학술논문

Intelligent Space Camera for On-Orbit AI-Driven Visual Monitoring Applications
Document Type
Conference
Source
2023 European Data Handling & Data Processing Conference (EDHPC) Data Handling & Data Processing Conference (EDHPC), 2023 European. :1-4 Oct, 2023
Subject
Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Signal Processing and Analysis
Visualization
Image coding
Cameras
Software
Hardware
Artificial intelligence
Monitoring
Camera
artificial intelligence
embedded device
AI on the edge
Language
Abstract
The Intelligent Space Camera (ISC) is a compact space camera with embedded Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence capabilities, that can address applications requiring high-throughput smart processing directly at source. The camera, incorporating both hardware and software elements, is being developed in the frame of an ESA co-funded project to support space situational awareness, visual FDIR, and docking applications, among others. The camera, built around the Myriad X Vision Processing Unit (VPU), supports RTSP streaming, H.265 encoding, dynamic remote reconfiguration, and in-line AI stream processing at framerate, all directly on-camera. Processing results can be sent to the host as metadata or overlaid on the RTSP stream (e.g., as bounding boxes). This paper describes the system in its current form from a software and hardware point of view, as well as its key features and main use cases.