Foresight Imaging Announces I-Color Video Streamer and Frame Grabber.Business/Technology Editors ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2000 Foresight Imaging announces the I-Color(TM) frame grabber and video streamer, the newest member of the I-Series(TM) of high accuracy, high performance imaging boards. Unlike color frame grabbers from other manufacturers that are based upon chip manufacturer's "reference designs," I-Color is based on the high performance I-Series architecture. This superior performance model, combined with the Foresight Imaging commitment to exceptional image accuracy, guarantees high speed video streaming and diagnostic-quality images for demanding medical imaging and machine vision applications. Streaming video from cardiac imaging video sources using I-Color is being demonstrated publicly for the first time in booth #3700 at the American College of Cardiology The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949 to educate, research and influence health care public policy. The president for the 2006–2007 year is Steven E. Nissen. [1] The organization has 39 chapters in the U.S. conference and exhibition from March 12-15 at the Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities. . "Our customers in cardiology, ultrasound, and other medical imaging disciplines have been requesting a high performance color video streamer and frame grabber that is compatible with our popular I-Series. I-Color delivers on this request while offering the exceptional image quality that our customers have come to expect from Foresight Imaging," said Tony Molinari, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development. About I-Color I-Color delivers high accuracy video images and guaranteed high speed video streaming. I-Color accepts up to 4 video inputs from the following video sources and formats: composite color, S-Video, monochrome, NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. , PAL, RS-170, and CCIR See ITU. . Video digitization is 16 or 24 bits color and 8 bits monochrome. Color video formats include YUV The color encoding system used for analog television worldwide (NTSC, PAL and SECAM). The YUV color space (color model) differs from RGB, which is what the camera captures and what humans view. 4:2:2 and RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). 8:8:8. Contributing to its high accuracy, I-Color features low pixel jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle of +/-2.0 ns and a signal-to-noise ratio of 47 dB. Powered by high speed PCI bus mastering, scatter-gather technology, and double buffering, I-Color supports 120+ MB/second sustained PCI bus transfers to accommodate the most demanding video streaming applications. I-Color supports simultaneous real-time display via real-time transfer of images directly to display card memory or via image transfer over the VIP/VMI over-the-top bus to industry-standard display cards. Software Support As a member of the I-Series of frame grabbers and video streamers Streamers is a play by David Rabe. The last in his Vietnam War trilogy that began with The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones , I-Color is supported by IDEA(TM) (Imaging Development Environment for Applications) software development kit. IDEA supports both the I-Series and HI*DEF(TM) product families so that once an application is written with IDEA, users have support for all I-Series and HI*DEF boards without re-writing their software. Extensive example programs (with source code) for acquisition, video streaming, graphics overlays, and more are included with each I-Color board. Common Vision Blox, Image-Pro Plus, Optimas, and TWAIN drivers are available for higher-level application requirements. Pricing and Availability I-Color product shipments are expected in June 2000. Pricing is $1,036 in 100 piece quantities. About Foresight Imaging Foresight Imaging is a world leader in the design and marketing of high accuracy, high performance frame grabbers and video streamers for the machine vision, scientific and medical imaging markets. Foresight Imaging acquired technology assets from Imagraph Corporation, a subsidiary of Lumisys, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on National Market: LUMI) in June 1999. For further information, visit www.foresightimaging.com or email info@foresightimaging.com. Foresight Imaging, Auto-SYNC, HI*DEF, I-Series, I-Color, and IMASCAN are trademarks of Foresight Imaging, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. All specifications are subject to change. |
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