Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Analog Devices | Subject: Blackfin
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 14 September 2006
Processor helps DVRs to skip the boring
bits
The Blackfin processor enables an innovative feature that allows Hitachi Wooo D series digital video recorders to automatically extract and play back key highlights from recorded video.
The Blackfin processor has enabled Hitachi to implement an innovative feature that allows the Hitachi Wooo D series of digital video recorders (DVRs) to automatically extract and play back key highlights from recorded video Known as "automatic digesting", the capability makes fast forwarding all but obsolete, and is implemented by a custom algorithm running on Blackfin
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Mar 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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