All-in-one embedded vision platform with new tools and functions

At IDS, image processing with artificial intelligence does not only mean that it works directly on the camera and that users have very wide configuration options through vision applications. Rather, with the embedded vision platform, IDS NXT ocean, customers benefit from all the necessary tools and coordinated workflows to realize their own AI vision applications, without prior knowledge, and implement them directly on IDS industrial cameras. NXT. Now follows the next free software update for the AI package. In addition to the issue of user-friendliness, attention is paid to making the artificial intelligence clear and understandable for the user.

An all-in-one system, such as IDS NXT ocean, having integrated computing power and artificial intelligence thanks to the "deep ocean core" developed by IDS, is ideally suited to address AI Vision. It requires no prior knowledge of deep learning or camera programming. The current software update makes it even easier to configure, deploy and control smart cameras in the IDS NXT cockpit. For this purpose, among other things, the "ROI editor" has been integrated, with which users can freely draw the image areas to be evaluated and configure, save and reuse them as custom screens with numerous parameters. In addition, the new tools "Attention Maps" and "Confusion Matrix" illustrate how the AI works in the cameras and what decisions it makes. This helps to clarify the process and allows the user to assess the quality of a trained neural network and to improve it through targeted retraining. Data security also plays a key role in the industrial use of artificial intelligence. As of the software update, communication between IDS NXT cameras and system components can be encrypted via HTTPS.

Get started with the IDS NXT ocean Creative Kit

Anyone wishing to test the IDS NXT ocean on-board vision platform and assess its potential for their own applications should consider the IDS NXT ocean Creative Kit. It provides customers with all the components they need to build, train, and operate a neural network. In addition to an IDS NXT industrial camera with Sony 1.6 MP sensor, lens, cable and tripod adapter, the package includes a six-month access to the AI training software “IDS NXT lighthouse”.

For more information: www.ids-nxt.fr