OmniVision, VIA Technologies Partner to Develop Wireless HD Video Monitoring Solution

The companies want to develop new technologies for the rapidly growing market for home and commercial monitoring systems.

SANTA CLARA, Calif – OmniVision Technologies (NASDAQ: OVTI), a developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, and VIA Technologies, a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, have partnered to develop a battery-powered, high definition video monitoring solution. The companies announced their intent is to enable OEMs to dramatically reduce time-to-market for wireless multi-node monitoring systems in homes and small businesses.

“This partnership between OmniVision and VIA Technologies exemplifies both companies’ desire to meet the rapidly growing demand for turnkey solutions that can give OEMs the ability to quickly and cost-effectively bring innovative smart devices to market,” says Paul Gallagher, senior director of marketing at OmniVision. “By offering ‘instant-on’ crisp HD video and streaming capabilities in an extremely power-efficient, battery operated package, OmniVision’s OV9712 and OV788 video signal processor together provide excellent capabilities for the advanced solution now under development.”

Utilizing the OV9712 CameraChip sensor developed with OmniVision’s proprietary OmniPixel3-HS high sensitivity pixel technology, the solution will be designed to achieve excellent scene reproduction in both extremely high- and low-light environments, according to a press release. The OV9712 will operate in conjunction with OmniVision’s ultra-low power OV788 video signal processor. The processor will provide video compression, 720p HD video streaming and AES-256 encryption over any Wi-Fi network, thus allowing users to quickly stream high quality video content using the video monitoring solution.

“By combining OmniVision’s industry-leading imaging technologies with VIA’s advanced video processing technologies and embedded Android system design capabilities, we have produced a highly competitive turnkey solution,” says Epan Wu, head of VIA Embedded. “We look forward to collaborating with OmniVision and driving the development of new and innovative technologies for the rapidly growing market for home and commercial monitoring systems.”

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