ANALOG DEVICES’ JPEG2000 REAL-TIME VIDEO COMPRESSION TECHNOLOGY DRIVES IP NETWORK SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
Ikegami selects ADI’s video processing solution for superior image quality and scalability.
Norwood, MA (03/29/2007) -
Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, today announced that its JPEG2000 compression chip has been chosen by Ikegami Tsushinki Co. Ltd—an innovator in the field of Electronic News Gathering (ENG) with portable cameras for broadcast TV and a leading supplier of systems to the video surveillance industry—to provide the compression and decompression of video images in their T-Sip IP network surveillance system. ADI’s ADV202 real-time video compression engine supplies higher levels of scalability and image quality than competing compression solutions, enabling surveillance systems to support multiple video resolutions at various transmission bit-rates from the same image stream. This allows security professionals to customize the video signal to be compatible with multiple display and transmission mediums. In particular, the enhanced compression enabled by the ADV202 allows the system operator to receive the highest quality images on any size screen, whether portable or stationary, enabling detection of subtle changes in the image to quickly determine the nature and severity of security breaches.
“As security surveillance becomes more common in retail shops, supermarkets, financial institutions and transportation hubs, designers require video solutions that can be scaled to meet the varying needs of these locations,” said Kyoji Kojima, division managing director, Ikegami. “JPEG2000 has proven its superior scalability and image quality over competing technologies, and, because ADI is a pioneer in bringing this technology to market, we believe the ADV202 video compression solution is a natural choice to drive our T-Sip IP network surveillance system.”
“Solutions based on the JPEG2000 standard are ushering in higher-quality, scalable, portable security surveillance,” said Stuart Boyd, product line director, Digital Imaging Systems, Analog Devices. “The ability to scale high-resolution images to virtually any screen size or transmission medium means that security professionals who were once confined to a bank of TV monitors now have access to surveillance images on-the-go. And because the ADV202 requires no external components to encode or decode data, designers of security surveillance systems benefit from a reduced bill of materials, lowering system cost and increasing reliability.”
Analog Devices’ JPEG2000 solutions process video images at varying resolutions without the need for further signal processing. This is particularly important in security applications, because content can be compressed once and decompressed many different ways to accommodate multiple display configurations and bit rates. Ikegami’s T-Sip IP digital network system for security surveillance leverages JPEG2000 technology to enable better picture quality, flexible frame rates and a wider range of selectable picture sizes. The system consists of three components—the IPD-Q01 network camera, IEN-T01 network encoder and INR-Q500 network recorder. The surveillance system captures, processes and displays high-quality images under the harshest of operating conditions. Ikegami will introduce other innovative products at the ISC-West Security/Surveillance Show this week in Las Vegas, including its low latency network decoder and built-in high-speed preset dome camera system with 38x zoom. Both products will also utilize ADI’s JPEG2000 solutions.
The ADV202 JPEG2000 Codec
The ADV212 is a single-chip JPEG2000 codec used in video and high-bandwidth image compression applications. By incorporating ADI’s proprietary SURFTM (Spatial Ultra-efficient Recursive Filtering) wavelet technology, the ADV202 enables real-time compression and decompression of still images, as well as video signal resolutions as high as HD. Requiring no external memory, the device comes in a compact 12 mm x 12 mm or 13 mm x 13 mm BGA (ball-grid array) package. Widely used in a variety of applications, including surveillance, professional video and digital cinema, the ADV202 is designed for high-performance video solutions as well as future low-cost video systems.
About the JPEG2000 Standard
JPEG2000 is an internationally recognized image compression standard based on wavelet transforms. The wavelet transform is a technology that applies two-dimensional filtering and sub-sampling (pixel decimation) in hierarchical and multi-step combinations.
About Analog Devices
Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “ADI” and is included in the S&P 500 Index.
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