Smart camera for cloud applications

For this reason, the solution trend is emerging for smart camera systems to be increasingly controlled via AI applications and cloud computing. This mixes the advantages of both systems. On the one hand, the smart cameras themselves offer extensive image pre-processing capabilities, with the scalable performance power of external computing units in particular providing an optimized solution to the increasing demand for difficult verification methods. At the same time, this provides the opportunity to better synchronize the systems as a whole with the plant. Many users are currently looking for a bridge technology, which means that they would like to solve their tasks with a smart camera for the time being, but still be prepared for a later switch to cloud computing. Ideally, no new hardware should be required for this and the camera should only be adapted to the new environment through software updates. This means that little money can be spent on peripherals and infrastructure and yet a long-lasting concept can be integrated.