The Digital View ALC-4096-AIH board supports two CSI interface cameras, opening up a considerable number of potential AI-enabled vision applications. Also, as this is all AI at the display edge, it is fast and secure.
Multi-Modal Vision
When two cameras are better than one...
- Complementary information – Each modality captures a different physical property (color, depth, temperature, fluorescence, polarization, motion), so fusing them widens the “perceptual bandwidth” of your model without needing higher compute.
- Robustness & redundancy – If one stream degrades (glare, darkness, smoke), the other often still carries signal, maintaining model confidence and lowering false-alarm rates—crucial for safety-critical or revenue-impacting deployments.
- Fewer calibration headaches today – Modern sensor boards (many ToF & NIR modules) output data already aligned to RGB resolution, and frameworks such as OpenCV or the Hailo SDK accept multi-plane tensors, making fusion mostly a software concern.
- Edge-economics – Processing heterogeneous data locally keeps privacy-sensitive or high-bandwidth streams off the cloud, cutting OPEX and legal exposure while enabling real-time visual feedback on your display.
Benefit | How it implements |
Extra signal dimensions | Fuse color with depth, heat, or UV for a wider “perceptual bandwidth” without more compute. |
Resilience to tough scenes | If glare blinds RGB, NIR, or thermal still work. The Hailo-8 can weigh both inputs and keep confidence high. |
On-device privacy and latency | All streams stay local, so no PII in the cloud and instant visual overlays on the display output. |
Display-first UX | Because the board is also a display controller, you can show blended views, bounding boxes or heat maps right next to the application. |
Example Pairings
Camera Pairing | What the 2nd sensor adds | Example Application |
RGB + ToF Depth | Per pixel distance | Retail foot traffic analytics |
RGB + NIR | Low-light stability with IR flood | Warehouse operator kiosks |
RGB + Thermal | Temperature map | Electrical-cabinet/environment monitoring |
RGB + UV Fluorescent | Coating / contaminant detection | PCB conformal-coat QC |
RGB + RGB (Stereo) | Depth via parallax (stereo vision) | Parcel dimensioning, touchless kiosk interaction |
RGB + RGB (Wide+Zoom) | Dual perspective (context + detail) | Retail insights, industrial inspection |
Unlike most embedded AI boards, the ALC-4096-AIH controls the display directly. This means what your cameras “see” can be processed and presented instantly—no additional graphics card or external compute module needed. AI at the display edge means seamless interaction, localized insight, and reduced system complexity.
Explore What You Can Build
Whether you're developing next-gen retail analytics, smart industrial dashboards, or interactive public displays—dual-camera vision on the ALC-4096-AIH opens a world of possibilities.