Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technology and Image Evaluation
| Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technology and Image Exploitation IOSB |
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 Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technology and Image Evaluation |
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| Category: | research Institute |
| Carrier: | Fraunhofer Society |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Registered association |
| Seat of the wearer: | Munich |
| Facility location: | Karlsruhe , Ettlingen , Ilmenau , Lemgo |
| Type of research: | Applied research |
| Subjects: | Engineering |
| Areas of expertise: | Optronics, system technology and image evaluation |
| Basic funding: | Federal government (90%), states (10%) |
| Management: | Jürgen Beyerer |
| Employee: | 531 (2019) (+ 170 research assistants) |
| Homepage: | www.iosb.fraunhofer.de |
The Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technology and Image Exploitation IOSB , (short form: “Fraunhofer IOSB”), is an institution of the Fraunhofer Society . The institute is based in Karlsruhe and has three other locations in Ettlingen , Ilmenau and Lemgo . A contact office is operated in Beijing . The activities of the IOSB can be assigned to applied research and development in engineering in the field of information and communication technology.
history
In 1956, the “Institute for Vibration Research” was founded in Tübingen with the aim of promoting applied research into mechanical and electrical vibrations. Medium-sized industry in particular should benefit from these findings through cooperation with the institute.
At the beginning of 1967 the institute was incorporated into the Fraunhofer Society and in 1968 it moved to Karlsruhe with 45 employees. Due to adjustments in the fields of work, the institute was renamed "Institute for Information Processing in Technology and Biology" (IITB). In 1979 it was named "Institute for Information and Data Processing", but kept its abbreviation IITB until 2009.
In 1992 the IITB set up branch offices in Berlin (closed in 1997) and Dresden (from 1999 sub-institute for traffic and infrastructure systems), into which around 50 employees from the former Academy of Sciences of the GDR were integrated. In 1995 a further location was added with the “Application Center for System Technology” in Ilmenau as a cooperation between the Technical University of Ilmenau and the Fraunhofer Society.
In 1996 a contact office was opened in Beijing. The aim of this commitment is to gain experience in dealing with Chinese industry and to handle projects in China together with German companies.
In October 2009 the Fraunhofer IOSB-INA was founded as a competence center for industrial automation in the Centrum Industrial IT in Lemgo as a further institute location.
As a result of the merger of the IITB with the FGAN Institute for Optronics and Pattern Recognition (FOM), the name was changed to Fraunhofer Institute for Optronics, System Technology and Image Evaluation IOSB (short: Fraunhofer IOSB) on January 1, 2010. This means that the IOSB also has a location in Ettlingen.
Research and Development
The main focus of the institute's tasks is on the use of information and communication technology in industrial applications that encompass such diverse areas of activity as automation technology , human-computer systems , measurement technology , stochastic signals and systems, automatic pattern recognition and image processing and process data processing .
The work areas at a glance:
- Automation technology
In this area, new concepts for IT-based system technology (control devices, communication technology, field devices) for automation and issues relating to vertical and horizontal system integration are being worked on. Furthermore, the work focuses on model-based diagnostic concepts. - Visual inspection systems
This area develops and supplies systems for automatic image evaluation tasks in industry. The most important areas of application are the automatic inspection of blisters in the pharmaceutical industry, the automatic sorting of bulk goods , the inspection of surfaces and the color measurement of granulates .
See also: automatic optical inspection - Autonomous systems and machine
vision This includes the automatic evaluation of signals from moving imaging sensors for recognition, analysis and diagnosis in complex environments. These sensors are used, for example, in reconnaissance and surveillance as an integrated component in flying, space-based or mobile land-based platforms.
See also: measurement technology, control technology - Interactive analysis and diagnosis
In this subject area, methods and systems for technical diagnosis are developed. The methodological background is formed by digital signal processing , image processing , model-based evaluation techniques and pattern recognition. Areas of application are the analysis of vibration signals for machine diagnosis as well as the measurement of objects and their trajectories in space using image marks. - Interoperability and assistance systems
This area, which is assigned to image analysis, deals with the development and evaluation of interactive systems, especially for image-based reconnaissance and surveillance.
See also: interoperability , aerial photography , photogrammetry - Variable image acquisition
This research group develops and implements systems for automatic visual inspection, in which individual views are insufficient for assessing scenes and for checking the quality of objects, for example complexly shaped objects with their geometric and optical properties cannot be adequately captured with individual images. In such cases, instead of a single image, an image series is recorded and evaluated, in which certain relevant parameters of the individual image recordings are varied in a targeted manner. - Information management and control technology
The employees in this area develop information, control and test systems for the application fields of environment, risk management, safety and production, etc. a. Production -related software solutions for production control systems as well as open source solutions for the IEC standard 62541 OPC UA and the OGC SensorThings API. - Measurement, regulation and diagnosis systems
In this area, holistic, optimized multi-sensor automation concepts are developed and prototyped to solve complex monitoring, diagnosis, control and regulation tasks.
