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The SCAMP vision chip has been developed in the Microelectronics Design Lab at the University of Manchester.
Contact email: info@scamp-vision-chip.org
References
References
Overview
P.Dudek, T.Richardson, L.Bose, S.Carey, J.Chen, C.Greatwood, Y.Liu, W.Mayol-Cuevas, "Sensor-level computer vision with pixel processor arrays for agile robots", Science Robotics , vol. 7, issue 67, doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.abl7755, June 2022
Hardware Design
S.J.Carey, D.R.W.Barr, B.Wang, A.Lopich and P.Dudek, "Mixed signal SIMD processor array vision chip for real-time image processing", Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Vol 77, Issue 3, pp.385-399, December 2013
S.J.Carey, D.R.W.Barr and P.Dudek, "Low Power High-Performance Smart Camera System based on SCAMP Vision Sensor", Journal of Systems Architecture, Vol 59, Issue 10, Part A, pp.889-899, November 2013
P.Dudek and P.J.Hicks, "A General-Purpose Processor-per-Pixel Analog SIMD Vision Chip", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems - I, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 13-20, January 2005
Applications
L.Bose, J.Chen and P.Dudek, "Descriptor-In-Pixel : Point-Feature Tracking For Pixel Processor Arrays", IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2025, pp.5392-5400, June 2025
H.M.So, L.Bose, P.Dudek, G.Wetzstein, "PixelRNN: In-pixel Recurrent Neural Networks for End-to-end-optimized Perception with Neural Sensors", IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2024, pp.25233-25244, June 2024
Y.Liu, L.Bose, R.Fan, P.Dudek, W.Mayol-Cuevas, "On-sensor binarized CNN inference with dynamic model swapping in pixel processor arrays", Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol. 7, issue 67, doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.909448, pp.1-16, 15 August 2022
H.M.So, J.N.P.Martel, P.Dudek, G.Wetzstein, "MantissaCam: Learning Snapshot High-dynamic-range Imaging with Perceptually-based In-pixel Irradiance Encoding", International Conference on Computational Photography, ICCP 2022, Pasadena, CA, 1-3 August 2022 (Best Demo Award)
L.Bose, J.Chen, S.Carey and P.Dudek, "Pixel Processor Arrays For Low Latency Gaze Estimation", IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, IEEVR 2022, pp 970-971, March 2022 (Best Demo Award)
Y.Liu, L.Bose, C.Greatwood, J.Chen, T.Richardson, S.J.Carey, P.Dudek, W.Mayol-Cuevas, "Agile reactive navigation for a non-holonomic mobile robot using a pixel processor array", IET Image Processing , 2021, p1-10, doi:10.1049/ipr2.12158, March 2021
Y.Liu, L.Bose, J.Chen, S.J.Carey, P.Dudek, W.Mayol-Cuevas, "High-speed Light-weight CNN Inference via Strided Convolutions on a Pixel Processor Array", British Machine Vision Conference, BMVC 2020, paper 126, p.1-14, September 2020
A.McConville, L.Bose, R.Clarke, W.Mayol-Cuevas, J.Chen, C.Greatwood, S.Carey, P.Dudek and T.Richardson, "Visual Odometry Using Pixel Processor Arrays for Unmanned Aerial Systems in GPS Denied Environments", Frontiers in Robotics and AI, vol 7, article 126, doi:10.3389/frobt.2020.00126, September 2020
L.Bose, P.Dudek, J.Chen, S.J.Carey, W.Mayol-Cuevas, "Fully embedding fast convolutional networks on pixel processor arrays", European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2020, pp.488-503, August 2020 [video]
J.N.P.Martel, L.K.Müller, S.J.Carey, P.Dudek and G.Wetzstein, "Neural Sensors: Learning Pixel Exposures for HDR Imaging and Video Compressive Sensing with Programmable Sensors", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Volume 42, Issue 7, pp. 1642-1653, doi:10.1109/TPAMI.2020.2986944, July 2020
L.Bose, J.Chen, S.J.Carey, P.Dudek and W.Mayol-Cuevas, "A Camera That CNNs: Towards Embedded Neural Networks on Pixel Processor Arrays", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision, ICCV 2019, Seoul, pp.1335-1344, October 2019
C.Greatwood, L.Bose, T.Richardson, W.Mayol-Cuevas, R.Clarke, J.Chen, S.J.Carey, and P.Dudek, "Towards drone racing with a pixel processor array", Proceeding of 11th International Micro Air Vehicle Competition and Conference, IMAV 2019, Madrid, Spain, 2019, pp.76–82, October 2019
C.Greatwood, L.Bose, T.Richardson, W.Mayol-Cuevas, J.Chen, S.J.Carey and P.Dudek, "Perspective Correcting Visual Odometry for Agile MAVs using a Pixel Processor Array", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2018, Madrid, pp.987-994, October 2018
J.N.P.Martel, L.K.Müller,S.J.Carey, J.Müller, Y.Sandamirskaya and P.Dudek "Real-Time Depth From Focus on a Programmable Focal Plane Processor", in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers vol 65, no.3, pp. 925-934, March 2018
J.N.P. Martel, Y.Sandamirskaya and P.Dudek "A Demonstration of Tracking using Dynamic Neural Fields on a Programmable Vision Chip", Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Distributed Smart Camera, ICDSC 2016, Paris, pp.212-213, Sept 2016 (Best Demo Award)
J.N.P.Martel, L.K.Müller, S.J.Carey and P.Dudek, "Parallel HDR tone mapping and auto-focus on a cellular processor array vision chip", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2016, Montreal, pp.1430-1433, May 2016
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