Altera Corporation has announced FPGA-based full-HD 1080p/ 30fps (30 frames per second) video analytics on a Cyclone IV FPGA. The solution includes Eutecus' Multi-Core Video Analytics Engine (MVE) intellectual property (IP), which performs the analytics functions in the FPGA. Because this solution can be easily integrated into HD Internet protocol cameras, it is ideal for a traffic surveillance that monitors accident detection, vehicle counting, lane-exit detection, stopped traffic, red-light violations and vehicles moving in the wrong direction.
Altera and Eutecus' FPGA-based video analytics solution delivers the processing power required for full HD 1080p/30fps real-time video processing. The performance and flexibility of FPGAs continue to rapidly replace other technologies for important functions.
Altera's Cyclone IV FPGAs offer video analytics designers' greater flexibility to customize their application with Eutecus' MVE IP. The IP combines massively parallel algorithms and specialized coprocessors with multiple Altera Nios II cores integrated into a Cyclone IV FPGA. It also comes with a software GUI that allows designers to customize the event-detection parameters and rules for their specific applications. Eutecus' IP includes a robust application programming interface (API) that allows customers to interface with their own video management systems or develop their own custom GUI.
"With Altera's FPGA's unprecedented video processing capabilities coupled with Eutecus' MVE analytics technology, customers can track multiple objects with multiple rules in varying weather conditions in real time, giving customers a more powerful and flexible solution compared to existing technology. This solution can also be leveraged for other applications such as automotive driver assistance which includes rear view and surround view cameras. Altera's one-stop shop approach for the FPGA and IP reduces the barriers for customers looking to expand their analytics capabilities," said Arun Iyengar, vice president of the military, industrial, and computer, consumer, and storage business units division, Altera.
Csaba Rekeczky, CEO & President, Eutecus said, "Altera's Cyclone IV FPGA and its Quartus II software offer the ideal design environment for Eutecus' MVE solution. Video analytics customers can take advantage of the partnership between our companies by leveraging Eutecus' highly modular, flexible and scalable IP product and Altera's high performing and customizable FPGAs."
