Qualcomm Aspires To Embed Snapdragon In Smart Home Cameras

Qualcomm wants the next security home cameras to have a Snapdragon 618 processor and LTE technology.

The trend of smart devices is constantly increasing with the advancement in technology. And all tech giants are trying to get an early lead in this sector. Qualcomm, Inc. is one of them which want to make an impact in this sector. According to news it is believed that the company is interested to make contributions in the manufacturing of smart home cameras in the coming times. The wireless telecommunication company wants to make the smart home cameras more capable in the process. To be precise, it wants the next smart home cameras to include Snapdragon and LTE. The Snapdragon 618 processor is selected to give it additional power that will allow the smart home cameras to work faster and efficiently. Qualcomm stated the security camera that are installed currently in many homes now do all of their processing in the cloud. The company further added, “By putting a 618 inside of a camera, the camera should be able to do all image analysis locally, meaning far less delay between when an event happens — like someone opening a door — and when you get a notification about it. Processing can happen on the camera, rather than in the cloud.” It is said that the core of the new smart home monitoring cameras will be the powerful Snapdragon 618 processor. It is not as powerful as other processors of the company nor is it one of the best products. But Qualcomm suggest that it is capable to do way more than what an average existing home camera can do now. Furthermore, it will be possible to run two cameras at one time. Qualcomm believes that the processing in cloud wastes a lot of time as it has to transfer huge data. The installation of processor also means that the new smart home security cameras will have WiFi as well as LTE technology embedded. The mobile computing head of Qualcomm, Raj Talluri, stated that the company has previously worked a lot in optimizing the vision and utilization of cameras and computer within smartphones. However it is not possible with the current generation of smartphones. He added, “Typically it's harder in the phone space — a phone has a pinhole camera and is always moving — but now we're bringing that technology into this space where the application is a little different, but the technology we built applies perfectly.”