Avaak’s Vision Network is a mesh-network of battery-powered wireless cameras that easily mount on any wall or surface and capture real-time video images on-demand which are transmitted for display on a Windows CE hand-held device, personal computer or cell phone. This system transmits video from the individually addressable cameras to a monitoring device via wireless communication, eliminating all wires, cords and cables to ensure quick and easy deployment. Utilizing Avaak’s proprietary low-power wireless communication method, Vision Network cameras provide the long battery life that is required for monitoring and security applications.

U.S. businesses and homeowners spend more than $25 billion a year on security products and services, according to Avaak, Inc. (San Diego, CA). "The do-it-yourself, homeowner and small business digital video surveillance markets have yet to fully emerge as today’s options are too complex and expensive," according to Gioia Messinger, CEO of Avaak. “In the past, consumers have been forced to choose between wired camera systems that require extensive cabling and wireless camera systems that are still tethered to power cords and home networks. Now, using Micron’s low-power imagers, Avaak offers consumers and business a new option: small (less than 1” cube), low-cost, networked cameras that easily attach in any location and provide customers the opportunity to monitor their home or business at any time from any place.”

"Delivering a smaller solution with wireless imaging anywhere at anytime opens up a new class of personal and commercial security and monitoring products," said Paul Gallagher, Director of New Market Development for Micron. "Wireless cameras that can fit into the palm of your hand are a true innovation. As more and more of our customers serving the security and monitoring market look to imaging and wireless solutions to deliver these 'best-in-class' products, Micron and Avaak continue to focus on providing innovative low-power, cost-effective and easy-to-install solutions."

The Micron MT9V135 is a complete camera on chip (SOC) that provides a cost-efficient solution for low-power imaging and networking. Until the introduction of Micron’s MT9V135 device for security and monitoring applications, designers were forced to sacrifice performance for cost. Micron’s ¼-inch VGA SOC solution changes that. It offers best-in-class performance while producing full-color video, making scenes and stills clear enough to enable remote viewing. This versatile imager meets the strong demand for low cost, excellent color fidelity, and low-light sensitivity in video sensors for a variety of applications from a simple single camera system to a large-scale video network.

In addition to Avaak's Vision Network, Micron will demonstrate various imaging applications supporting a variety of markets at its display in the U.S. Pavilion at Electronica 2006 in Munich, November 14-17.