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Technology Editor Last updated: July 25th, 2024
Video Processing for Drones & UAVs
Condor GR5-RTX5000 by EIZO Rugged Solutions – 3U VPX NVIDIA with quad video outputs
Video processing for UAVs and drones may be performed on the outputs of both electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) camera payloads for a variety of applications. This processing may be performed either on board the aircraft, or at a base station following transmission of the video by the drone.
Onboard Video Processing Solutions
Onboard video processing solutions using embedded edge computing devices provide the advantage of low latency, as there is no need to wait for the video to be streamed elsewhere and then for the results to come back. These onboard devices, however, add extra weight and power consumption to the drone, and so may not be suitable for SWaP (size, weight and power)-constrained platforms.
Onboard video processing devices may have single or multiple input and output channels, and may be able to deal with multiple video formats such as analogue, Full HD digital, and H.264 compressed video. These devices may be based around dedicated GPU (graphics processing unit) technology and be able to run sophisticated artificial intelligence and machine learning software.
HE4K Compact 4K Video Encoder by Z3 Technology
Remote Video Processing Technology
Offloading processing to a ground station or cloud computing server allows UAVs to save on component weight and power drain. However, transmitting the video information will take up extra bandwidth, and if the processing is being performed for a mission- or safety-critical application such as navigation, a reliable always-on connectivity solution will be required to ensure continued functionality. Video data will also need to be compressed before it is transmitted, and running the required compression algorithms can be computationally intensive.
UAV Camera Video Processor by Sightline Applications
Applications
Video processing technology may be utilised to support a wide variety of drone applications, such as ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), search and rescue, surveillance and autonomous operations. It can be used to pick out targets of interest such as animals, humans and hostile vehicles and drones, as well as to estimate the continued motion of these targets to aid in tracking. With the aid of infrared cameras, video processing can be used to detect urban fires and wildfires, as well as to enhance video footage under low-light conditions.
This technology can also be used to aid in autonomous operations such as precision takeoff and landing, detect-and-avoid, and drone swarming. It may be an essential part of navigation in GPS-denied environments, providing information for navigation algorithms such as SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) in which an autonomous vehicle such as a USV (unmanned surface vessel) or UGV (unmanned ground vehicle), maps its environment and localizes itself without the need for any external reference.
VPDU-110 Embedded Video Processor by Vision4ce
Video Processing Software
Video processing software for footage captured by drones and unmanned systems can be applied to a range of uses, such as upscaling HD video capabilities, removing frame-to-frame jitter, correcting rotation caused by roll, isolating objects from the background when processing tracking video, and aiding autonomous landing.
3U VPX module with advanced Ampere video processing and 4 video outputs
3U VPX module with advanced Ampere video processing and 4 video outputs
...s for parallel processing, Tensor cores for dedicated AI-accelerated compute, and Ray Tracing cores... ... manufacturing processing providing significant power improvements which, along with other Ampere...
3U VPX with high performance embedded computing (HPEC) and network connectivity
3U VPX with high performance embedded computing (HPEC) and network connectivity
...s the advanced processing capabilities for high performance embedded computing (HPEC) and artificial... ...as sensor data processing and other C5ISR tasks. The ConnectX-7 also provides support for RDMA over...
XMC mezzanine card with NVIDIA Ampere GPU and 4 video outputs
XMC mezzanine card with NVIDIA Ampere GPU and 4 video outputs
...ecture GPU for processing, encoding, or AI inference, and then be output via DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI,... ... manufacturing processing providing significant power improvements which, along with other Ampere...
3U VPX SBC with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin for data/video/sensor processing
3U VPX SBC with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin for data/video/sensor processing
...cores for data processing, deep learning inference, machine vision, audio processing and video... ...ced AI and HPC processing capabilities, high data transfer rates, and the cyber security features...
3U VPX with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin for HPEC data/video/sensor processing
3U VPX with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin for HPEC data/video/sensor processing
...cores for data processing, deep learning inference, machine vision, audio processing, and video... ...vides the data processing capability needed for demanding C5ISR applications, providing a secure...
Comprehensive software suite for real-time video processing
Comprehensive software suite for real-time video processing
...htLine’s VideoProcessing Software provides a powerful and constantly growing suite of... Video Enhancement and Overlays: capabilities include Digital Zoom, Contrast Limited Adaptive...
High-performance XMC video graphics & GPGPU processing card based on NVIDIA Ampere architecture
High-performance XMC video graphics & GPGPU processing card based on NVIDIA Ampere architecture
...erformance XMC video graphics and GPGPU processing card based on the NVIDIA Ampere architecture... ...rform parallel processing on large datasets, making them suitable for tasks like object detection,...
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