Down-to-earth AI Dawn: The smart technology we will see at CES

Author: Yair Siegel, CEVA director of market segments,

In the past few years, artificial intelligence-driven devices and services have been the most popular and interesting project at the world's technology show, with clear new trends in the market beyond 2018. First, mainstream consumer products More and more integrated artificial intelligence, not just those high-end and advanced products.Second, many products built artificial intelligence into the front-end device, rather than rely on the cloud.These trends are improving the accessibility of smart applications Sex, Privacy, and Efficiency to make them more widely adopted. The world's largest trade show for consumer electronics and technology is just around the corner, take a look at the compelling innovations and interesting products this year and the drivers that drive them The latest technology.

Power of 3D vision: SLR cameras from companion robots to deconstruction

Buddy, a home-assistant robot that navigates around the home, won the CES Best Innovation Award for Robot and UAV Categories. The robot is equipped with 3D vision and multiple sensors to assist, educate, entertain and connect users , As well as monitoring security when no one in the house.

Buddy's embedded hardware supports multi-mode navigation (Source: Blue Frog Robotics)

The technologies that underpin Buddy's navigation skills are real-time map creation and positioning, automatic collision avoidance and wall blocking, as well as remote user control via the smartphone screen.It is exciting that robots have the potential to learn new skills as the SDK and most software Is open source, allowing anyone interested in developing applications and skills, while Amazon's Alexa and other virtual assistants are just beginning to add functionality with screens and cameras, and robots may be the next evolution.

Another winner of the smart city category is the Amaryllo AR4x, a camera robot that uses embedded AIs to recognize and react to faces and other objects, including opening doors to familiar faces or alerting potential intruders that it has 1080p resolution, night vision function, you can receive power through Ethernet, easy to install, and consume limited power.

Using Multiple Small Lenses and Computed Photography Flat SLR Cameras (Photo by Light.co)

The quality of photo-taking on smartphones has been greatly improved lately, thanks in large part to computational photography, deep learning and the integration of dual cameras in new phones. Light has made these technologies even higher in their L16 cameras Floor, which won the Best Innovation Award in the CES digital imaging category Unlike DSLR cameras that use a large lens and sensor or a smartphone with one or two small cameras, the company uses 16 small camera modules The array, each module is equipped with a lens, sensors and mirrors.

Every time the camera takes a picture, there are at least 10 different modules that take the same image with different focal lengths from slightly different angles, and then the camera uses smart processing to stitch all the images together to create a high-resolution image. Compute the subtle differences in each picture and the angle of the camera to create a depth map of the shot scene.This 3D information is useful for many post-processing functions, such as changing the depth of focus of the scene.After a deconstructed SLR camera The shape of a portable smart phone, to the best of both worlds.

Semi-autonomous cars enter the mass market with efficient sensors and processors

Tesla's price tag, which makes it possible for only a limited number of people to enjoy safe and convenient autopilot while Nissan opted for the mass market to deliver their ProPilot technology on most models, not the most expensive models, The Leaf EV and Rogue compact SUV, the best of the Smart and Autonomous Driving Technology categories, will be available in 2018 with ProPilot technology.

ProPilot technology uses a combination of sensors, including vision and radar, for intelligent cruise control and lane keeping assistance while driving on a one-lane highway. The control module can drive the vehicle when the clear lane markings are visible, but the driver's hand must remain at The steering wheel system to run.

Integrating Nissan ProPilot Assist on Best-Selling Models Mainstream Semi-Automatic Driving (Image by Nissan)

Smart Sound: Personalized immersive audio and in-ear simultaneous interpretation

The nuraphone, which won the Best Innovation Award in the Headset category, is an intriguing product that looks like a headset, but has a silicone earplug that plugs into the ear canal.This design is very effective at isolating passive noise and allows the melody to go straight into the ear , While bass lines use bone conduction technology across the skin.These features are designed to create a highly immersive listening experience that is as live as a show.

An interesting combination of headphones and in-ear earbuds provides immersive audio (Source: Nuraphone)

Another feature of the Nuraphone is that they learn and adapt to each user's unique hearing, and when first used, the headset plays a particular frequency, prompting the user's ear to generate a subsonic sound called Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) from the cochlea The Nuraphone has a very responsive microphone monitor OAE, and a built-in self-learning engine to decode the perceived sound information and create a personalized auditory file.

This is a very innovative headset, but more exciting technologies can be integrated into these devices.Many new headphones and earphones have active noise cancellation, voice activation, and even voice-only augmentation capabilities. These features are included in the Mars headset, another award-winning product in the headset category, which is a true wireless stereo headset that supports real-time translation of ten languages ​​without the need for any external devices.

One of the biggest challenges is how to combine these features with a battery that lasts for an entire day, requiring ultra-low-power microphones and processors, as well as suitable standards for delivering audio on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) flow.

Looking forward to meet at CES 2018

CES will showcase many exciting technologies and products, and we're sure to see impressive AR / VR technology, drones, etc. But the award-winning products mentioned here foreshadow artificial intelligence, machine learning and complexity Algorithms are coming into everyday life and are practical for most people.Many of these devices come with small batteries or other limited power supplies so energy efficiency is a key factor that determines how well these devices are better As well as how often they need to be charged.With these advances in technology, we will see more cameras, sensors and microphones integrated into such products and the power consumption will become even more important.These technologies are accompanied by efficient and Low-power processing, will get unlimited development opportunities.

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