Machine Vision and Digital Image Processing at UCT Fred Nicolls Department of Electrical Engineering University of Cape Town.

Machine Vision andDigital Image Processing

at UCT

Fred NicollsDepartment of Electrical Engineering

University of Cape Town

University of Cape Town

Staff:Prof Gerhard de JagerDr Fred Nicolls

People

Full-time PhD students:Markus LouwSimphiwe MkweloGordon Forbes

Full-time MSc students:John MorkelKirk JoubertStephen HaddadGladys KigoziZwelitsha Magugwana

Researchers:Keith ForbesMathew Price

De Beers SABCMnetAnglo AmericanESKOMMINTEKEDH

UEC/Teklogic/VizierFRDNRFTHRIPPeralexLodoxAnglo PlatinumRio TintoUCT

Past and present sponsors

Industrial inspection systems

• Fruit sorters• Vizier systems

• EDH Bottle top inspection system

Industrial inspection systems

• Prototypes and machines

Industrial inspection systems

• High-speed industrial inspection PC software

Industrial inspection systems

• Lodox full body X-ray scanner

Medical Imaging

• Image segmentation

Medical Imaging

• Lodox CT• Patents

Medical Imaging

Mineral Processing

• Froth flotation

Mineral Processing

Mineral Processing

• Example

Mineral Processing

• Rock sizing

• Lynxx Rocksizer

Mineral Processing

• Particle volume estimation• Shape characterisation• Identification• Matching• Breakage analysis• Curvature

Vision SFD

Vision SFD

Security and surveillance

Electron Microscopy

Imaging physics

New projects

• Surface characterisation and classification for waste rock sorting (with TUDelft)• Texture classification for drill core samples• Photoconsistency for reconstruction