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title: "Intelligent Industrial Vision"
url: "https://www.qualcomm.com/internet-of-things/solutions/intelligent-industrial-vision"
description: "Boost factory quality and safety with Dragonwing edge-native AI vision platform. Real-time defect detection, PPE compliance, and predictive maintenance."
---

# Intelligent Industrial Vision

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[Overview](https://www.qualcomm.com/#overview)
[Benefits](https://www.qualcomm.com/#benefits)
[Use Cases](https://www.qualcomm.com/#usecases)
[Block Diagram](https://www.qualcomm.com/#blockdiagram)
[Hardware](https://www.qualcomm.com/#hardware)
[Software Stack](https://www.qualcomm.com/#software)
[Application Elements](https://www.qualcomm.com/#applicationelements)
[Demos](https://www.qualcomm.com/#demos)
[Resources](https://www.qualcomm.com/#resources)

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## Overview

Manufacturers are under pressure to improve quality, uptime, and safety while reducing reliance on cloud connectivity and centralized analytics. Traditional factory AI solutions often suffer from latency, data privacy concerns, and brittle network dependencies.

The Intelligent Industrial Vision application is designed as a fully edge-native AI architecture where vision, sensor analytics, and generative AI run locally on industrial-grade hardware. Using [Qualcomm Dragonwing™ industrial processors](https://www.qualcomm.com/internet-of-things/applications/industrial-infrastructure), [Edge Impulse](https://www.edgeimpulse.com/), and other partner offerings, the solution is developed to deliver real-time insights, operator interaction, and scalable factory intelligence without requiring cloud inference.

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## Benefits

This application is designed to:

- **Enable sub‑50 ms insights** for vision and sensor analytics with on‑device AI execution.
- **Minimize operational risk** by removing cloud dependencies from safety‑critical workflows.
- **Increase yield and product quality** with continuous, real‑time defect detection.
- **Maximize equipment uptime** through early fault identification from time‑series data.
- **Streamline operations** with a unified AI experience across factory, control center, and HMI.
- **Protect data and ensure compliance** with privacy-focused AI processing fully contained on edge devices.

## Use Cases

- **Inspection**
  Visual defect detection of products on conveyor lines.
- **Safety**
  PPE compliance, keep‑out zone enforcement, and worker authentication.
- **Maintenance**
  Fault and anomaly detection using vibration and current sensors.
- **Operations**
  AI‑powered factory assistant for diagnostics, procedures, and analytics.

## Block Diagram

**Chipsets**

AI PROCESSORS

- [Dragonwing IQ-9075](https://www.qualcomm.com/internet-of-things/products/iq9-series/iq-9075)
- [Dragonwing IQ-8275](https://www.qualcomm.com/internet-of-things/products/iq8-series/iq-8275)

HMI PROCESSORS

- [Dragonwing IQ-615](https://www.qualcomm.com/internet-of-things/products/iq6-series/iq-615)
- [Dragonwing QCS6490](https://www.qualcomm.com/internet-of-things/products/q6-series/qcs6490)
- [Dragonwing IQ-2390](https://www.qualcomm.com/internet-of-things/products/iq2-series/iq-2390)

**Partner Hardware**

- [The Imaging Source GigE Vision Cameras](https://www.theimagingsource.com/en-us/lp/gige-cameras/)
  Industrial-grade, low-latency imaging for synchronized inspection workflows

## Software Stack

**Base OS / platform image:** [Linux](https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/software/qualcomm-linux)-based industrial OS on Dragonwing platforms

**GenAI:** Local LLM with Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG)

**AI Development:** [Edge Impulse Studio](https://www.edgeimpulse.com/) (data ingestion, training, tuning, deployment)

**Application Framework:** [Qt](https://www.qt.io/) (UI framework, application logic, 3D engine)

**Inference:** Edge Impulse runtime optimized Dragonwing accelerators

**Messaging / Integration:** Local MQTT and IPC

**Vision Language AI Model:** [Dragonwing Visual Inspection Suite](https://www.edgeimpulse.com/visual-inspection)

## Demos

- [Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ9: Powering Factory Line Defect Detection](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHtERfPcSrg)
  [Watch on youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHtERfPcSrg)

## Resources

[IntelligentFactory-EdgeImpulse-iQ9-Provisioning-Guide.pdf](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/IntelligentFactory-EdgeImpulse-iQ9-Provisioning-Guide.pdf)

## Ready to get started

![Eyebrow icon](https://s7d1.scene7.com/is/image/dmqualcommprod/evk-thumb)
[Dragonwing IQ-9075 EVK](https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/hardware/qualcomm-iq-9075-evaluation-kit-evk)
Start your design with the Dragonwing IQ-9075 EVK

![Eyebrow icon](https://s7d1.scene7.com/is/image/dmqualcommprod/iq-8275-evk)
[Dragonwing IQ-8275 EVK](https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/hardware/qualcomm-iq-8275-evaluation-kit-evk)

Sign up for the 90-day extended trial of [QT for Device Creation](https://www.qt.io/qt-and-qualcomm) pre-integrated with Qualcomm Linux for Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ series.

[Contact Sales](https://www.qualcomm.com/support/contact/forms/iot-contact-sales) for more information