With the addition of AgentVi's camera-optimized VI-Agent edge code, the i-view.net cameras are now fully armed to run analytics. An industry first, Cohu's Agent-Vi-embedded camera runs a full analytics suite over existing network infrastructures, offers a negligible analytics bandwidth footprint (15-20 kilobits per second) and requires no field analytics hardware such as encoders, video servers, and video processing units (VPUs). Cohu plans on embedding Agent Vi technology in several other product lines in the very near future.

Agent Vi's software is specifically designed to support the video surveillance needs for the enterprise worldwide. Its image processing over IP (IPoP) core technology is a standards-based distributed image processing architecture which uses low cost Vi-Agents in the field and a powerful centrally located Vi-Server to monitor and generate alerts on suspicious activities, security concerns, safety breaches and loss prevention.

"From a video surveillance perspective this camera (Cohu Series 3960 Series i-view.net IP camera) is really much more than just a camera," comments Dieter Kondek, President and CEO of Agent Vi. "With the addition of our IPoIP distributed image processing architecture, Cohu's offering is really a very sophisticated and intelligent edge device providing the enterprise customer with all the benefits of video analytics minus the expense of network infrastructure and field equipment."

"The addition of video analytics to the package now enables a security professional to have an intelligent, high performance surveillance unit at each camera site within the system," says Robert Ledenko, VP of Sales and Marketing at Cohu. "This is a tremendous advantage to system designers who want to install the highest level of security at a competitive price. Agent Vi's state of the art technology will enable our customers to achieve the next generation video analytic capabilities from our new IP cameras," Ledenko says.