20 March 2007

eInfochips Debuts Smart IP Camera Ref Based On TI DaVinci

eInfochips has unveiled IPNetCam, a camera reference design featuring dual streaming with multiple codecs and ObjectVideo OnBoard robust analytics on Texas Instruments’ DaVinci technology.

The company said the camera establishes new standards in network-supported security and video surveillance technology. The reference design is a ready-to-go solution enabling OEMs to build a range of intelligent IP surveillance cameras quickly and with low development costs.

The IPNetCam design is based on TI's TMS320DM446 which ties together a C64x+ DSP core, clocked at 594 MHz, with an ARM926EJ-S core clocked at 297MHz.

IPNetCam incorporates a highly sensitive three-megapixel, ½-inch progressive scan CMOS sensor with electronic rolling shutter and global reset release. The IPNetCam leverages advanced video and image processing features offered by DaVinci technology. The camera supports three compression formats: JPEG, MPEG-4 and H.264, allowing users to choose the appropriate combination of encoding to match the environment and monitoring applications. The camera supports QCIF, CIF, VGA and D1 resolutions with 30 fps performance for all the compression formats. With the triple streaming feature, one JPEG and two MPEG-4 images can be streamed simultaneously.

The camera utilizes ObjectVideo OnBoard, a technology for video content analysis that allows rule-based object detection, classification, tracking and real-time alerting. Equipped with two sensor inputs and two alarm outputs, the camera can be used for triggering external devices for ObjectVideo alerts. SD memory card support allows pre- and post-event recording.