See also: mechatronics , robotics
management
Fraunhofer IOSB is headed by a board of directors. The director of the institute has been Jürgen Beyerer since 2004 , who also holds the chair for interactive real-time systems at the Faculty of Computer Science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. In addition, Maurus Tacke was the managing director of the institute from July 1, 2011 to April 30, 2013. Further directors are Professors Marc Eichhorn, Jürgen Jasperneite and Thomas Rauschenbach.
Locations
Karlsruhe location
The Fraunhofer IOSB in Karlsruhe has existed since the 1960s, the longest of which as Fraunhofer IITB. At the Karlsruhe location, ideas for new technologies in image processing and production technology are developed and implemented in processes. The location is managed by Jürgen Beyerer . The departments "Information and control systems for the fields of application environment, production, risk management and security", interactive analysis and diagnosis, interoperability and assistance systems, measurement, control and diagnosis systems, vision systems for the automatic inspection of flow processes with line scan cameras and central systems are located here Administrative structures.
Ettlingen location
The institute's second largest location with around 180 employees (as of 2013) is in Ettlingen near Karlsruhe and is managed by Marc Eichhorn. In the four departments of object recognition , optronics , scene analysis and signing (of signature and sensor technology), fundamental investigations are carried out in the areas of warning sensors, the evaluation and interpretation of image sequences and laser application. Due to these competencies, the location acts u. a. as a consultant in the defense sector.
Location Ilmenau
The Fraunhofer Institute for System Technology (IOSB-AST) in Ilmenau is another location of the Fraunhofer IOSB. This center is directed by Thomas Rauschenbach and aims to develop users for the implementation of innovative technologies and to win new, especially medium-sized companies in the regional area. Underwater vehicles are also being developed there.
Lemgo location
The Fraunhofer IOSB-INA on the Innovation Campus Lemgo ⊙ has been conducting research and development in the field of industrial ICT since October 2009 , such as B. is used in automation systems and the factory of the future and is a partner in the Centrum Industrial IT , a science-to-business center for intelligent automation. The location is managed by Jürgen Jasperneite , who is also the director of the Institute for Industrial Information Technology (inIT) of the Technical University of Ostwestfalen-Lippe (OWL) in Lemgo. Fraunhofer IOSB-INA focuses on providing the necessary system technology for intelligent automation systems, such as B. hardware and software components for control systems, field devices and industrial data communication ( embedded systems ), as well as the use of cognitive processes in automation systems for the purpose of self-optimization, self-configuration and self-diagnosis. Between 2012 and 2017, the IOSB-INA was expanded to become the first Fraunhofer application center in cooperation with a university of applied sciences in Germany and, after a successful evaluation, received the status of an institute part in April 2017. The IOSB-INA is one of three Fraunhofer institutions in the BMBF top cluster "Intelligent Technical Systems Ostwestfalen-Lippe ( it's OWL )" The research and demonstration factory SmartFactoryOWL is operated together with the Technical University OWL. Since the beginning of 2018, the IOSB-INA has been operating the LEMGO DIGITAL real-world laboratory in cooperation with other partners as a reference platform for the application of IoT technologies in medium- sized cities . For this purpose, the inner city of Lemgo is being expanded into a test and participation laboratory (English Living Lab ) for digitization. The aim is the participatory technology design in the areas of mobility, retail and the environment. The participation of citizens and other users in the entire innovation process is one goal of this initiative, which is financially supported by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
China contact office
In Beijing , the Fraunhofer IOSB has maintained the Fraunhofer Representative Office for Production and Information Technologies since 1996 . The tasks of the office include a.
- arranging top contacts in China to industrial companies, authorities and organizations,
- participation in trade fairs, exhibitions and congresses,
- country-specific advice on technical and cultural issues.
Cooperations
Fraunhofer IOSB cooperates intensively with the scientific environment at the respective locations. For example, in Karlsruhe with the Institute for Technical Computer Science of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , in Ilmenau with the Technical University, in particular with the Faculty for Computer Science and Automation and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, and in Lemgo with the Institute for Industrial Information Technology of the Electrical Engineering Department and technical informatics of the TH OWL and since 2017 also cooperates with the technical faculty of Bielefeld University .
Fraunhofer IOSB is a member of the Fraunhofer Vision Alliance , an amalgamation of institutions of the Fraunhofer Society on the subject of image processing and machine vision , the Fraunhofer Group for Information and Communication Technology (IuK) and the Fraunhofer Group for Defense and Security Research VVS. Fraunhofer IOSB is also a member of the Fraunhofer Embedded Systems Alliance.
numbers
In 2020 Fraunhofer IOSB employed around 700 people, including 380 scientists and technicians and 160 research assistants. The operating budget of Fraunhofer IOSB was 64 million euros in the 2019 financial year.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Directorate of Fraunhofer IOSB , accessed on May 17, 2020.
- ↑ Deep Diving AUV for Exploration (DEDAVE)
- ↑ Expansion into Germany's first Fraunhofer application center in cooperation with a university of applied sciences ( memento of the original from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ It's OWL homepage , accessed on January 6, 2016.
- ^ Homepage SmartFactoryOWL , accessed on February 8, 2016.
- ↑ Lemgo Digital website. April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Press release from the NRW Ministry of Economics. April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 0 '52.2 " N , 8 ° 25' 33.7" E