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Eyes of Things

Objective

Vision, our richest sensor, allows inferring big data from reality. Arguably, to be “smart everywhere” we will need to have “eyes everywhere”. Coupled with advances in artificial vision, the possibilities are endless in terms of wearable applications, augmented reality, surveillance, ambient-assisted living, etc. Currently, computer vision is rapidly moving beyond academic research and factory automation. On the other hand, mass-market mobile devices owe much of their success to their impressing imaging capabilities, so the question arises if such devices could be used as “eyes everywhere”. Vision is the most demanding sensor in terms of power consumption and required processing power and, in this respect, existing mass-consumer mobile devices have three problems: 1) power consumption precludes their ‘always-on’ capability, 2) they would have unused sensors for most vision-based applications and 3) since they have been designed for a definite purpose (i.e. as cell phones, PDAs and “readers”) people will not consistently use them for other purposes. Our objective in this project is to build an optimized core vision platform that can work independently and also embedded into all types of artefacts. The envisioned open hardware must be combined with carefully designed APIs that maximize inferred information per milliwatt and adapt the quality of inferred results to each particular application. This will not only mean more hours of continuous operation, it will allow to create novel applications and services that go beyond what current vision systems can do, which are either personal/mobile or ‘always-on’ but not both at the same time. Thus, the “Eyes of Things” project aims at developing a ground-breaking platform that combines: a) a need for more intelligence in future embedded systems, b) computer vision moving rapidly beyond academic research and factory automation and c) the phenomenal technological advances in mobile processing power.

Call for proposal

H2020-ICT-2014

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Sub call

H2020-ICT-2014-1

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD DE CASTILLA - LA MANCHA
Net EU contribution
€ 693 980,00
Address
Calle Altagracia 50
13071 Ciudad Real
Spain

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Region
Castilla-La Mancha Ciudad Real
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00

Participants (8)

AMS SENSORS PORTUGAL UNIPESSOAL LDA(ZONA FRANCA DA MADEIRA)
Portugal
Net EU contribution
€ 548 056,25
Address
Caminho Da Penteada Madeira Tecnopolo 2 Andar
9020 105 Funchal

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Região Autónoma da Madeira Região Autónoma da Madeira Região Autónoma da Madeira
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 234 881,25
Third-party

Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.

AWAIBA GMBH
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 17 500,00
Address
Am Wegfeld 30
90427 Nurnberg

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Bayern Mittelfranken Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 7 500,00
EVERCAM LIMITED
Ireland
Net EU contribution
€ 238 000,00
Address
6-7 Granby Row
D01 FW20 Dublin

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 102 000,00
DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR KUNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ GMBH
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 1 069 300,00
Address
Trippstadter Strasse 122
67663 Kaiserslautern

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Region
Rheinland-Pfalz Rheinhessen-Pfalz Kaiserslautern, Kreisfreie Stadt
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
MOVIDIUS LIMITED
Ireland
Net EU contribution
€ 577 500,00
Address
O Connell Bridge House D'olier Street 1st Floor
2 Dublin

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Ireland Northern and Western Border
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 247 500,00
THALES SIX GTS FRANCE SAS
France
Net EU contribution
€ 341 818,75
Address
Avenue Des Louvresses 4
92230 Gennevilliers

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Region
Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 146 493,75
FLUXGUIDE AUSSTELLUNGSSYSTEME GMBH
Austria
Net EU contribution
€ 248 675,00
Address
Kandlgasse 15/5
1070 Wien

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Wien Wien
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 106 575,00
NVISO SA
Switzerland
Net EU contribution
€ 0,00
Address
Parc Scientifique Epfl
1015 Lausanne

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Vaud
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 352 500,00