twisthink design technology strategy I 130 central avenue, suite 400 I holland michigan I 616.393.7766

Twisthink is a team of designers and technologists focused on helping businesses create new market value through innovation. Twisthink has been serving Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial startups all over the US for over 14 years. Headquartered in Holland Michigan, Twisthink possesses a broad set of skills and capabilities that are strategic to the innovation of new business offerings including:

VISION SYSTEMS

A rare and highly sought after capability in Twisthink’s skills portfolio is its Vision Systems development expertise. Highlighted facets of this capability are noted below:

I. Data Driven Development Approach

In developing vision systems with embedded analytics, Twisthink uses a “data driven” approach that leverages real world data to drive appropriate algorithm development and objective algorithm performance evaluation.

Figure 1 - Data Driven Development Process

II. Preferred Development Platform

The OnSemi (Aptina) and Analog Devices BLIP2 development platforms are Twisthink’s most commonly used development system for accelerating development of vision systems. The development platform is utilized for real world data collection, algorithm prove out and processor bandwidth performance evaluations and more.

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twisthink design technology strategy I 130 central avenue, suite 400 I holland michigan I 616.393.7766

III. Analytics

Analytics is the application of mathematical techniques (algorithms) to extract information from 2D signals. At Twisthink three primary analytics capabilities are the foundational building blocks for most algorithms:

IV. Hardware Realization

As complete vision systems developer Twisthink has the expertise to specify, design, source and realize camera and processor systems:

V. Application Areas

Twisthink has demonstrated competency by successfully developing custom vision systems in a variety of application areas where cameras and analytics are particularly effective: