Background The Machine Vision Research Group is part of the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Centre within the Faculty of Engineering , at the University of the West of England, Bristol .
Quality control is a crucial aspect of any manufacturing operation.
The work of the group has contributed to this important area through the development of new and innovative techniques in machine vision. A strong theme in this research has been the utilisation of evolving photometric stereo techniques in solving conventionally difficult imaging problems. In particular, work has concentrated on new techniques for the analysis of complex three-dimensional geometric forms and the assessment of surfaces possessing concomitant topographic and chromatic features. The techniques under development are believed to be original in combining novel research in photoclinometry and bump mapping, with innovative concepts in domain space transformations.