Chip imaging vendor Omnivision is collaborating with artificial intelligence (AI) imaging processing firm iCatch Technology to introduce a chipset that enables a color pre-roll feature into home security cameras like video doorbells.
The pre-roll technology allows users to save up to four seconds of video footage prior to the camera’s motion detector triggering.
The collaboration integrates Omnivision’s OA07600 always-on video co-processor with a pre-roll recording buffer and iCatch’s Vi57 AI imaging system-on-chip. This allows continuous storage of pre-event color video footage. The chipset is designed for video doorbells to improve general usability for these smart home devices like traceability and visibility during any triggering event.
The footage combines post-event footage into one video with minimal data loss, the companies said. The imaging processing provides full-color information even under low-light conditions.
“By combining OMNIVISION’s OA07600 video co-processor with our Vi57 AI imaging SoC, we are closing the gap of the user experience between wired and wireless home security cameras, offering both ease of installation and incident traceability at the same time,” said Weber Hsu, CEO of iCatch Technology.
