Summary

With the development of hardware and intelligent algorithms, various intelligent algorithms are developed for a large number of scenarios. In order to meet the various scenarios and requirements, cameras supporting algorithms on-demand deployment and online upgrade without service interruption are needed. A software-defined camera is a kind of intelligent premises unit (IPU), see Recommendation ITU-T F.743.1, which provides a technical approach to decoupling hardware and software and to support algorithms on-demand deployment, online upgrade without service interruption and continuous online learning to adapt to various scenarios. This Recommendation defines the typical scenarios, functional architecture and requirements of such software-defined cameras.

Recommendation ITU-T F.735.1 can facilitate a cooperation between camera manufacturers, customers and intelligent algorithm providers. The aim is to define the basic requirements and functional architecture for software-defined cameras.