UK Industrial Vision Research Institutions

 

The University of Sheffield
Electronic and Electrical Engineering 

 

 
Electronic and Electrical Engineering


Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Mappin Street
University of Sheffield
Sheffield.  S1 3JD

         
  Phone:  0114 222 5412  
   
  Email: n.allinson@sheffield.ac.uk  
  Website: www.shef.ac.uk/eee/staff/n_allinson.html  
     Chair of Electronic Systems: Prof. Nigel M Allinson
 
 
   
  Report of work
 

Undertake a range of image engineering activities from imaging devices and systems to pattern recognition and image understanding.

Lead the £4.5m Basic Technology consortium, Multidimensional Integrated Intelligent Imaging (MI-3), on the development of Active Pixel Sensors for a range of scientific and medical applications.See www.activepixels.org.

Current work on imaging for the life sciences include precision intra-cellular imaging for long-term cell damage studies and the prediction of protein structures from polarised x-ray spectra.

A system for the efficient and secure compression of crime scene marks, notably fingerprint lifts, has been developed for the Home Office and is being rolled out to all Police Forces in England and Wales.With recent changes in Police Powers, we are developing a footwear impression identification system that will be used nationally in all custody suites and for forensic work.Further details and contact information are available at http://www.shef.ac.uk/eee/research/esg.

Three spin-off companies have been co-founded as a result of IP generated.Details are available at www.videocoding.com, www.dmist.com and www.paraytec.com.