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Visual tracking with environmental constraints (LP130100154)

ACVT has been awarded a 3 year ARC Linkage Project valued at $345,000. The industry partner is Champion Data, a Melbourne based sports statistics company. The CIs on the project are Dr Anthony Dick and Prof. Ian Reid. Tracking people in video is a key problem in computer vision, with widespread application in areas such […]

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VideoTrace Patent granted

One of the Videotrace patent applications has just been accepted by IP Australia. It’s Patent Number 2007202157 ABSTRACT A method for generating a three dimensional (3D) model of an object is depicted in a two dimensional (2D) image is disclosed, The 2D image includes associated 3D information. The method includes an operator determining a geometric […]

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Surveillance Patent granted

The US patent office has granted the patent which covers the large-scale surveillance technology being commercialised by SNAP Surveillance. This is great news for SNAP, but also for the ACVT.  It’s US Patent number 8396250.

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Improved image analysis: maximised statistical use of geometry/shape constraints (DP130102524)

Prof. David Suter and Dr Tat-Jun Chin have been awarded a 3 year ARC Discovery Grant valued at $330,000. This project will improve image analysis to apply such applications as 3D street-scape reconstruction, synthetic inserts into video for special effects, autonomous navigation, and scene understanding. It will do so by maximally exploiting the geometry of […]

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Distributed Large-scale Optimization Methods in Computer Vision (DE130101775)

Dr Anders Eriksson of the ACVT has been awarded a 3 year ARC DECRA Fellowship valued at $375,000. Computer vision concerns itself with understanding the real world through the analysis of images. With the number of images and video available over the internet reaching several billions, and growing, this has begun to revolutionize the field. […]

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Recognising and reconstructing objects in real time from a moving camera (DP130104413)

ACVT has been awarded a 3 year ARC Discovery Grant valued at $358,000. The CIs on the grant are Prof. Ian Reid and Dr Anthony Dick. The aim of this project is to visually understand an environment as seen from a moving camera in real time. This entails the recovery of 3D shape and the […]

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ARC LIEF Grant Success

ACVT has been awarded $210,000 through the ARC Linkage Infrastructure and Equipment Facilities (LIEF) program to further develop its Machine Learning capacity. Machine learning is responsible for many recent advances in image-based information analysis, from finding minerals in satellite images, to image-based guidance of autonomous vehicles. This progress is due to new methods for learning […]

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ACVT working with the Motor Accident Commission to improve Cycling Safety

ACVT is working with the South Australian Motor Accident Commission (MAC) with the aim of improving the safety of cyclists. A project commencing shortly will focus on developing software to enable the MAC to analyse imagery to evaluate the visibility of cyclists under a range of conditions. A key goal for the project is to […]

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Computational infrastructure for machine learning in computer vision (LE130100156)

ACVT has been awarded an ARC LIEF Grant valued at $210,000. The funding will facilitate the acquisition of equipment and infrastructure to support the ACVTs work in Machine Learning. The CIs on the project are Prof. Anton van den Hengel, Prof. Ian Reid, Prof. David Suter, Dr Anthony Dick and Dr Chunhua Shen. Machine learning […]

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ARC Success! Congratulations to Anton van den Hengel, Ian Reid, Anthony Dick, TJ Chin, Chunhua Shen and David Suter!

Congratulations to Anton van den Hengel, Ian Reid, Anthony Dick, TJ Chin, Chunhua Shen and David Suter! Well done on the following ARC 2013 grants that were recently awarded: Prof Ian Reid and Dr Anthony Dick have secured $358,000 of ARC funding over the next three years for the below DP: Title: Recognising and reconstructing […]

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