Rapid Vision Application Development using Hive - A Modular and Scaleable Approach to Vision System Engineering

In this paper we demonstrate the use of Hive as a novel basis for creating multi-sensor vision systems. Hive is a framework in which reusable modules called drones are defined and connected together to create larger systems. Drones are simple to implement, perform a specific task and using the powerful interface of Hive can be combined to create sophisticated vision pipelines. We present a set of drones defined within Hive and a suite of applications built using these drones which utilize the input from multiple cameras and a variety of sensors. Results demonstrate the flexibility of approaches possible with Hive as well as the real-time performance of the Hive applications.