Developing sensors, research transmission technologies and compression
About Imagination
Image capture, 3D situational awareness and image data transmission are generic technologies
used in a multitude of business applications, including: production technologies, robotics,
security, healthcare and digital entertainment. In all vision based professional applications, the
trend in image capture continues towards higher spatial and temporal resolutions, and better
image quality.
The IMAGINATION project will develop:
ultra high resolution image sensors,
building blocks for visible, Time-of-flight (TOF), and 'outside visible spectrum' image sensors,
research technologies like stitching for small global shutter pixels and stacking,
wavelet based compression for transmission of data rates of 100 gigabits per second over fibre.
A highly qualified and multi-disciplinary team is required to develop the various aspects of the technologies such as optics, image capture, video processing and transmission. To develop and optimize these technologies for professional products, a consortium with a critical mass of world-class engineering and research skills is required.
This project brings together important European players in the imaging industry with proven records of accomplishment. The team consists of an R&D institute, fabless design houses, a semiconductor manufacturer, and system integrators experienced in image sensor technologies, signal processing, transmission and camera integration.
Technical results will be demonstrated in a Machine Vision and in a broadcast camera application, as well in technology demonstrators.
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News & Events
Joint evaluation - August 30, 2023
Joint evaluation (GV and Adimec) of the GV 2/3-inch image sensor in Breda on 30th August, 2023
July 11th, 2023
Visit of Grass Valley to Adimec on July 11th, 2023 to discuss de-mosaicking
July 11th, 2023
Visit of Grass Valley to Adimec on July 11th, 2023 to discuss de-mosaicking
July 5th, 2023
Visit of Adimec to Grass Valley on July 5th, 2023 to discuss experience sharing
July 5th, 2023
Visit of Adimec to Grass Valley on July 5th, 2023 to discuss experience sharing
First year review - June 22, 2023
First year review held at TU Delft
ePicture This - June 21, 2023
ePicture This event organised at the Delft University of Technology on 21st June 2023 and the best presentation award was received by Dirk Meier from IDEAS
Grass Valley and TNO met on April 13th in The Hague to discuss and align the work frame-based depth map generation with Deep Learning algorithms. Intention is to link the work in the Penta projects Mantis Vision and Imagination
April 13th, 2023
Grass Valley and TNO met on April 13th in The Hague to discuss and align the work frame-based depth map generation with Deep Learning algorithms. Intention is to link the work in the Penta projects Mantis Vision and Imagination
Progress Meeting - January 23, 2023
On 23rd January 2023, TNO and Grass Valley met in Breda to discuss the progress on deep learning depth map generation and align future activities in both the Mantis Vision and Imagination project
November 24 & 25, 2022
Imagination booth at EFECS 2022, November 24 & 25
EFECS 2022, November 24 & 25
We are glad that Project Imagination gained attention exhibiting demonstrators at EFECS 2022!
EFECS 2022, November 24 & 25
We are glad that Project Imagination gained attention exhibiting demonstrators at EFECS 2022!
October 14th, 2022
On 14 October 2022, the team met for their quarterly consortium meeting at intoPIX in Mont-Saint-Guibert. Overall project management, technical progress, and preparation of EFECS were discussed, and intoPIX demonstrated their technical achievements
Project Imagination kick-off! 8 July 2022
The project was successfully kicked-off today. The event was hosted by Delft University of Technology (TUDelft), the Netherlands.
On Wednesday June 21, 2023, the Penta projects: Mantis Vision and Imagination organised a one-day workshop called ePicture This. The workshop took place at the Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands. This inspiring workshop provided a unique opportunity to interact with experts in imaging technologies. We brought together about 50 experts in image sensor design, image processing in the widest sense, and image capture design. The programme included 3 keynote speeches by Judith Dijk from TNO, Arie den Boef from ASML and Albert Theuwissen form Harvest Imaging, followed by 10 technical presentations from industrial partners.