Sarnoff Launches Video ResolvR™ Low-Cost Video Processing Software

Advanced software greatly enhances clarity of poor quality video for under $4,000

PRINCETON, NJ – April 6, 2009 – Sarnoff Corporation today launched Video ResolvR™, a low-cost video processing software solution that transforms shaky, blurry, overly dark or bright, and low-resolution video footage into sharper, clearer images. Video ResolvR is available now for $3,995. 

Video ResolvR is ideal for professionals and prosumers who require clear video from the first take when reshoots are impractical. Now, shaky first-on-the-scene news reports, user generated cell phone video, grainy surveillance video, wedding videos with defects, and other less than ideal video can be enhanced for superior video quality and viewability.

“With its entry-level price and no extra hardware needed, Video ResolvR brings professional video processing to the masses,” said Mark Clifton, Vice President, Products and Services at Sarnoff. “Now any professional or prosumer can transform dark, dingy, or distorted video into a clearer and usable product without breaking their budget.”

Video ResolvR offers users six powerful video processing features to clarify and accentuate even the smallest, hidden details.

• Image Stabilization: converts shaky, blurry images into a clearer video or still images by applying advanced de-interlacing technology.
• Contrast Normalization: corrects for poor lighting conditions to help discern images not normally visible to the human eye, even in direct sunlight or near darkness.
• Image Enhancement: allows extreme enhancement of a still frame or video sequence by automatically scanning multiple surrounding frames and layering the best of each onto one picture to add back lost detail.
• Edge Finding: allows users to find precise parameters of any objects within a frame, by placing a white outline around the edge of user-selected objects to show high contrast.
• Embossing:  provides an image with a 3D raised effect, making edges and details pop for added clarity based on texture.
• Mosaicking: seamlessly stitches together sequences of panoramic stills from panned motion video up to 360 degrees into one image without individual boundaries.

Video ResolvR’s combination of low-cost and advanced features makes it the perfect video processing solution for video forensics, video production, corporate or wedding videography, newscasting, sportscasting, and weather and traffic camera editing.

For those with real-time stabilization needs, Video ResolvR can also be purchased as part of Video Detective, Sarnoff’s real-time video forensics analysis system solution which pairs Video ResolvR software with a ruggedized laptop and the Acadia® vision processor PCI board.

About Sarnoff Corporation
Sarnoff Corporation (www.sarnoff.com) delivers vision, video and semiconductor technology innovations that empower government and commercial clients to see/sense, understand and control complex environments. Founded in 1942 as RCA Laboratories, Sarnoff makes continuous breakthroughs in real-time video processing for defense, security and surveillance; ICs, lasers, imaging and sensing devices; end-to-end video solutions. Sarnoff is a subsidiary of SRI International.