Himax Technologies and Kneron, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup company, have jointly announced a collaboration to accelerate the development and commercialization of a high precision and high performance 3D sensing and AI-enabled security and surveillance solution.
The collaboration brings together Himax's structured light imaging module (SLiMTM) and Kneron's dedicated edge AI processor and facial recognition algorithm with deep learning technology. The 3D sensing, AI-enabled solution can deliver real time 3D depth map generation with high resolution and high accuracy performance for indoor and outdoor environment. Furthermore, it is engineered for ultra-low power consumption in a compact form factor, making it ideal for integration with security and surveillance system, said the companies.
"While we continue working closely with leading Android smartphone makers and platform providers to enable wider 3D sensing adoption in 2019 and beyond, we are seeing emerging 3D sensing adoption in various vertical industries such as AR/VR, IoT, industrial, automotive, security and surveillance, among several others," said Jordan Wu, Himax president and CEO. "Our SLiMTM is a turn-key 3D sensing module that can enable facial recognition, 3D reconstruction and scene perception. With the ASIC chip for 3D depth decoding that Himax has developed, we can extend the solution beyond smartphone to wide applications without duplicating the development efforts."
"We believe this joint solution will deliver the highest performance and provide cost advantage to meet customers' demand," said Albert Liu, founder and CEO of Kneron. "We already have engagements with the leading players in the areas of IoT, smart homes as well as security and surveillance. We expect to see our solution embedded in customers' product in 2020."
