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Android Applications

2014-11-07T08:37:26+00:00

Android applications developed internally within ACC Innovations.

Computer EYE

General Description:

Ever wonder how a computer sees images and video? Then this app can help you experience the world through the eye of your mobile phone/tablet. In addition you can also take cool pictures with nice effects!

Key Features:

The supported effects/processsing methods include:
- Color Conversions (Grayscale, Red Component, Blue Component, Green Component)
- Image Filters and Feature Extraction (Edge Detection, Image Gradients, Local Binary Pattern Features)
- Computer Vision (Skin Detection, Motion Detection)
Actions supported by this application:
- Capture an image
- Set the processing method
- Change between front and back cameras
- Enable/Disable Flash
- Open and view an image

Android Version Support:

Ice Cream Sandwich and above (4.x.x and over)

Android Camera Application

General Description:

A user friendly android camera application

Key Features:

Use the screen as a large button to capture pictures easier
Flash support for low illumination environments
Image viewing after picture is taken
Open gallery within the app to view images

Android Version Support:

Gingerbread and above (2.3.x and over)

Android Binary to Decimal to Hexadecimal Live Converter

General Description:

A useful android tool for scientists and engineers that can boost productivity. It provides a fast and easy way to find number representations in decimal, hexadecimal, and binary formats.

Key Features:

Conversion is done live while typing in any box.
Can also convert negative and fractional numbers.
Supports twos complement binary number representation.
Help and examples provided within the app

Android Version Support:

Gingerbread and above (2.3.x and over)

Secret Spy Camera

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General Description:

A camera application that hides the camera feed and lets you take pictures without being noticed.

Key Features:

Camera appears as android home screen.
Take a single picture.
Take 10 consecutive pictures.
View Images.
Swap between front and back camera.
Help and examples provided within the app

Android Version Support:

Ice Cream Sandwich and above (4.x.x and over)

Computer Vision IP Cores

2014-11-06T13:06:10+00:00

ACC Innovations offers real-time video processing IP cores for image/video processing and pre-processing algorithms as well as more complex vision-based embedded applications. The functionality of the offered IP Cores was evaluated on the Atlys 2 FPGA Board using real-time data acquisition from HDMI cameras, and our cores are also synthesizable across multiple technologies (PLDs, ASICs).

Edge Detection Core

General Description:

The Edge Detection IP Core detects edges (rates of change in pixels values) in incoming video frames using the Sobel algorithm. The gradient values in x and y direction are also provided at the output. The core supports a wide variety of video resolutions (480p, 1080p), which can be set at compile time. A simple I/O handshake makes the core capable to pause and resume the input video data stream. Edge detection threshold can be varied during operation.

Key Design Features:

Configurable video resolution
Dynamically variable edge detection threshold
Pause/Resume Capability

Applications:

Image Enhancement
Object Detection
Image Analysis

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Skin Detection Finder

General Description:

This IP Core detects skin-like image regions based on the YCrCb color space model. The Cr Cb components are evaluated from the input RGB values and are then used to detect skin-like regions. It facilitates seamless integration for higher level applications since it is synchronized with the pixel clock.

Key Design Features:

Seamless integration to facilitate higher level application
Operates at pixel clock rate

Applications:

Face Detection
Pedestrian Detection
Human Computer Interaction

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Local Binary Pattern Processing Core

General Description:

Local binary patterns are useful features for extracting image information in image analysis applications. This IP Core extracts the local binary patterns from the input video stream in real-time.

Key Design Features:

Processes a 3x3 pixel neighborhood
Uses the center pixel as the threshold
Simple combinational logic

Applications:

Object Detection
Object Recognition
Texture Analysis
Face Detection

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Motion Detection Core

General Description:

The Motion Detection IP Core detects motion (changes between successive frames) in incoming video frames using the absolute difference algorithm. The output is given as pixel values that signal the intensity of the change for each pixel. The core supports a wide variety of video resolutions (480p, 1080p), which can be set at compile time. A motion detection threshold can be varied during operation.

Key Design Features:

Configurable video resolution
Dynamically variable motion detection threshold

Applications:

Security and Surveillance
Object Detection
Image Analysis

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Video Processing IP Cores

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RGB to YUV Color Space Converter

General Description:

This IP core converts digital RGB signals used in computer graphics to luminance and color difference coded signals (YUV), which is used by many component video systems.

Key Design Features:

Convert three input color samples to three output samples in a single clock cycle

Applications:

Image Transmission
Image Compression

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On-Chip Video Frame Buffer

General Description:

The on-chip video frame buffer core provides the ability to store the input camera stream to an on-chip memory for fast local processing. The on-chip frame buffer is useful for applications where it is necessary to access pixels at different image locations which is not concurrent with the camera stream.

Key Design Features:

Capture video frame from camera stream synchronized with the pixel clock.
Ability to pause/resume frame grabbing until processing the captured frame.

Applications:

Multi-resolution Image Processing
Image Capture/Storing

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Video Median Filtering Core

General Description:

Median filtering IP core for noise removal in image processing and computer vision applications. Its scalable architecture supports a wide variety of video frame resolutions (up to 1080p60) and large window sizes.

