Problem: no low cost machine vision
¡Machine vision: do something useful with a camera
§Control a video game
with player position and movement
§Automobile cameras
warn of lane departure or drowsy driver
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¡The target price for machine vision in a typical
application: $5
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¡Actual price: $100
Solution
¡Generic Vision provides the functions shared by most
vision applications
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¡Generic Vision functions are optimized for low-cost
products
¡Adds $0.10 to product cost
Generic Vision
Vijay
Davar
Vijay Davar currently manages M&A activity at Cypress Semiconductor. Mr.
Davar has acted as co-founder, chairman, advisor, and marketing director for
several startup companies, some of which have grown to over $200M including
IPO. Mr. Davar served as a
General Manager at Texas Instruments with departments in India and France.
Prior to his work with Texas Instruments, he served as a Division Manager at
Advanced Micro Devices and as a Strategic Marketing Manager at Motorola.
Dan Cermak
Dan Cermak staffed and managed an international
ASIC design team and led the team through acquisition by Intel Corporation. At
Intel, Mr. Cermak is the lead architect for the XML hardware acceleration
technology and a key contributor to the overall server acceleration strategy.
Mr. Cermak also led the Austin design center to delivery of the first
generation XML hardware acceleration technology. Mr. Cermak has 10 patents for
his work in hardware acceleration, systems, and microprocessors.
Craig Sullender
Craig Sullender is the inventor of a low-cost, high-performance
image processing technology for consumer products. Mr. Sullender designed new
products and prototypes for Austin startups in the areas of mobile computing,
wireless networks, and image processing for cell phone cameras. He won several
NASA design awards for simple and efficient spacecraft power system
instrumentation and his devices are currently in use on the International Space
Station.