Qualcomm® Vision Intelligence

300/400 Platforms (QCS603/QCS605)

The Qualcomm Vision Intelligence Platform is
Highlights
purpose-built with powerful image processing
and machine learning for smart camera products
in the consumer and enterprise IoT spaces.

Cameras have evolved to become smarter Reference platforms designed to support

and more relevant in the Internet of Things
(IoT). The Qualcomm Vision Intelligence a host of machine learning solutions
Platform is designed to provide superior image
Perform face/body detection, face recognition, object
processing together with enhanced Artificial
classification, license plate recognition, etc. Third party
Intelligence (AI) capabilities in a cost-effective
platform to serve a variety of IoT devices. algorithms for performing on-device stitching of dual camera
These include action, VR/360, home security, streams are also demonstrated on the reference platforms.
enterprise security and wearable cameras.

The platform features Qualcomm Dual ISPs and 4K Ultra HD video with
Technologies’ first family of system-on-chips enhanced features
(SoCs) built specifically for IoT in an advanced
10-nanometer process and is engineered Dual ISPs support staggered HDR, low light noise reduction,
to support exceptional power and thermal and enhanced auto-focus performance. Premium 4K
efficiency. It also features Qualcomm @60fps HEVC video capture and playback with support for
Technologies’ most advanced image sensor secondary streams for preview and streaming.
processor (ISP) and digital signal processor
(DSP) to date, along with cutting-edge
CPU, GPU, camera processing software, Heterogeneous computing for on-
connectivity and security. device machine learning and more
The Qualcomm Vision Intelligence 300 Highly optimized custom CPU, GPU and DSP designed
platform is based on our QCS603 and to provide high compute capability at low power.
Qualcomm Vision Intelligence 400 platform Heterogeneous computing made simple with easy to use
on our QCS605 SoC. These SoCs are built
SDKs giving flexibility to implement a variety of AI use cases
to support Linux or Android as the operating
including running DNNs and inferencing on the DSP.
system. Each design integrates power
management ICs, audio codec support, and
Wi-Fi/Bluetooth connectivity, empowering Enhanced connectivity and peripherals
customers to reduce costs by saving on the
BOM, as well as on the commercialization Integrated connectivity support for up to 2x2 802.11ac
efforts to integrate several subsystems. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® 5.1, USB plus advanced on-device
audio analytics and processing features with support for
To further facilitate fast and cost-effective
integrated display processor to provide a range of display
development, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
has worked with ODMs to provide full form
factor reference devices, as well as ISVs, to
provide solutions that address various camera
segments.

Materials are subject to change without notice. Qualcomm Vision Intelligence Platform, QCS603 and QCS605 are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
87-PG763-1 Rev. D and/or its subsidiaries.
 Qualcomm Vision Intelligence 300/400 Platform Applications

• Sports Cameras • Smart Security Cameras

• Wearable Cameras • VR 360 and 180 Cameras
• Robotics • Smart Displays

Features Platform Block Diagram

Dual 14-bit Qualcomm Spectra™ 270 ISP capable
of supporting up to dual 16MP sensors
Fabricated using the advanced 10nm FinFET
process for exceptional thermal and power
efficiency
Qualcomm® Adreno™ 615 GPU with 64-bit
addressing @ up to 780MHz with latest API
support *
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 685 DSP with dual
hexagon vector extensions for running DNN
models and advanced
Up to eight Qualcomm® Kryo™ 300 CPU cores
optimized for power and DMIPS
Support for high resolution 24-bit audio, with
Qualcomm® aptX™ and aptX HD audio codecs,
Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio codec
*GPS only available on QCS605
HW based security designed with features such
as secure boot from hardware root of trust,
trusted execution environment, hardware crypto
engines, storage security, debug security with
lifecycle control, key provisioning and wireless
Platform Specifications
protocol security
Qualcomm Vision Qualcomm Vision
Worldwide ecosystem of vendors, customers, Intelligence 300 Platform Intelligence 400 Platform
developers and embedded device OEMs with
QCS603 QCS605
experience in commercializing Qualcomm IoT
CPU Kryo 300: 64-bit quad-cores, 2x Kryo 300: 64-bit octa-cores, 2x
solutions Gold (1.6GHz) + 2x Silver (1.7GHz) Gold (2.5GHz) + 6x Silver (1.7GHz)

