Reducing camera throughput to downstream systems using an intermediary device

A device configured to perform steps comprising:

• receiving, by a device and from a camera via a first data link between the device and the camera, a frame;
• selecting, by the device, an area of focus for the frame;
• generating, by the device from the frame, a downsampled frame and a cropped frame, wherein the cropped frame is based on the area of focus;
• and
• providing, by the device to a computing system of an autonomous vehicle via a second data link between the device and the computing system, the downsampled frame and the cropped frame instead of the frame, wherein the second data link has a lower bandwidth than the first data link.

An autonomous vehicle, comprising:

• an automation computing system;
• a plurality of camera sensors;
• a plurality of intermediary devices each linking a corresponding camera of the plurality of cameras to the automation computing system, each of the intermediary devices configured to perform steps comprising:
• receiving, by the intermediary device and from the corresponding camera via a first data link between the intermediary device and the corresponding camera, a frame;
• selecting, by the intermediary device, an area of focus for the frame;
• generating, by the intermediary device from the frame, a downsampled frame and a cropped frame, wherein the cropped frame is based on the area of focus;
• and
• providing, by the intermediary device to the automation computing system via a second data link between the device and the automation computing system, the downsampled frame and the cropped frame instead of the frame, wherein the second data link has a lower bandwidth than the first data link.