Edge AI vision system developed for smart cities and IIoT
Leopard Imaging has partnered with Sony Semiconductor Solutions (SSS) to develop the GS500 AI vision system, designed to enhance smart cities and industrial automation. The GS500 AI vision system boasts the cutting-edge GS500-MIPI camera, featuring Sony’s world-first intelligent vision sensor, IMX500, and powered by their Edge AI sensing platform, AITRIOS. This combination enables advanced AI processing capabilities and high-end Edge AI processing.
Equipped with a 12-megapixel sensor, the Leopard Imaging GS500 AI vision system excels in scene interpretation and handling machine learning tasks directly on the camera. The system offers high speed and security, incorporating Edge AI and a scalable architecture.
Installation and maintenance are straightforward, thanks to network options such as PoE, WiFi, and LTE-CatM1, along with OTA AI and app updates.
A key feature of the GS500 AI vision system is data minimisation, achieved through Sony’s IMX500 sensor. This ensures data anonymisation at the front edge and implements top-tier data protection. Images are processed to derive metadata at the point of capture, with image capture occurring only when necessary. This approach reduces data storage and transfer, making the GS500 AI vision system a secure and reliable choice for various applications, including smart city infrastructure, robotic vision, and industrial automation.
“Leopard’s new solution, leveraging Sony Semiconductor Solutions’ IMX500, creates a versatile, outdoor, Edge AI camera for smart city use cases like traffic counting, curb management, parking occupancy, pedestrian safety, and more. We are pleased to welcome another camera partner into Sony’s growing AITRIOS ecosystem, expanding offerings for our customers that work under a variety of IoT environments,” said Yu Kitamura, Program Manager for Smart Cities, Sony Semiconductor Solutions
In 2023, Leopard Imaging secured first place in the Pedestrian Safety Challenge Hackathon Competition, co-sponsored by the tinyML Foundation and the City of San José, with Sony Semiconductor Solutions as a technology partner.
This competition established a solid foundation for the research and development of the GS500 AI system. This autumn, Leopard Imaging, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, tinyML, and the City of San José will host a webinar on 10th September at 8 am PST to discuss how AI vision solutions could enhance pedestrian safety in smart cities.
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