Valens Semiconductor Ltd. announced that it is collaborating with iCatch Technology to develop a multi-camera videoconferencing solution that will provide an improved and consistent user experience in-and-across conference rooms. The solution will transform the system architecture of multi-camera videoconferencing applications by seamlessly embedding considerably smaller and lower cost cameras anywhere in a room, while reducing power consumption and costs, producing/delivering the best and most efficient room view coverage. Valens Semiconductor's VA7000 chipset family extends multiple uncompressed Camera Serial Interfaces (CSI-2) directly to a centralized Image Signal Processor (ISP) unit, eliminating the need for an ISP in each camera. This enables using cameras that are smaller and consume less power, at reduced cost.

The ISP in iCatch Technology's V57 AI imaging SoC captures and processes up to four video streams in real-time and outputs the streams through USB 3.2 Gen 1. Its built-in video DSP (Digital Signal Processor) and AI NPU (Neural Processing Unit) enable analyzing the video streams to track all participants and provide an optimal meeting experience. Valens Semiconductor and iCatch Technology will be demonstrating a reference design of the solution at Infocomm International, 2023, June 14th -16th, (Orange County Convention Center at Orlando, Florida) at Booth #3043.