Key Design Features:

Median filtering in still images and real-time video streams
Scalable to large window sizes
Full HD video support (1920x1080)

Applications:

Image Enhancement

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Image Gradient Core

General Description:

Image Filtering IP core that can be used as a building block for image processing and computer vision applications. It computes image derivatives for both the vertical and horizontal directions. The architecture is scalable and supports a wide variety of video frame resolutions and large window sizes.

Key Design Features:

Supports both horizontal and vertical gradients for real-time video streams
Scalable to large window sizes

Applications:

Image Enhancement
Image Analysis
Computer Graphics

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Products

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ACC Innovations offers real-time video processing IP cores for image/video processing and pre-processing algorithms as well as vision-based embedded applications. These cores can be used as building blocks to design more complex systems and they can be optimized per client's request in order to meet application-specific demands and platform constraints.

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Custom IP Core Design

The company personnel has the expertise to design custom IP Cores for various application domains including but not limited to:

Visual Object Detection & Recognition
Computer and Machine Vision Systems
Artificial Intelligence and Learning Systems
Biomedical and Bioinformatics Systems
On-chip Communication Backbones
QAM RF Modulation

About Us

2014-11-06T12:49:52+00:00

ACC Innovations Ltd is a startup company formed by young, motivated engineers with strong interest in state-of-the-art computing technologies. The company is based in Nicosia, Cyprus; however, intends to promote technology developed locally throughout Europe.

All ACC Innovations Ltd personnel has a strong Computer Engineering background with PhD or master degree qualifications. Our people also have experience in developing novel computing technologies for applications stemming from diverse fields like: computer vision, pattern recognition, communications and bioinformatics.

Our company's vision is to promote Cyprus as a regional node for fabless industry through locally developed, state-of-the-art computing technologies. We strongly believe that research collaborations between local and European partners is a first step towards that goal, thus ACC Innovations primary interest is research and development for advanced computing technologies.

Offices:

ACC Innovations Ltd
2, Kerkyras str.
Flat 102
2103, Aglatzia
Nicosia, Cyprus

Services

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The ACC Innovations team has experience in the development and design of state-of-the-art solutions for the acceleration of computing applications ranging from video analytics to bioinformatics. In close collaboration with out partners and clients we strive to develop a custom solution tailored to the needs of the targeted application. In summary the services offered by our company include:

Algorithm Development

Understand application specifications and demands and propose solutions
Development of model/algorithm
High-level simulation/implementation using Matlab/C/C++
Testing and verification of algorithm/model

Design and Development of Domain-Specific Hardware Accelerators

FPGA emulation/verification/standalone solution

FPGA Design implementation using Verilog HDL or VHDL
Design optimization for a specific FPGA platform
Experience with both Xilinx and Altera FPGAs and design flows
Hardware/Software partitioning

Hybrid GPU/FPGA solution

Complete hybrid solutions for big-data applications
Experience with CUDA programming
Interface between FPGA and GPU

Design of Graphic-User interface (GUI) and communication backbone to facilitate user-friendliness and flexible programmability

Software Solutions

Efficient software solutions in high level programming languages (Java, C++, C, C#) and operating systems (Windows, Linux, Android)
Software and firmware for embedded microprocessors (ARM, etc.)
Web Applications / Web Programming

Scientific know-how and technical consulting

We offer innovative solutions and ideas in the following areas:

Mobile and low power embedded systems
High Performance Computing
System Integration and Development

Research & Innovation

2014-11-06T12:42:30+00:00

Our company's primary research centers around the design and development of domain-specific hardware accelerators for high performance as well as embedded applications from various scientific areas. Currently the main areas that our research focuses on are:

Image Processing and Computer Vision

Our research in video and image processing focuses on the development of novel algorithms and techniques that can be efficiently implemented on a hardware platform with regards to constraints such as hardware budget, power, cost, and performance. The algorithms we investigate include traditional image processing algorithms (spatial filters, Histogram processing, etc.), object detection and recognition, 3D video processing, as well as video compression playback and encoding.

Intelligent Systems and Learning Vision Machines

Through our research we aim to embed intelligence in computing systems by efficiently designing and developing pattern recognition and machine learning algorithms (such as Artificial Neural Networks).

Bioinformatics and Bio-inspired Computing

Our company is also involved in the design of architectures and systems for biological computing applications such as genome and protein sequence analysis (e.g. BLAST), database and information systems, and bio-inspired algorithms such as artificial neural networks.

Methodologies & Tools

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In close collaboration with our clients, our company provides complete solutions for both embedded as well as high performance real-world problems using both software and hardware technology platforms.

Company Profile

2014-11-06T07:07:37+00:00

ACC Innovations Ltd is a startup company based in Cyprus which specializes in the development of innovative software and hardware solutions to improve the performance of computing applications. The team behind ACC combines a strong background in engineering and computing technologies with hard working ethics and has experience in research and development through European research projects.

"Development of software and hardware solutions

to accelerate computationally intensive applications"

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