Embedded Vision Technology in the Military

Embedded vision and machine vision technology are beginning to leave its mark in the military sector. On land, air, and sea, imaging systems are an increasingly important component of the latest military technology for command, control, communication, computers intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (CR4ISR).

Historically, the defense sector has produced highly propriety systems. In this way, manufacturers would retain control of the systems they produce until the end user made a complete upgrade to a new product. Now, end users are requesting more open architectures for easier transition between existing and future products.

Embedded Vision and Machine Vision Standards in the Military

As end users seek greater levels of standardization, machine vision standards have begun to make their way into military products. GigEVision and Genicam standards have been particularly useful in achieving emerging defense standards, such as the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) Vetronics Infrastructure for Video over Ethernet (VIVOE) Defence Standard (Def Stan 00-82) and the U.S. Department of Defense Vehicular Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability (VICTORY) initiative.

CoaXpress (CXP) is another machine vision standard that has proven its potential in the military sector. The primary value of the CXP standard in the military is that fact that it uses multiplexing to manage multiple data streams over a single channel. This is necessary for many military applications, as products often have multiple image sensors.

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Embedded Vision Applications in the Military

Embedded vision technology and standards are helping create entirely new types of military equipment. Autonomous vehicles, while still in development by a number of different companies, are close to being a viable military vehicle. Leveraging multiple embedded image sensors, these vehicles navigate rough terrain without input from an operator.

In addition to autonomous ground vehicles, embedded systems are also making their way into drones. Typically, these are powerful imaging systems with the ability to perform surveillance functions from great distances in varying weather conditions.

Overall, embedded vision technology is helping keep soldiers safe on the battlefield and promoting greater levels of autonomy in combat vehicles.

As end users push for more standardization in military products, and embedded vision technology continues to advance in ability, vision standards and technology will play an increasingly important role in military technology.