Software Video
Decode
Encode
4K30 10-bit: HEVC/VP9
4K30 HEVC/H.264 + 720p
4K60 10-bit: HEVC/VP9, HDR 10
4K60 HEVC/H.264 + 1080P60
OS support for Linux and Android
Display Support Quad HD + 4KUltra HD 1080p + 4K60
Qualcomm® Connected Camera SDK:
PMIC PME605 + PM8005 PM670 + PM670L
abstracting dependency of underlying layers
designed to allow customers to easily develop Integrated 1x1 802.11b/g/n/ac, Integrated 2x2 802.11b/g/n/ac,
Wireless Connectivity
and port their development of connected camera Bluetooth v5.1 Bluetooth v5.1
use cases between different operating systems Location not supported GPS/GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
and chipset of selection 24MP (2x ISP/16+16MP), 4K30 32MP (2x ISP/16+16MP), 4K60
Qualcomm® Neural Processing SDK: optimizing Performance IQ improvement: MCTF, TNR, IQ improvement: MCTF, TNR,
deep learning processing performance across Camera sHDR, EIS, Dewarp, Zoom sHDR, EIS, Dewarp, Zoom
available resources to achieve superior edge Interface CSI 4+4+4 lane (or 4+4+2+1), DPHY1.2, CPHY 1.0
computing experience
Integrated codec PM670 or
Video Analytic Manager: enabling easy Analog WCD9326/41
WCD9326/41
integration of 3rd party video analytic solution. Audio
Playback Hi-Res/192kHz, Native 44.1kHz, audio on dedicated DSP
Camera: Temporal Noise Reduction (TNR), Technologies Qualcomm® Noise and Echo Cancellation, SVA/Sense Audio w/ WCD
stagger High Data Rate (sHDR) snapshot and
video, Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS), Lens Memory 2x 16-bit LPDDR4.x @ 1866MHz
Distortion Correction (LDC), Chromatic Aberration Storage eMMC5.1, UFS2.1 Gear3 2-lane, SD 3.0
Correction (CAC), Edge Smooth, etc. GPU Adreno 615 @ up to 780MHz
Voice UI: support for natural language processing, DSP AI Engine/Hexagon 685 DSP w/ dual hexagon vector extensions
audio speech recognition, and “barge-in”
Sensor DSP Hexagon DSP based
capability for a reliable voice interface
Technology / Package 10nm LPE, 10.5x11.1 mm2 non-PoP
Security: Full Disk Encryption (FDE), Security
Boot, Kernel and BSP Protection. Peripherals 1x USB3.1
Qualcomm Spectra, Qualcomm Kryo, Qualcomm Adreno, Qualcomm Hexagon, Qualcomm aptX, Qualcomm Aqstic,
Qualcomm Connected Camera SDK, Qualcomm Neural Processing SDK and Qualcomm Noise and Echo Cancellation are
products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
 Qualcomm Vision Intelligence 400 Platform
Reference Design Applications
• Sports/Body/Dash Camera - Action Sports, Police, Life Logging
• 360/VR Camera - Full 360, Virtual Reality Capture

Features 360 Smart Camera Reference Design

based on Qualcomm Vision Intelligence 400 Platform (QCS605)
High Performance Heterogeneous Computing
Up to 8x Kryo 300 CPU
Adreno 615 GPU
Hexagon 685 DSP, Qualcomm All-Ways
Aware™ Sensor Technology
Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence AI),
Qualcomm Neural Processing
4K Ultra HD HEVC/H.264 Video
Up to 4K Ultra HD video capture @ 60 FPS
Up to 4K Ultra HD video playback,
1080P/720P WI-FI preview streaming
H.265 (HEVC)/ H.264 (AVC)
Machine Learning
Deep Machine Learning on V65
DSP + 2xHVX/1.2GHz, 50% performance Specifications
improvement for 8-bit DNN network
CPU QCS605 SoC
NPE Framework for easy programmability Built specifically for IoT in an advanced 10-nanometer process
VR360 Engineered to support exceptional power and thermal efficiency

Independent 2A with frame synchronization Memory & Storage LPDDR4 2GB, 1866MHz, eMMC 16GB,
Dual camera sensor with HW synchronization micro SD card up to 256G

Spherical stabilization Camera & Lens 2x SONY IMX577, 12MP, 1/2.3”(4:3), 1.55 um, 4 lanes MIPI, I2C
On-device photo stitching & video static / Up to 16 MP dual camera / 32 MP single camera
dynamic equi-rectangular stitching 220 FOV, Fix focus with IR cut, F2.0, EFL 1.2
Embedded EEPROM for storage of calibration data
Security
Connectivity 802.11n/ac, dual-band, 2x2 (2-stream) MIMO Configuration
Enhanced integrated solution with end-to-
Bluetooth 5.0
end protection
HW Crypto. Secure storage & SEE Audio PCM playback/record, Stereo/multi-channel AAC encoder
improvements Qualcomm Noise and Echo Cancellation, SVA/Sense Audio w/ WCD
Fully secured Video IP Streaming Location GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

Interfaces Type C USB 3.1,

Available from Altek Micro HDMI, Resolution up to 4K/30Hz Ultra HD
store.altek.com.tw/qualcomm/product/qcs605- JTAG/UART : On MB but not disclosure
vr360-camera#TECH-NODE Power DC 5V/2A by USB, Battery 1300 mAh (support 2C)
Product Code: QCS605 VR360 Camera
Sensors Accelerator, Gyroscope

Dimensions 131.35mm x 43mm x 24.3mm, weight: 160g

Materials are subject to change without notice.

