Ottawa, Canada (PRWEB) May 29, 2014 -- CogniVue Corporation, which licenses its APEX Image Cognition Processor (ICP) technology to semiconductor vendors, announced today the launch of its APEX Partner ProgramTM at the Embedded Vision Summit in Santa Clara, CA. CogniVue’s APEX ICP technology drives a >100x advantage in performance per area per power for embedded vision processing compared to conventional processor architectures, making it a top choice for System-on-Chip (SoC) vendors integrating embedded vision into their products. With the APEX Partner Program, CogniVue is creating an ecosystem of dedicated “APEX-certified” application software and design services partners.
“CogniVue provides not just the APEX ICP core for high performance low power embedded vision processing, but also a unique set of APEX programming tools as well as an extensive suite of image and vision processing algorithms in our APEX-CV library,” said Tom Wilson VP Business Development at CogniVue. “Now we are working with a selected and expert set of partners in the APEX Partner Program to ensure the end customers of the SoC product have a complete set of application and design service providers to get to market quickly with APEX-enabled solutions.”
CogniVue is enabling their APEX Partners with access to: CogniVue’s IP customers and their end-customers, APEX-certification training, APEX Programmer Tools, APEX-CV library, and CogniVue’s design architects and algorithm expertise.
CogniVue’s APEX Partner Program is a unique approach involving a close business relationship with the members of the APEX Partner Program. For this reason, the program is limited to a select group of dedicated and committed application software and design services companies with well-established market presence and specifically relevant expertise. CogniVue is pleased to announce the following companies at this launch of the APEX Partner Program:
• Digital Media Professionals: a leading supplier of GPU cores in Japan and ICP core licensing vendor providing support in Japan and Taiwan.
• InfoDif: an R&D and products company developing software frameworks and solutions with expertise in real time image processing, video surveillance and video analytics
• Happiest Minds Technologies: A Next-gen Global IT Product Engineering Services provider focused on harnessing Disruptive Technologies (SMAC, M2M) To Build Secure, Connected and Smart Platforms, Products and Solutions.
• IntelliVision: a leader in “Video Intelligence and Automated Monitoring”
• Neusoft Technology: A global IT solution and services provider
• Persistent Systems: a global company specializing in software product and technology services
• Phi Algorithm: a skilled team of published image processing professionals
• Uncanny Vision: a technology company focused on computer vision on embedded systems
“We are excited to welcome our APEX Partners to this unique program and look forward to mutual success in a rapidly growing market for vision enabled wearables, mobile devices, automotive and industrial devices using APEX ICP cores and our APEX-CV library,” commented Simon Morris. “Stay tuned for ongoing developments in our APEX Partner Programming and amongst new APEX ICP core licensees."
About CogniVue Corporation
CogniVue is a leading innovator in embedded vision, providing both semiconductor processor technology IP, tools and software that enable its customers to develop high-performance, low-power embedded vision applications for high volume automotive, consumer and industrial markets. With its strong expertise in embedded vision and its APEX development tools, CogniVue enables developers to design innovative, previously implausible vision products like smart pens and smart back-up cameras. CogniVue is a privately held company headquartered in Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada.
For more information, please contact:
CogniVue Corporation
Tom Wilson
VP Business Development
1.819.595.4999
About DMP
Digital Media Professionals Inc develops industry leading 2D and 3D graphics solutions for global consumer electronics, mobile, embedded and automotive markets. The company was founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2002 and is currently developing several graphics IP cores based on the Khronos™ Group open standards and DMP’s cutting edge 3D graphics IP “Maestro Technology”.
About Happiest Minds Technologies:
Happiest Minds is focused on helping customers build Smart, Secure and Connected experience by leveraging disruptive technologies like M2M/IoT, Mobility, Analytics, Security, Cloud computing, Social computing and Unified communications.Happiest Minds also offers high degree of skills, IPs and domain expertise across a set of focused areas that include IT Services, Product Engineering Services, Infrastructure Management, Security, Testing and Consulting. As part of Product Engineering Services, Happiest Minds helps builds platforms and products leveraging on the disruptive technologies in areas of Smart Devices, Mobility, Automotive, E-commerce, Business Applications, Smart Living and Smart Environment.
About InfoDif
InfoDif has a state of the art technology in Video Surveillance & Intelligent Video Analytics within R&D and work experiences that it get through decades. These experiences vary on defense, video enhancement and real time system development domains on which they achieved many projects. InfoDif has been scaling its know-how to product phase which provides it to diffuse this knowledge within its products. Infodif has focus on Video Surveillance and has products like Intelligent Video Analytics, Face Recognition and Car Number Plate Recognition combined on a unique platform called i-bex Video Analytics Platform.
About IntelliVision
IntelliVision is a leading technology provider for "Intelligent Video Analytics, Recognition and Smart Camera" solutions for security, automotive and Consumer markets. IntelliVision is a pioneer in video analytics and our products have been very successful and deployed by hundreds of customers and partners world-wide. IntelliVision has been deploying its solutions about 10+ years in this market. IntelliVision is based in San Jose, Silicon Valley, California, with offices in Asia and Europe.
About Neusoft
Neusoft Corporation (“Neusoft”), as a leading IT solution and service provider, provides innovative information technology - enabled solutions and services to meet the demands arising from social transformation, shaping new life styles for individuals and creating values for the society. Focusing on software technology, Neusoft provides industry solutions and product engineering solutions, related software products & platforms, and services. Established in China in 1991, Neusoft has more than 20,000 employees worldwide today, and it has 10 software R&D bases, 8 regional headquarters and a comprehensive marketing & service network covering 60+ cities across China, as well as subsidiaries in the United States, Japan, Europe, the Middle East, and South America, etc. It was the first listed software company in China, also the country’s first one in the industry that had received both CMM Level 5 and CMMI V1.2 Level 5 certifications.
About Persistent
Persistent Systems is a public listed USD $274M global company specializing in software product and technology services. For over two decades, Persistent has consistently been selected as the trusted innovation partner for the world’s largest technology brands, leading enterprises and pioneering start-ups. Persistent develops best-in-class solutions in key next-generation technology areas including Embedded, Vision/Image processing, Analytics, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Mobility and Social, for the telecommunications, consumer, life science healthcare, banking & financial services verticals.
About Phi Algorithm Solutions
Phi Algorithm Solutions Inc. is a team of published image processing professionals and machine learning experts. The company’s focus is on developing image processing IP for a number of key areas including object detection, internet video processing, image enhancement, noise reduction, backlight control and 3D video processing. The company also provides consultation services to help companies identify opportunities within the context of their existing image processing technologies. Phi Algorithm Solutions is a privately held company headquartered in the Greater Toronto Area.
About Uncanny Vision
Uncanny Vision develops advanced algorithms in computer vision space achieving multi-fold performance improvements over existing technologies. With the explosion of camera enabled devices, their offerings are seeing adoption in multiple domains, notably, automotive safety, robotics etc. Uncanny Vision's software development kit (SDK) enables customers to develop, verify, validate and deploy compelling computer vision solutions, while significantly reducing time to market. Uncanny Vision is a privately held company headquartered in Bangalore with global partnership alliances in California, Japan and Israel.
Martin Pietrzak, CogniVue, http://cognivue.com, +1 4166970522, [email protected]
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