NVIDIA Jetson AI Powering Traffic Cameras in Taiwan with AIMobile

0
AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox Side 3
AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox Side 3

Here is a fun one from Computex 2023. AIMobile, an Inventec company, is powering many of the traffic cameras we see using NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX. There was actually a demo of the edge AI solution running on the show floor.

NVIDIA Jetson AI Powering Traffic Cameras in Taiwan with AIMobile

On the show floor, we saw this booth by AIMobile. It was showing a camera demo that was tracking various people and objects passing by at Computex. What we later learned, is that this is a solution being deployed in a number of places, such as in traffic cameras that we have passed by in Taiwan.

AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox Enclosures Running Camera Demo
AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox Enclosures Running Camera Demo

The main machine here, and this is just one of AIMobile’s products, is the AIMobile AIM Edge ncox. This small passively cooled machine is based around the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX which means it has 6-8 Arm cores as well as a NVIDIA Ampere-class GPU. Here we can see a camera 10/100 port as well as some other I/O.

AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox NIC Side
AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox NIC Side

On the other side we get a 1GbE port and HDMI port.

AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox Side 3
AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox Side 3

Overall, this is a small module. For some sense, while this is a box at the show, the camera behind the box was a view of integrating the AI processor into the camera itself.

AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox Angle 1
AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox Angle 1

For this demo, the company had a pole-mounted box with two of the AIM Edge ncox nodes. These pole-mounted boxes are always fun to see inside when we get the chance.

Two AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox In Pole Mount Enclosure
Two AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox In Pole Mount Enclosure

Below that was another cabinet.

AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox In Edge Rack With Multi Day Battery Backup
AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox In Edge Rack With Multi Day Battery Backup

Here the Jetson-based node was in a little drawer.

AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox In Edge Enclosure Drawer
AlMobile AIM Edge Ncox In Edge Enclosure Drawer

The large battery at the bottom of this rack, we were told, is enough to power the unit for several days. That was pretty interesting to hear, but it is perhaps the advantage of using the NVIDIA Jetson over higher-power options.

Final Words

AIMobile has many more product lines, and Inventec is a huge company. Still, it was fun to see the little demo the company created for the show floor since this is one that we likely also passed by on the roads to places like Jiufen to get Taro jelly balls.

Jiufen Taiwan Market View
Jiufen Taiwan Market View

Sometimes we take for granted how much technology we pass on a daily basis and how that technology is changing to become AI infused.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.