Project Imagination

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.

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

ePicture This

Important upcoming event!

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

April 13th, 2023

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.

ePicture This (workshop 2023)

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.

Venue: Lecture Hall B, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering – 62, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft
Coordinates: 51.98991644583931, 4.375318640596417

13:00-13:10	Welcome address, agenda, project overview
13:10-13:50	Keynote presentation Albert Theuwissen (Harvest Imaging and Delft University of Technology): CIS STACKING TECHNOLOGY - overview and future outlook.
	Image capture presentations
13:50-14:10	Adi Xhakoni (ams OSRAM): A 0.5Mpixel global-shutter image sensor with NIR QE enhancement, 20mW power consumption and smart event detection modes.
14:10-14:30	Dirk Meier (Integrator Detector Electronics AS): Development of a Thermal Infrared Image Sensor Module
14:30-14:50	Caeleste: Charge domain binning using potential differences between photodiodes.
14:50-15:10	Thierry Berthou: COLOR SHADES®: a versatile Snapshot Multispectral Imaging Technology for a wide range of applications.
	Coffee break
15:40-16:20	Keynote presentation by Arie den Boef (ASML)
	Image Processing presentations
16:20-16:40	Allan Barrea (intoPIX): JPEG XS – Lightweight compression
16:40-17:00	Paulo Possa (Euresys): High Speed Interfaces for Machine Vision
	Image systems tooling and interfacing presentations
17:00-17:20	Dennis van Beek (Adimec): How active alignment maximizes performance of optical imaging systems.
17:20-17:40	Piet Bijl (TNO): Performance characterization of advanced Electro-Optical and Infrared imaging systems
	Sandwiches buffet break
18:40-19:20	Keynote presentation by Judith Dijk (TNO): AI in Optronics
	Image analysis presentations
19:20-19:40	Boris Lenseigne, Julia Cohen (LR Technologies): Machine Learning for Computer Vision, a Case Study in Human-Machine Interaction.
19:40-20:00	Ljubomir Jovanov (imec-Ghent University): Multi-sensor data fusion for VRU detection.
20:20-20:25	Closing
20:25-21:15	Networking drinks
21:00-21:05	Presentation Award (and last drink)

13:00-13:10

Welcome address, agenda, project overview

13:10-13:50

Keynote presentation Albert Theuwissen (Harvest Imaging and Delft University of Technology): CIS STACKING TECHNOLOGY - overview and future outlook.

Image capture presentations

13:50-14:10

Adi Xhakoni (ams OSRAM): A 0.5Mpixel global-shutter image sensor with NIR QE enhancement, 20mW power consumption and smart event detection modes.

14:10-14:30

Dirk Meier (Integrator Detector Electronics AS): Development of a Thermal Infrared Image Sensor Module

14:30-14:50

Caeleste: Charge domain binning using potential differences between photodiodes.

14:50-15:10