NEC Ideathon - AI and Image sensor

What is the feature of NEC’ AI technology?

NEC's AI technology

• 1) Human Sensing & Understanding: This technology can realize safety and efficiency by human sensing and understanding on the basis of video analysis and pattern recognition technology by using face recognition, speaker identification, remote gaze estimation, and ear acoustic authentication







• 2) Crowd behavior analytics: Cluster-based analysis of people without identifying individuals which enables highly accurate understanding even in severe congestion





• 3) Profiling across Spatio-Temporal Data: Video search technology that finds a person who appears in a specific pattern from surveillance videos shot at multiple locations





• 4) Medical Image Analysis: This technology can detect cancers and suspected pats in real-time at the inspection, by analyzing medical images using deep learning technology.





• 5) Physiological Information Recognition: By using facial video technology and wearable device, human internal states (emotion, motivation, fatigue) are understood from physiological information (sweat, heart rate)





• 6) Person Re-identification Technology: This technology matches a person from the full figure of the person captured in videos and images. It can match up not only people captured face-front into the camera but also when they are captured from the sides when walking or from the back


• 7) High-speed-camera object recognition technology: This technology combines high-speed cameras with image recognition technology to perform real-time recognition without having to stop the objects, even when moving at high speed. In this interview, two developers discuss the details of this innovative technology.

Sony’s high-quality image sensor

• “STARVIS” (for Security): Back-illuminated pixel technology used in CMOS image sensors for surveillance camera applications. It realizes high picture quality in the visible-light and near-infrared light regions. Detail: https://www.sony-semicon.co.jp/e/products/IS/security/technology.html
• “Pregius“(for Industry): Global shutter pixel technology based on Sony's low-noise CCD structure. It realizes high-speed and high-precision performance. Detail: https://www.sony- semicon.co.jp/e/products/IS/industry/technology.html
• “Polarsens” (Polarization): CMOS Image Sensor pixel technology that has several different angle polarizer formed on-chip. Detail: https://www.sony-semicon.co.jp/e/products/IS/polarization/