Sony G: DX promotion with AITRIOS ™: Edge AI Platform Service

Sony G: DX promotion with AITRIOS ™: Edge AI Platform Service

October 6, 2021

Sony G:

Aim to promote DX with partner companies with AITRIOS ™.

Leads to improved factory operations and improved sales opportunities

Sony Group:

October 6, DX platform utilizing AI sensor,

The company announced that it will start the AITRIOS service by the end of the year.

Promote industry DX together with partner companies.

Sony AI sensor:

Sony’s AI sensor does not need to send video data to the cloud.

Reduce power consumption and strengthen security.

Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/2021-10-06/R0J7PRT0AFBT01

Sony to Launch Edge AI Platform Service AITRIOS™

To Streamline the Development and Implementation of AI Camera-Driven Sensing Solutions

Atsugi, Japan

Sony Semiconductor Solutions

announced today that its AITRIOS™ edge AI sensing platform will launch in Japan, the U.S. and Europe starting from late 2021.

Sony is now widely recruiting corporate partners, inviting their involvement

in the development and implementation of AI camera-driven and other sensing solutions that will make the most of this platform.

The AITRIOS platform

makes it possible to streamline the development and implementation of AI camera-driven and other sensing solutions.

The first step in the service

entails providing a one-stop environment that offers various features that will make it easy for partnering solution providers such as

AI developers,
application developers,
camera manufacturers/
module integrators,
system integrators

to build solutions spanning from edge to cloud.

Through this platform,

Sony seeks to facilitate development of optimal systems, in which the edge and the cloud function in synergy,

to support its partners in popularizing and expanding environmentally conscious sensing solutions using edge AI,

and to deliver new value and help solve challenges faced by various industries.

AITRIOS service overview

Launch date
Late 2021 (initial release)

Target audience
AI developers, application developers, camera manufacturers/module integrators, system integrators

Target regions
Service will first launch in Japan, the U.S., and Europe*2

*2: With plans to roll out the service in other countries and regions in the future.

Platform features

Features: Development environment

AI and application development environment*3

The SDK and tools support development of compact AI models that run on the IMX500, and the development of sensing applications that utilize AI. (For AI developers and application developers)

Cloud application development environment*3

The SDK and tools support the development of applications that link with sensing applications on the edge and optimize operations in the cloud. (For AI developers and application developers)

AI camera development environment

A software development kit (SDK), tools,*3 and reference designs for supporting development of AI cameras equipped with the IMX500.
(For camera manufacturers/module integrators)

AI cameras equipped with intelligent vision sensors are scheduled to be sold by partners.

*3: Not available upon initial service launch in late 2021. Scheduled for release at a later date.

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