July 2, 2012 – CEVA (NASDAQ:CEVA), a leading licensee of platform solutions and DSP cores, and eyeSight Mobile Technologies, a leader in touch-free interfaces, announced today the release of a software-based motion recognition solution optimized for the CEVA-MM3101 image vision platform.

This integrated solution is designed for various smart devices such as smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, and automotive infotainment systems. eyeSight's software utilizes the CEVA-MM3101 to provide a competitive edge over other motion recognition-based technologies. For example, the CEVA-eyeSight solution consumes 20 times less power than ARM Cortex-A9-based solutions.

Jeff Bier, founder of the Embedded Vision Alliance ( http://www.Embedded-Vision.com ), stated, “I advised CEVA and eyeSight to advance their leadership in embedded vision technology for price and energy-sensitive applications. The combined solution from the two companies combines optimized hardware and software technologies to provide a platform for vision-based motion recognition on any camera-equipped device. Such licensed solutions are essential for the adoption of embedded vision technology in mass-market devices.”

Vision-based motion recognition is one of the most popular technologies in the mobile and digital consumer electronics industries, providing semiconductor and OEM companies with a new field that enables them to differentiate their products and enable new value-added features. eyeSight’s HMI (Human Machine Interface) is currently the most innovative interface technology for embedded systems, utilizing the existing cameras of smart devices for touchless control.

The CEVA-eyeSight solution enables multiple hand gestures as well as palm detection and tracking, supporting multiple users up to 4.5 meters away in poorly lit environments. The complete solution, integrating eyesight software and the CEVA-MM3101, requires a clock of less than 70 MHz to run full motion applications and consumes less than 20 mW of power on a 28 nm process.

To further differentiate customer solutions, the fully programmable CEVA-MM3101 engine can be used to perform additional vision-based functions in software, such as face detection, eye tracking, 3D map generation, object tracking, and image enhancement applications.

Gideon Shmuel, CEO of eyeSight, stated, “The strategic partnership between eyeSight and CEVA will leverage the powerful CEVA-MM3101 imaging vision platform to further refine our industry-leading motion recognition technology. This combined solution is ideal for mobile devices as it offers the industry’s lowest power consumption for motion recognition. Furthermore, the convenient porting and optimization of motion recognition software to the CEVA-MM3101 demonstrates the quality of CEVA’s commercial toolchain and software development kit.”

“Motion recognition and other vision-based applications are the latest additions to the list of applications by consumers and are becoming essential features of smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs. “The processing power required to perform such complex real-time signal processing tasks places a significant burden on the performance and power consumption of battery-operated devices,” the company stated. “The combination of the CEVA-MM3101 platform and eyesight’s advanced software-based motion recognition technology solves this problem, enabling motion applications with performance far superior to current capabilities, while relieving the CPU of signal processing tasks and significantly reducing the system’s overall power consumption. Additionally, more than 80% of the platform’s performance can be allocated to other applications, allowing licensees to implement additional vision-based and image enhancement features, thereby enabling product differentiation.”