Summary of DEPTHAI – AN EMBEDDED PLATFORM FOR COMBINING DEPTH AND AI, BUILT AROUND MYRIAD X
DepthAI is an embedded platform leveraging the Myriad X chip to integrate depth perception, object detection, and tracking via a Python API. By connecting directly to cameras over MIPI, it enables real-time object localization at 25 FPS, converting pixel data into physical world coordinates (x, y, z) for effective interaction with the environment.
Parts used in DepthAI:
- Myriad X
- Cameras
- MIPI interface
- Python API
DepthAI is a platform built around the Myriad X to combine depth perception, object detection (neural inference), and object tracking that gives you this power in a simple, easy-to-use Python API. It’s a one-stop shop for folks who want to combine and harness the power of AI, depth, and tracking. It does this by using the Myriad X in the way it was intended to be used – directly attached to cameras over MIPI – thereby unlocking power and capabilities that are otherwise inaccessible.
Real-Time Object Localization
Object Detection is a marvel of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning. It allows a machine to know what an object is and where it is represented in an image (in ‘pixel space’).
Back in 2016, such a system was not very accurate and could only run at (rougly) one frame every six seconds. Fast forward to 2019, and you can run at real-time on an embedded platform – which is tremendous progress! But, what good does knowing where an object is in an image in pixels do for something trying to interact with the physical world?
That’s where object localization comes in. Object localization is the capability to know what an object is and where it is in the physical world. So, its x, y, z (cartesian) coordinates in meters.
This is what DepthAI allows. At 25 FPS.
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- What does DepthAI combine?
It combines depth perception, object detection, and object tracking. - How does DepthAI connect to cameras?
It connects directly to cameras over MIPI. - What is the frame rate of DepthAI?
DepthAI operates at 25 FPS. - What programming language does DepthAI use?
It provides a simple, easy-to-use Python API. - What coordinate system does DepthAI provide for localization?
It provides x, y, z cartesian coordinates in meters. - Can DepthAI run on an embedded platform?
Yes, it runs real-time on an embedded platform.