Qualcomm All-Ways Aware and Qualcomm Artificial Intelligence are products of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
and/or its subsidiaries.
 Qualcomm Vision Intelligence 300 Platform
Reference Design Applications
• Consumer IP Camera - Home Security
• Enterprise IP Camera - Enterprise, Infrastructure

Features Enterprise Security Camera Reference Design

based on Qualcomm Vision Intelligence 300 Platform (QCS603)
High Performance Heterogeneous Computing
Up to 4x Kryo 300 CPU
Adreno 615 GPU
Hexagon 685 DSP, Qualcomm All-Ways
Aware
Qualcomm AI, Qualcomm Neural Processing
4K Ultra HD HEVC/H.264 Video
Up to 4K Ultra HD video capture @30 FPS
Up to 4K Ultra HD video playback,
1080P/720P WI-FI preview streaming
H.265 (HEVC)/ H.264 (AVC)
Machine Learning Specifications
DSP + 2xHVX/1.2GHz, 50% performance
improvement for 8-bit DNN network CPU QCS603 SoC
NPE Framework for easy programmability Built specifically for IoT in an advanced 10-nanometer process
Engineered to support exceptional power and thermal efficiency
IPC
Optimized low light performance with sHDR Memory & Storage 2GB LPDDR4x 2GB (1.5GB if supported by SW)
16GB (4GB/8GB if supported by SW), SD card
and TNR
Single IMX334 sensor with c-mount lens Camera & Lens FOV: 110-170, IR cut filter w IR 4 LEDs, FF, Large pixel/aperture
support for low light, Lens mount C-mount, IMX334 Sensor
PoE connectivity support
Connectivity 1x1 11n/ac Wi-Fi (WCN3980) / Bluetooth 5.0
Security
Ethernet: Integrated POE/RJ45 1000M (over USB type C)
Enhanced integrated solution with end-to-
end protection Audio Line-in, Line-out
HW Crypto. Secure storage & SEE Location GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
improvements
Interfaces Type C USB, Alarm I/O 2/1, Wi-Fi/Bluetooth antenna
Fully secured Video IP Streaming
SD card, Debug: ADB using USB 2.0, Debug Port/JTAG/UART

Keys/Buttons Reset/On/Off, System reboot

Available from Altek
store.altek.com.tw/qualcomm LED Indicators LED for PWR on/off/IR, Ethernet Link/Act

Power PoE/ DC12V

OS Linux, Android

Compliance ONVIF, FCC, CE, Wi-Fi Alliance, Bluetooth SIG

Form Factor Indoor, Bullet

Materials are subject to change without notice.

 Qualcomm Vision Intelligence 300 Platform
Reference Design Applications
• Consumer IP Camera - Home Security
• Enterprise IP Camera - Enterprise, Infrastructure

Features Vision AI Developer Kit

based on Qualcomm Vision Intelligence 300 Platform (QCS603)
The vision AI developer kit enables on-
device inferencing for AI on the edge

Serves as a reference platform for

developers and manufacturers to create
AI products and runs in the family of Audio in
Audio out
devices that leverage the new Qualcomm Display
Vision Intelligence platform Power & data
Power button SD card
Bringing intelligence even deeper into the
edge by enabling the powerful AI models
you create or customize to run even more
closely to the sensors

Run AI models on the edge with

Qualcomm AI Engine or utilize the cloud
Specifications
Create, delpy and manage your models
in the cloud and the edge with Azure ML SoC QCS603
Built specifically for IoT in an advanced 10-nanometer process
and Azure IoT Edge
Engineered to support exceptional power and thermal efficiency
This device runs on Qualcomm’s Vision OS Yocto Linux
Intelligence Platform for on-device edge
AI/compute and takes advantage of PMIC PME 605/8005
Azure Machine Learning to easily create Connectivity Wi-Fi / Bluetooth Low Energy, WCN3980 (1x1)/ Bluetooth 5.0
and customize advanced AI applications
that can be deployed using Azure IoT Camera 8MP/4K UHD
Edge
eMMC 16GB
To be included in the early access preview LPDDR4x 4GB
and receive a notification when the device
is ready for pre-order visit: Speaker / Mic Line in / out / 4x Mic / Speaker
https://www.visionaidevkit.com Ethernet (RJ45) Via USB-C with adapter

Power Rechargeable battery / PoE / USBC

For additional Qualcomm product
information go to: Storage SD slot for micro SD card
createpoint.qti.qualcomm.com
Indicator 3x LEDs
Product Kits: Connected Camera USB USB Type C
QCS603 Android Camera (Platform)
QCS603 Linux Camera (Platform) HDMI HDMI A
QCS605 Android Camera (Platform) Materials are subject to change without notice.

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