AI-based image processing in the cloud
With the AI Vision Studio IDS NXT lighthouse, image processing arises in the cloud. Easy-to-use tools cover the entire development workflow from first image to the final application - without the need for special prior knowledge in deep learning, image processing or application programming.
Use it everywhere
The AI Vision Studio is accessible as a web service via any internet-enabled browser and thus always just a click away. Thanks to our hosting partners AWS and Microsoft Azure, IDS NXT lighthouse always has sufficient performance for any AI training and secures all data with a high security standard.
Simply login and get started. Users who register for the first time benefit from a free trial month.
Simple Workflow
IDS NXT lighthouse is intuitive to use and makes it possible to create an artificial neural network within a few minutes. This requires three essential steps: The user uploads training images, labels these images and then trains the desired net.
Immediately ready for use
Call up the web application, log in - and you can start training a neural network right away. Instead of first having to set up an individual development environment, users of IDS NXT lighthouse have immediate access to all functions as well as the required infrastructure.
Particularly secure
IDS customers can choose to host and run IDS NXT lighthouse on Microsoft Azure or on AWS (Amazon Web Services). Both cloud services store customer and application data in strictly secured data centres on German servers with the highest data protection and data security requirements.
A perfect match
Users decide for themselves how fast or exactly the inference should be on their IDS NXT camera. IDS NXT lighthouse then optimizes the training settings, taking into account the AI core performance of the camera. This is only possible thanks to the optimal coordination between software and hardware, which IDS customers get as perfect bundle.
Complete workflow
IDS NXT lighthouse is a cloud-based AI vision studio for managing and annotating image datasets, training neural networks and creating the image processing applications based on them. AI vision tasks can thus be fully developed and solved with just one cloud service.
Fast training
IDS NXT lighthouse allows you to train your own artificial neural network within a few minutes. This requires three main steps: Upload training images, label training images and then train the desired network.
Easy app development
With the block-based editor and the use case assistant, individual image processing sequences with machine learning methods, such as detection or classification of objects, can be created even without programming knowledge. As Vision Apps, these processes are then directly executable as on IDS NXT devices.
Sufficient performance
As a cloud service, IDS NXT lighthouse uses the data centre and network architecture of Microsoft Azure or AWS (Amazon Web Services). IDS customers therefore benefit from sufficient performance and server space to store all customer data and training projects and execute neural network training processes efficiently and quickly.
Always up-to-date
As Software as a Service (SaaS), IDS NXT lighthouse always stays up to date. We continuously care for maintenance, servicing and further development of the AI training platform. Users can concentrate on their core business and also benefit immediately from each free function update.
Features
Cloud-based development environment
- No installation or setup required, always up to date
- No more outdated or slow development systems
- Training performance and storage can be adjusted on-the-fly based on the project
- Maintenance-free! We take care of the platform, so you can fully concentrate on your applications
- An IDS customer account is all you need to sign up
- New customers use IDS NXT lighthouse for one month free of charge
Manage image data
- Import any number of images and organize them into data sets
- An import wizard assists with categorization and organization
- Easy-to-use ROI tools for marking and labelling important image content
- Digitize your application knowledge in images and use it to organize training and test scenarios for your image processing.
Augment image data
- Automated modification and augmentation of image data prior to the training process
- For maximum expression of image features and variant training
- Recommended modifications are suggested by the system
- Ensures stable and reproducible analysis results
Train AI
- Transfer your application knowledge to a neural network at the push of a button
- Parallel training with different configurations and image data possible
- Email notifications about fully automated training process
- You determine the maximum inference times of the finished neural network
Analyse AI
- Each training history informs about the achieved accuracy and the parameters used for it.
- Check, compare and manage training results
Validate & understand AI
- Automatic tests run with your test images provide up-to-date validation data
- A confusion matrix helps to evaluate the performance of a trained classification network
- Attention maps visualize decision-relevant pixel areas
- IDS NXT brings light into the AI black box
Use Case Assistant
- Simplifies the realization of individual AI vision apps
- Various pre-built task templates available
- Complete vision workflow self-configurable in a few minutes
- Generated vision app directly executable on IDS NXT cameras on-the-edge
Block-based Vision App Editor
- Create and modify individual image evaluations using the block-based editor
- No prior knowledge of text-based programming languages required
- "No code" application development for anyone using easy-to-understand functional blocks
- Develop and test in the cloud, run on embedded vision device on-the-edge
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