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Research Group on Technologies and Architectures for Machine Perception - TAPEC

Description

The TAPEC group researches on hardware devices and architectures for computer perception, with a special focus on image processing and vision devices. In the field of perception architectures, research is carried out on the use of FPGAs for image and visual event processing. In recent years, architectures have been developed that work with pixel or event streams instead of typical image processing.

The most active field of research at present is the design and fabrication of event-driven vision cameras. The TAPEC group has developed a proprietary chip, in CMOS technology, that sends the pixel that has changed the most since it was last read, instead of sending the pixels in order as in conventional images. This technique has advantages such as selective reduction of the information to be processed, simple and synchronous interface, high processing speed and motion analysis, etc. As an example, the latest camera developed is capable of tracking objects with a temporal resolution of microseconds; to achieve the same with a conventional camera, it would have to operate at a rate of 500,000 images per second, with hardware capable of processing all that information in real time, which is not feasible today.

Goals CT
  • Realise change-guided selective vision sensors.
  • Develop architectures for processing pixel streams for motion analysis.
Research lines
  • Specific architectures and FPGAs

    Design of application-specific architectures using FPGA. Specific computer vision architectures.

  • Robotics and control

    Design of robots, vehicles, sensorisation. Design of closed-loop control architectures.

  • CMOS vision sensors

    Design of integrated circuits for vision, especially application-specific selective gear-guided vision and cameras.

Management
  • PARDO CARPIO, FERNANDO
  • PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
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Members
  • BOLUDA GRAU, JOSE ANTONIO
  • PDI-Titular d'Universitat
  • Coordinador/a de Mobilitat
  • Coordinador/a Curs
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  • VEGARA MESEGUER, FRANCISCO
  • PDI-Titular d'Universitat
  • Especialista Pau
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Associated structure
Contact group details
Technologies and Architectures for Machine Perception (TAPEC)

Burjassot/Paterna Campus

Av. Universitat, s/n

46100 Burjassot (Valencia)

+34 963 543 943

Geolocation

tapec.uv.es

fernando.pardo@uv.es

Contact people
  • PARDO CARPIO, FERNANDO
  • PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat
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