
Company description : Odos Imaging, based in Edinburgh (Scotland), is focusing on the development and marketing of high-resolution time-of-flight 3D imaging systems, primarily for industrial markets. The company was incorporated in late 2010 as a spin-out from the Siemens Technology Accelerator and currently employs eight personnel on a full time basis, predominately in technical roles. The company addresses industrial automation markets, particularly related to logistics applications, as well as intelligent transportation markets, by providing a range of off-the-shelf vision systems for direct integration into applications, as well as OEM and custom solutions for partners who wish to have access to the underlying technology.
Role in UTOFIA : Within the UTOFIA project, ODOS has lead responsibility for the Image Processing work-package and is also significantly involved with the ‘Sensors and electronics’ and ‘Laser’ work-packages. ODOS will provide the processing electronic ‘brain’ of the UTOFIA system, comprising custom data acquisition and processing algorithms, as well as coordination of the various components of the system such as the pulsed laser source, image sensor control and data interfacing to the outside world.