduced by the perception component 104 and other factors. To generate the perception signals 106 , the perception component 104 may include a segmentation module 110 , a classification module 112 and a tracking module 114 .

So, if they are doing object detection (110) and classification (112) in software ... is there any other way which may be faster and less compute-intensive?

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

I went to spec savers today and told them I need glasses and they said "You sure do because this is the butchers".

You're in too!

 

[Fact Finder]

So FF you are saying that AKIDA is being used as part of Snapdragon therefore Qualcomm? I searched Qualcomm's automotive clients and it includes Tesla, Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota, Tata and Ferrari. The website I viewed shows how Qualcomms revenue is going with all these companies and more year on year ,and last quarter:

https://csimarket.com/Industry/Industry_Growth.php?ind=404

But Qualcomm covers a multitude of customers in a multitude of industries with the same year on year revenue:

https://csimarket.com/stocks/markets_glance.php?code=QCOM

I'm not sure whether we would be involved or not in some of these categories, it seems like a rabbit hole of info that may or may not be relevant to us.

It's a rainy weekend in Sydney so I might look into it further. Or, I might be wasting everyones time. I somehow feel this may have already been discussed.

No what I am saying is that Mercedes Benz using the Snapdragon platform does not exclude Mercedes Benz using AKIDA, Google, Samsung, Credence or any other product from any other company that Mercedes Benz wants to use.

Mercedes Benz has spoken about creating its own chips in house using their own and third party IP to reduce the number of semiconductors they need to source.

Try this analogy the Snapdragon platform is like a kit home. You can buy it to lockup then you fit it out with your tiles, carpet, cabinets, lights, toilet, bath, shower recess etc;

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Bravo]

You're in too!

I'm gonna look so hot in my brown cardy and green leprechaun boots combo at the AGM. Make sure all of the fire extinguishers are ready for deployment.

 

[Dhm]

One item Luca (Prophesee) referred to was the deblurring of mobile camera images by using a frame camera and a DVS camera.

This is their patent:
EP3929864A1 IMAGE ENHANCEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM

an image enhancement method, comprising:

• obtaining a reference image frame of a scene, by a frame-based sensor, which contains artifacts and has an exposure duration; [#### frame based camera]
• obtaining a stream of events, by an event-based sensor which is synchronized with the frame-based sensor, at least during the exposure duration of the reference image frame, wherein the events encode brightness changes of the scene corresponding to the reference image ; and
• deriving a corrected image frame without the artifacts from the reference image by means of the stream of events.

"artifacts" in this context means unintentionally generated image element (pixel activations) caused by movement of an object while the shutter is open.

The "stream of events" refers to the activation of individual pixels caused by motion of the object captured by the DVS during a single frame period of the standard camera. The DVS pixel data includes the time at which the pixel illumination changed. Thus the system can use the timing information contained in the DVS data to correct the blurring of the camera image which occurred due to movement of the object during the frame period.

Hi Dio, you are such an ornament to this forum, thank you for giving so much of your time to us.

Your unblurring comment about Prophesee doesn't involve us, correct? There has been so much on the news tonight abut Google phone unblurring photos.

 

[David holland]

I'm gonna look so hot in my brown cardy and green leprechaun boots combo at the AGM. Make sure all of the fire extinguishers are ready for deployment.

Hope the CEO Can back his words up from last yr

 

[Diogenese]

Hi Dio, you are such an ornament to this forum, thank you for giving so much of your time to us.

Your unblurring comment about Prophesee doesn't involve us, correct? There has been so much on the news tonight abut Google phone unblurring photos.

Hi Dhm,

Yes. The priority of the Prophesee patent is June 2020, and, at the risk of augmenting @Fact Finder 's hubris, I don't think we were talking to Prophesee then - that's not to say that Akida couldn't improve their process.

 

[Fact Finder]

Hi Dio, you are such an ornament to this forum, thank you for giving so much of your time to us.

Your unblurring comment about Prophesee doesn't involve us, correct? There has been so much on the news tonight abut Google phone unblurring photos.

Hi Dhm
A quick question have you listened to the Brainchip podcast with Prophesee that came out this week.
Regards
FF

 

[thelittleshort]

Well, here's something interesting about Luminar:

Luminar have a lidar NN system capable of tracking multiple objects.

But, and this is a VERY BIG BUTT:

 

[alwaysgreen]

You certainly seem to have a thing for him, and why not, he's a handsome bugger.

He certainly gives me a bit of a semi

Spoiler

conductor

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

He certainly gives me a bit of a semi

Spoiler

conductor

Oh yeah, Baby.

 

[Dhm]

Thank you @Fact Finder and @Diogenese for your patience and respect. I am so much wiser and confident partially because of you and everyone else in this family of ours.

I think I'm tearing up.