Visual Integrated Smart Sensor for Real-Time Applications

Objective

The main objective of VISTA is to design and build a self-consistent, intrinsically robust, integrated smart sensor microsystem for time-to-crash and motion computation, with real-time performances. The VISTA sensor microsystem will be based on a passive sensing technology (sparse optical flow computation and 1D correlation) and on specialised analog and digital VLSI circuits.

Specific objectives of the project are to:

- develop a machine vision algorithm for time-to-crash computation, well suited for VLSI implementations;
- design and build an analog imaging chip for image acquisition and early vision tasks computation;
- design and build a digital correlator chip, to be integrated on the same substrate with the imaging chip;
- to build a small, ruggedised, special-purpose microcamera embedding the VISTA microsensor.

The following two demonstrators will be used to test and validate the results:

- a collision avoidance system for industrial robots;
- an obstacle detection and avoidance system for an autonomous mobile platform.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › artificial intelligence › computer vision
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors › smart sensors

Programme(s)

• FP3-ESPRIT 3 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of information technologies, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

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Coordinator

TECNOPOLIS CSATA NOVUS ORTUS SCRL

Address

Strada Provinciale Per Casamassima Km 3
70010 Valenzano
Italy

Participants (4)

BRDI VISIONIQUE EXTREME

France

Address

9 Za Les Baronnes
34730 Prades Le Lez

Inter University Microelectronics Center

Belgium

Address

Kapeldreef 75
3001 Leuven

KRYPTON ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING N.V.

Belgium

Address

Interleuvenlaan, 86
3001 Leuven

Meteor Construzioni Aeronatiche Elettronico

Italy

Address

Via Stoppani 21
34077 Ronchi Dei Legionari