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