How awesome is the next-generation camera polished by the Virgo Huawei technical team? A favorite for detail lovers!

[51CTO.com original article] Can cameras also take blockbusters? Huawei can do it. On May 25, 2020, at the Huawei HoloSens next-generation camera and 2020 new product launch conference, a group of the world's first "landscape blockbusters" shot by a camera were played: the top of Mount Everest in the distance was covered with clouds, the clouds and mist were like a tide that spread over the snow-capped mountains and then faded away calmly, and the colorful prayer flags were flying up and down in the wind... This group of pictures is in no way inferior to the shooting effect of professional photographic equipment, and this group of pictures was taken by Huawei's HoloSens next-generation camera, which is also one of the six major new products grandly launched by Huawei this time.

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Open your eyes to the intelligent world

Huawei first launched the new HoloSens brand in 2019. At that time, Duan Aiguo, the newly appointed president of Huawei's smart security product line, clearly stated that Huawei wanted to make different security products and use intelligence to promote the digitalization of the industry. Subsequently, as the security industry entered the process of intelligence, Huawei quickly clarified its core competitiveness and unique value in hard-core innovation, independent control, top-level design, and open black land, and proposed the development vision of "holographic perception, data intelligence, and reconstruction of a new security vision."

In February this year, Huawei changed the name of "Huawei Security" to "Huawei Machine Vision" and announced that it would use machine vision as the core of all perception. Soon after, Huawei released the Chinese brand "Huawei Haowang" corresponding to "Huawei HoloSens", and launched four new products for the security distribution market: Huawei Haowang D series software-defined cameras, smart NVR800 network video recorders, Huawei Haowang APP and Haowang Mall. Now, with the six new products and ten scenario solutions just released by Huawei, the goal of Huawei Machine Vision is very clear - to use machine vision as the entrance to all perception, the industry's digitalization grasper, and open the eyes of the intelligent world.

As Zhou Yuefeng, Vice President of Huawei's Cloud & AI BG and President of Data Storage and Machine Vision Product Line, said in his speech, the deep integration of machine vision with life, entertainment, communication, production, and security will be a huge market worth hundreds of billions of dollars. What Huawei needs to do is not only to be an innovator and popularizer of this market, but also to be a leader in this market. Behind Huawei's continuous innovation in the field of smart security in recent years is the support of Huawei's black technology in various fields, and with the support of cloud & AI BG, it continues to broaden the breadth and depth of AI. This is the confidence of Huawei's machine vision to continuously launch innovative, high-quality products and scenario-based solutions.

Camera + visual platform, redefining the value of security products

It is not an exaggeration to describe many of the six new products released this time as "stunning and stunning". This may be inseparable from the almost "demanding" high requirements of Duan Aiguo, President of Huawei's machine vision field, for the product line: the deployment of cameras densely tied to a pole like sparrows is too messy, don't do it! Cameras with a global fixed perspective and difficult dual-lens coordination are not allowed! Cameras that are difficult to take into account both the overall situation and details are not smart enough, don't do it!... Therefore, Huawei spent a year carefully polishing six new products - "Qiankun" new generation ultra-high-density intelligent video storage platform, "Erlangshen" AI dual-mode dome camera, "Fire Eye" AI dual-spectrum thermal imaging camera, "AI ultra-low light" AI ultra-low light bayonet camera, "5G" 5G camera, "next generation" four-free ecological camera. They have broken through the architectural barriers and performance barriers, and under the premise of ensuring uninterrupted business, they have served as the eyes of the intelligent world and become the entrance to the perception of all things.

Taking the ultra-high-density IVS3800S120 intelligent video storage platform as an example, many industries now require key video storage to be expanded from three months to one year, and data must not be lost and business cannot be interrupted. The traditional security storage expansion method is based on the stacking of storage devices, which brings a series of challenges such as computer room space, computer room power supply, operation and maintenance, and reliability maintenance. Huawei's high-density IVS3800 large-capacity intelligent video storage platform can easily resolve these challenges: 1536 channels of 4Mbps access and 1024 channels of 4Mbps streaming media forwarding, with higher performance; 120 disks/5U ultra-high-density double-pull architecture design, single device 2.4PB high-density storage, meeting 1100 channels of 30-day storage and 365 channels of 90-day storage, with higher density; unique ROI intelligent video compression technology, space is doubled on the basis of saving 37.5% more than the industry, and a single device can meet 670 channels * 90 days of storage, saving more space.

Another "next generation" four-free ecological camera has also greatly extended the reach of the industry's digital transformation. In the past, cameras could not be deployed in many environments without electricity, network, light, and difficult operation and maintenance. For this reason, Huawei has taken a different approach. Through the parent-child self-organizing network, a dedicated network camera can wirelessly connect multiple sub-cameras within several square kilometers. Internal wireless transmission does not require trenching and wiring. The camera is charged by solar energy. The ecological warehouse module can be freely replaced according to the usage scenario and optical requirements, so that the camera is no longer restricted by environmental conditions.

Empowering the industry, revealing the application scenarios

How will Huawei's next-generation camera promote the industry's intelligent upgrade? This question was also answered in Duan Aiguo's introduction at the press conference.

Not long ago, the firefighters who died heroically while fighting forest fires made people sigh for the heroes. So can the fire be killed in the flame stage? This is very difficult, requiring not only long-distance monitoring, but also monitoring at night, and effective analysis of the attributes and behavioral characteristics of the monitored targets. Huawei's AI dual-spectrum thermal imaging camera has dual-spectrum capabilities. The thermal imaging road can effectively identify and alarm based on abnormal temperatures. For fire point detection, it can monitor fire points more than 5km away and issue abnormal temperature alarms. This is a powerful tool for reducing casualties and national losses and improving monitoring efficiency for forest fire prevention and large-scale park fire prevention. Not only that, dual-spectrum thermal imaging cameras can also be used for border intrusion detection, and clear images can be obtained even in the dark.

In the urban traffic checkpoint system, in order to clearly capture the license plate and the driver and passengers in the car at night, a large number of fill lights are often installed to ensure the night capture effect. This not only causes urban light pollution, but also reduces the driving experience and causes traffic hazards. Huawei's AI ultra-low light checkpoint camera uses Huawei's powerful self-developed AI chip capabilities and algorithms to improve the effect of low-light images. At the same time, it is supplemented by intelligent and environmentally friendly fill lights to effectively cut off stray light in the 0m~100m area, achieving imperceptible passage and guaranteed image effects. At present, this camera has been widely used in scenes such as highway gantries and toll stations. It is a typical scene that uses intelligent technology to refresh industry applications.

There are many application scenarios for Huawei HoloSens' next-generation cameras. With the popularization of the six new products, there will be more in-depth applications in holographic intersections, high-speed cloud networking, smart water conservancy, smart outlets, general education networking, smart electricity, smart oil fields, smart manufacturing, smart parks, holographic communities and other scenarios in 2020. It has to be admitted that Huawei's machine vision has stepped on the key industrial transformation. I believe that with the strong boost of the country's "new infrastructure", Huawei will accelerate the implementation of visual technology in the future, make intelligence all-encompassing, and help thousands of industries seize the historical opportunities of digital transformation, intelligent upgrading, and integrated innovation.

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