In a world that moves in the blink of an eye, capturing sharp images of high-speed motion is a critical challenge across industries such as industrial inspection, traffic management, and sports research. Blurred images or distorted details can result in lost data and delayed decisions. Traditional rolling shutter cameras often struggle in high-speed scenarios—this is precisely where the Smartgiant Horus high-speed global shutter camera comes into play. Built on the powerful HiSilicon Hi3519AV100 processor platform, Horus not only provides a robust hardware foundation but also serves as a versatile open AI computing platform. It empowers secondary development, enabling customers to build tailored high-speed vision solutions.

1. Core Hardware Advantages of the Horus High-Speed Camera

1-Inch Global Shutter CMOS Sensor: This is the physical guarantee of clear capture. All pixels are exposed and read simultaneously, ensuring that even objects moving at speeds up to 180 km/h are captured without distortion or motion blur, providing perfect raw data for subsequent analysis.

Powerful Processing–HiSilicon Hi3519AV100 & 2T AI NPU: The brain of Horus is the flagship Hi3519AV100 processor from HiSilicon. Its integrated Neural Network Processing Unit (NPU) delivers up to 2 Tops (trillion operations per second) of dedicated AI computing power. This is more than just hardware—it’s an open-edge computing platform:

• Robust Computing Power: Provides a solid foundation for running complex custom AI algorithms (such as object detection, classification, and tracking) in real time on the camera itself.
• Open Development Environment: The Horus platform supports embedding and running user- or partner-developed AI models, enabling highly customized application functions.
• Real-Time Processing Capability: Processes data directly on the device, reducing latency and easing the load on backend servers.

Outstanding Performance Specs: Supports up to 60fps at 4K (4096×2160) or 120fps at 1080P, providing high-frame-rate, high-resolution raw data streams for slow-motion analysis and algorithmic processing. With 12-bit pixel depth, wide dynamic range (WDR support), and a broad exposure time range (45 microseconds to 2 seconds), it ensures high-quality image capture under various lighting and speed conditions.

2.Application Scenarios: How the Horus High-Speed Camera Empowers Industry Solutions

2.1 Intelligent Traffic Monitoring & High-Speed License Plate Recognition (LPR)

Challenges: On highways and urban expressways, vehicles travel at extremely high speeds. Conventional cameras struggle to capture clear, blur-free license plate images under these conditions—especially at night or in strong backlight—causing recognition accuracy to drop sharply.

Horus High-Speed Camera Advantages:

• Global Shutter Technology: Completely eliminates motion blur and distortion for vehicles traveling at speeds up to 180 km/h, ensuring every frame is usable for precise recognition.
• Powerful 2T NPU: Delivers sufficient computing power to run customer-developed or integrated LPR algorithms directly on the camera for real-time edge processing, including plate detection, character segmentation, and recognition.
• Efficient Encoding & Fast Transmission: 265 compression reduces storage and bandwidth demands, while dual Gigabit Ethernet ensures stable, high-speed data transfer.

System integrators and developers can leverage the Horus platform to seamlessly integrate their existing LPR algorithm libraries, rapidly building high-speed, high-accuracy license plate recognition systems for toll stations, parking facilities, and smart campuses—improving enforcement efficiency and enhancing user experience.

2.2 Sports Science Analysis & Training

Challenges: Capturing athletes’ rapid movements—such as tennis serves, baseball swings, sprint starts, or golf swings—along with ball trajectories and tactical team coordination, requires high-frame-rate, blur-free images for biomechanical analysis and performance optimization.

Horus High-Speed Camera Advantages:

• High Frame-Rate Imaging: Up to 120fps at 1080P or 60fps at 4K with global shutter, delivering clear, smooth raw data for motion breakdown.
• Open AI Platform: Enables developers to integrate or create tracking algorithms, pose estimation models, or action recognition models, with processing handled directly on the device or edge.
• Optional AI Modules: Provide automated tracking of specific athletes or balls, streamlining analysis workflows.
• Compact & Rugged Design: Measuring 115×71×57mm, weighing ~600g, and equipped with a standard C/CS lens mount for flexible deployment in training centers, laboratories, or sports venues.

Sports technology companies and research institutions can build customized motion analysis systems with Horus—for example, automatic racket speed measurement, sprint reaction analysis, or tactical movement tracking—delivering precise, real-time data feedback to coaches and athletes.

2.3 Industrial Automation & Motion Analysis

Challenges: High-speed robotic movements, rapid product inspection on conveyors, vibration analysis of precision components, and impact testing of materials all require capturing instantaneous events for quality control, fault diagnosis, or R&D validation.

Horus Solutions:

• High-Speed Global Shutter Imaging: Accurately records rapid motion or transient events, meeting the strict image quality demands of precision inspection.
• Edge AI Processing: The 2T NPU supports custom machine vision algorithms such as high-speed object localization, defect detection (scratches, foreign matter), OCR, and dimensional measurement.
• Flexible I/O Interfaces: RS485 x1, DI x1, DO x4 enable seamless integration with PLCs and other industrial control systems, supporting vision-based trigger control.
• Industrial-Grade Reliability: Operating temperature range of 0°C–50°C and IP30 protection (with proper installation) ensure stable operation in demanding factory environments.

Automation equipment providers and plant engineers can use Horus high-speed camera to develop and deploy tailored high-speed inspection or robotic guidance solutions, significantly boosting production efficiency and quality assurance.

3.Horus High-Speed Camera – Technical Highlights

4.Why Choose the Smartgiant Horus High-Speed Camera?

• Crystal-Clear Imaging: Global shutter eliminates motion blur, delivering distortion-free images ideal for algorithm processing.
• Open AI Platform: 2T NPU supports custom model deployment for real-time edge intelligence.
• Industrial Integration: Dual GigE, RS485, and I/O ports with RTSP/NTP support and Web UI make system integration straightforward.
• Reliable & Durable: Industrial-grade design with wide temperature tolerance ensures stable performance in harsh environments.
• Accelerated Development: Hardware and basic software support shorten algorithm deployment cycles, helping solutions reach the market faster.
• Cost-Effective: Combines high-speed imaging with AI capabilities at an optimized cost, reducing overall project investment.

Upgrade Your Vision System Today!

In fields where speed determines success, blur and distortion are no longer inevitable.

With the Smartgiant Horus High-Speed Camera—powered by the HiSilicon HI3519AV100 platform and global shutter technology—you can capture clear, reliable image data for traffic monitoring, sports science, industrial automation, and beyond.

Start optimizing your vision system now, unlock more value from every critical moment, and enhance both analysis efficiency and decision-making power. Sports technology companies or research institutions can leverage the Horus platform to build customized motion analysis systems—for example, automatic racket speed measurement, sprint reaction analysis, or team tactical movement tracking—providing coaches and athletes with accurate, real-time data feedback.