TI's DaVinci technology powers Cernium's Archerfish

Developed with the TMS320DM6446 digital media processor based on DaVinci technology from Texas Instruments Archerfish has been selected as an International CES 2009 Innovations Design and Engineering Award honouree, winning in the Integrated Home Systems product category.

Archerfish is the first consumer solution smart enough to ‘watch’ and analyze videos from cameras placed in one or more business or home locations for user-defined events, such as people, vehicles and objects, allowing users to know what’s happening regardless of where they are physically located at a given time. If and only when a defined event occurs, Archerfish proactively notifies users with text and/or event video pushed to their email inbox or mobile phone. Unlike traditional video systems, Archerfish does not require users to watch video all day or rely on primitive motion alarms to monitor their businesses or homes. Smart monitoring provides users with better lifestyle management, greater security and more peace of mind, knowing they will be notified in real time when events occur regardless of where they are located. It also changes how consumers view video – from a passive, entertainment form to a source of rich, real- time information.