Eyes of Things
Eyes of Things is the name of a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement number 643924. The purpose of the project, which is funded under the Smart Cyber-physical systems topic, is to develop a generic hardware-software platform for embedded, efficient, computer vision, including deep learning inference.
On November 29, 2018, the European Space Agency announced that it was testing the suitability of the device for space applications in advance of a flight in a Cubesat.
Motivation
EoT is based on the following tenets:- Future embedded systems will have more intelligence and cognitive functionality. Vision is paramount to such intelligent capacity
- Unlike other sensors, vision requires intensive processing. Power consumption must be optimized if vision is to be used in mobile and wearable applications
- Cloud processing of edge-captured images is not sustainable. The sheer amount of visual data generated cannot be transferred to the cloud. Bandwidth is not sufficient and cloud servers cannot cope with it.
Partners
- group at University of Castilla–La Mancha
- Movidius
- Awaiba
- Thales Security Solutions & Systems
- DFKI
- Evercam
Awards
- 2019 Electronic Component and Systems Innovation Award by the European Commission
- 2018 HiPEAC Tech Transfer Award
- 2018 EC Innovation Radar - highlighting excellent innovations Award
- 2018 Internet of Things Technology Research Award Pilot by Google
- 2016 Semifinalist "THE VISION SHOW STARTUP COMPETITION", Global Association for Vision Information, Boston US