Edge Insights for Vision

ID 772621
Date 10/24/2022
Public

How it Works

Edge Insights for Vision is a set of pre-validated modules, implemented as a containerized architecture or a stand-alone runtime, for deploying computer vision and deep learning workloads at the edge. The package features third-party modules for orchestration and cloud support, and the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit for computer vision and deep learning apps optimized for Intel® architecture.

This section provides an overview of the modules and services featured with Edge Insights for Vision.

Modules and Services

The Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit (OpenVINO™)

Edge Insights for Vision includes the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit so you can develop and optimize AI and computer vision applications. OpenVINO™ maximizes performance and extends workloads across Intel hardware, including accelerators.

Edge Insights for Vision supports the following OpenVINO™ packages to optimize inferencing on your edge IoT device:

  • Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit in a Container builds Docker* images for the OpenVINO™ toolkit.
  • Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit Runtime installs the toolkit runtime packages distributed through the APT repository. It does not run in a container.

Refer to the Release Notes for the supported version of Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit.

Container Engines and Orchestration

Edge Insights for Vision features Docker* and Rancher k3s* for automated container management.

  • Docker* is a container framework widely used in enterprise environments. It allows applications and their dependencies to be packaged together and run as a self-contained unit.

  • Rancher k3s* is a lightweight Kubernetes* distribution that provides automated container management for IoT and edge computing.
    NOTE:
    It is observed that Rancher k3s features may not work for PRC users.

Cloud Edge Connectors

Edge Insights for Vision features Amazon Web Services (AWS)* Greengrass Prerequisites and to connect edge devices with the cloud and each other.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)* Greengrass Prerequisites

AWS* Greengrass Prerequisites installs the following packages to enable local data collection, analysis, and communication for your AWS-connected edge devices:

  • AWS* IoT Greengrass Core.
  • AWS* IoT Device SDK.
  • AWS* IoT Greengrass SDK.

Intel Tools

  • Intel® Edge Software Configurator is a software tool that enables you to configure and optimize* Edge Software Hub Packages and custom applications, creating and managing Containers and Virtual Machines for edge computing with the same flexibility you would have in cloud computing operations.