The lens-free technology from CEA-Leti, which digitally reconstructs microscope images and will be presented at SPIE Photonics West, opens up fast, automated cell screening
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Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks. Copyright: The National Gallery, London
Giorgia Marucci from Pro-Lite Technology visits the National Gallery in London to find out how hyperspectral imaging was used to reveal the history behind Leonardo da Vinci’s The Virgin of the Rocks
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News
17 January 2020
The lens-free technology from CEA-Leti, which digitally reconstructs microscope images and will be presented at SPIE Photonics West, opens up fast, automated cell screening
08 January 2020
More than 300 exhibitors have booked stand space at the Vision trade fair, set to take place from 10 to 12 November in Stuttgart, Germany
Chromasens 3DPixa stereo line scan camera
07 January 2020
The machine is able to inspect a complete bearing at 80 parts per minute, at 5µm height resolution, and simultaneously in colour and 3D
Ansys simulation
07 January 2020
Flir Systems and Ansys have collaborated to add a thermal imaging dataset to Ansys’s driving simulator for engineers building autonomous vehicles
The Moon landing was 50 years old in 2019. Zeiss lenses were used to capture this image
23 December 2019
The last year has been one of consolidation for the machine vision industry, along with a slowdown in the markets that machine vision serves
18 December 2019
Yates succeeds Jochem Herrmann, who has held the role of EMVA president since 2015 and has decided to step down to spend more time with his family
One Box Vision also makes inspection systems for packaging lines
18 December 2019
The engineering firm One Box Vision developed the vision system for quality control of printed sheets such as those used on dashboards
Analysis & opinion
20 January 2020
Generating growth from research and development can be a challenge. Julian Heaton, at Innovate UK, looks at the support available from the UK government to encourage innovation
13 January 2020
Vassilis Tsagaris and Dimitris Kastaniotis at Irida Labs say an iterative approach is needed to build a real-world AI vision application on embedded hardware
Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin of the Rocks. Copyright: The National Gallery, London
20 December 2019
Giorgia Marucci from Pro-Lite Technology visits the National Gallery in London to find out how hyperspectral imaging was used to reveal the history behind Leonardo da Vinci’s The Virgin of the Rocks
Features
The sensor of SWIR Vision Systems' Acuros CQD 1920 camera
19 December 2019
Matthew Dale finds that new sensor technologies based on quantum dots are set to bring down the cost of shortwave infrared imaging
19 December 2019
Greg Blackman explores the cameras used to capture extremely rapid events
19 December 2019
Keely Portway finds out how vision technology is playing a role in medical diagnosis
19 December 2019
Bob McCurrach, director of standards development at AIA, updates on the progress being made in GigE Vision
Webcasts
30 October 2019
This webcast, now on-demand, covers an event-based camera for high-speed imaging, multi-shot lighting, and using the MTF of lenses for vision system design
14 May 2019
The webcast explores the latest equipment for imaging in the shortwave infrared, including a SWIR camera based on a colloidal quantum dot sensor
White papers
02 December 2019
Learn what kinds of inspection become possible with computational imaging. Includes a detailed overview of CI techniques used in machine vision and the components needed, and six application examples.
17 September 2019
APS-C format sensors provide higher resolution and performance without having to go full frame. They promise relatively compact and affordable high resolution systems. To realise the full potential of a sensor like this, however, requires the right lens.
01 July 2019
An overview of SWIR technology and principals. Contains examples and suggestions for practical implementation of SWIR imaging in machine vision systems.
Press Releases
Participants will get information about how to plan and set up an embedded imaging system based on the NXP i.MX8 processor
EMVA is asking for submissions to the forum for machine vision and optical metrology at the Control trade fair in May in Stuttgart. The deadline for papers is 10 February
Framos is expanding its sensor module ecosystem with the new Sony IMX530 global shutter CMOS sensor
A 2D laser profile sensor from Micro-Epsilon is being used by the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing and Research Centre in a project to develop a smart robotic grinding/deburring solution for welded components
The Wildcat 640 camera has been announced as the latest shortwave infrared camera from Xenics
UKIVA has announced that the keynote address at the 2020 UKIVA Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition will be given by Richard Love from Nvidia
Euresys has announced the availability of a new deep learning library: EasySegment
Latest issue
The sensor of SWIR Vision Systems' Acuros CQD 1920 camera
Matthew Dale finds that new sensor technologies based on quantum dots are set to bring down the cost of shortwave infrared imaging
Keely Portway finds out how vision technology is playing a role in medical diagnosis
Bob McCurrach, director of standards development at AIA, updates on the progress being made in GigE Vision
Following speaking at Embedded Vision Europe, Pierre Gutierrez, lead machine learning researcher at Scortex, writes about the challenges of deploying deep learning on the factory floor
Takashi Someda, CTO at Hacarus, on the advantages of sparse modelling AI tools
Depth map from the SceneScan. Credit: Nerian Vision
Dr Konstantin Schauwecker, CEO of Nerian Vision, describes the firm’s stereo vision sensor for fast depth perception with FPGAs
MVDK evaluation board with MIPI CSI-2 sensor and CXP interface board. Credit: Euresys
Greg Blackman finds that purchasing IP cores for FPGAs is one way to reduce time-to-market for camera production
