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DDI bridges computer vision and GIS, transforming static maps into real-time spatial intelligence layers—without the compute and storage burden of traditional video analytics.
Parallax vision rethinks traditional video analytics by extracting structured intelligence at the source. By eliminating continuous video processing, it reduces compute, storage, and energy costs while enabling real-time, privacy-first computer vision systems.
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FAQs
What does DDI’s technology do?
DDI specializes in the extraction and visualization of three-dimensional information for conventional media content, computer vision applications, artificial intelligence (AI) analysis and geographical information visualization.
How is DDI’s technology applied to computer vision?
DDI’s Eidetic software extracts the object information from every frame in streaming video and exports it in real-time as the standardized datasets necessary for the computer vision spatial mapping required for autonomous machine motion.
What video streaming protocols does DDI Eidetic software support?
RTMP (Real-Time Messaging Protocol)
HLS (HTTP Live Streaming)
MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP)
SRT (Secure Reliable Transport)
CMAF (Common Media Application Format)
Which video file formats does DDI Eidetic software work with for data extraction?
MP4 (H-264 & H-265)
MOV
AVCHD
What data formats does DDI Eidetic output?
GIS data socket Object ID Geolocation (Lat/Long) Object size Object shape Object RGB color Object speed Object bearing Object general classification
Pascal Visual Object Classes (VOC) datasets Image .jpg Data XML
DDI Eidetic provides users with the following capabilities:
Cost effective video to data conversion
Cost effective training data generation
How accurate is the data?
DDI Eidetic delivers highly accurate video-to-data conversion. Accuracy is primarily influenced by the resolution and quality of the video source. Higher-resolution video allows Eidetic to detect and interpret objects with greater precision, enabling richer and more reliable GIS and VOC (Visual Object Classification) datasets.
Does Eidetic output real-time data?
Yes. Eidetic is designed to generate real-time data outputs from live video streams. Processing speed depends on the available server hardware, particularly CPU performance. With appropriate infrastructure, Eidetic can analyze video and deliver structured data with minimal latency.
What processing power is required to run Eidetic?
Hardware requirements depend on the resolution of the video being processed. For example, standard definition video (640×480) can typically be processed using a 12th-generation Intel i5 desktop CPU with 6 cores or higher. Higher-resolution video streams may require more powerful processors to maintain optimal performance and real-time data output.
How does DDI Eidetic integrate with an existing AI pipeline?
DDI Eidetic is designed to integrate seamlessly into modern AI and geospatial data pipelines by converting raw video into structured, machine-readable data. The platform extracts geospatial and object-level information from video streams and can deliver that data in real time to mapping platforms such as Esri ArcGIS or to databases like PostgreSQL, where it can be accessed by applications such as QGIS.
Eidetic also produces AI-ready outputs that can be used to train and enhance computer vision models, including open-source frameworks like YOLO. This allows organizations to continuously improve object detection and classification using real-world video data.
By streaming structured data from live camera feeds into mapping systems, databases, and AI models, Eidetic enables organizations to analyze and visualize real-world activity in real time—making video a scalable, actionable data source for analytics, automation, and decision-making.
Defense UAS (Drone) detection and tracking Spatial awareness Aerial ISR target detection and tracking
Advertising OOH audience measurement
Manufacturing Telerobotics Manufacturing floor safety and compliance
Is Eidetic scalable?
Yes—Eidetic is built to scale.
Each instance of Eidetic processes video streams to extract structured data, and additional instances can be deployed easily to support more cameras or feeds. This modular architecture allows organizations to scale from a single video source to large networks of cameras without redesigning their infrastructure.
Eidetic instances can also switch between an unlimited number of video connections to extract data sequentially when needed. With sufficient computational resources, the platform can be configured to process multiple video streams simultaneously, enabling real-time data extraction across large video environments.
In short, Eidetic scales with your infrastructure—whether you’re analyzing a handful of cameras or thousands of live feeds across a distributed network.
How does DDI manage data privacy and security?
DDI is designed with privacy in mind. The platform does not collect, store, or process personally identifiable information (PII). Instead, Eidetic analyzes video from publicly available sources—such as traffic and infrastructure cameras—and converts visual information into structured, anonymized data about objects, movement, and environmental conditions.
Because the system focuses on object-level data rather than individual identities, the outputs contain no personal data. This approach allows organizations to generate valuable insights from video while maintaining strong privacy protections and minimizing regulatory risk.
Additionally, Eidetic can be deployed within secure environments and integrated with existing data governance frameworks, ensuring that organizations maintain full control over how video data is processed, stored, and accessed.
What is the business value of DDI’s technologies?
DDI delivers a simpler, more practical approach to computer vision. While many AI solutions rely on complex, resource-intensive pipelines, DDI focuses on turning video into structured, real-time data that organizations can immediately use for analysis, automation, and decision-making. By converting live video streams into geospatial and object-level data, DDI enables organizations to unlock the value of existing camera infrastructure—without the need for complicated AI deployments.
The result is faster implementation, lower operational complexity, and more scalable insights from video.
This approach allows industries such as transportation, infrastructure, and smart cities to transform everyday video feeds into actionable intelligence, powering everything from real-time monitoring to long-term data analytics.
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Guide to Selecting a Video-to-Data Partner
A questionnaire to help you evaluate and choose the right computer vision & data partner for your AI goals
This guide is designed to help you assess key capabilities, alignment, risks, and success factors when selecting a computer vision partner — with a focus on real-world deployments, performance, and trust.