Greg Blackman reports on new hyperspectral technology presented at the Photonex show in the UK, and how the imaging technique is being used for forestry and food sorting
Editor's picks
Sualab’s Suakit machine vision software uses neural networks to detect atypical and irregular defects that are not easily captured by a traditional rule-based machine vision system
Conceptual image. Credit: Canon
Rugby fans are now able to watch highlights from the Rugby World Cup, currently taking place in Japan, from angles and viewpoints not possible with conventional cameras, thanks to a multi-camera system from Canon
News
17 October 2019
Sualab’s Suakit machine vision software uses neural networks to detect atypical and irregular defects that are not easily captured by a traditional rule-based machine vision system
15 October 2019
Thorlabs has purchased US-based Operations Technology (Optek), a designer and manufacturer of large-format, granite-based video and x-ray dimensional measurement systems
04 October 2019
Each pixel in Prophesee’s Metavision sensor only activates if it detects a change in the scene – an event – which means low power, latency and data processing requirements
26 September 2019
Stemmer Imaging has published earnings for the 2018/2019 financial year, along with an advisory note to its customers about the company’s preparations in light of the risk of a no-deal exit of Britain from the EU
Conceptual image. Credit: Canon
26 September 2019
Rugby fans are now able to watch highlights from the Rugby World Cup, currently taking place in Japan, from angles and viewpoints not possible with conventional cameras, thanks to a multi-camera system from Canon
18 September 2019
3D sensing company, Outsight, has introduced a 3D semantic camera that combines lidar ranging with hyperspectral material analysis. The camera was introduced at the Autosens conference in Brussels
16 September 2019
OmniVision Technologies will be showing an automotive camera module at the AutoSens conference in Brussels from 17 to 19 September, built using OmniVision’s OX03A1Y image sensor with an Arm Mali-C71 image signal processor
Analysis & opinion
17 October 2019
Greg Blackman reports on new hyperspectral technology presented at the Photonex show in the UK, and how the imaging technique is being used for forestry and food sorting
26 September 2019
Wolfgang Pomrehn, collaborative robotics product manager at Bosch Rexroth, says deep learning could reduce the engineering effort of introducing new products to a manufacturing line by three quarters
26 July 2019
Limited data is a common problem when training CNNs in industrial imaging applications. Petra Thanner and Daniel Soukup, from the Austrian Institute of Technology, discuss ways of working with CNNs when data is scarce
Features
26 July 2019
Matthew Dale explores the high-resolution imaging solutions emerging for inspecting OLEDs and other electronic displays
26 July 2019
As car makers install production lines for electric vehicles, Greg Blackman looks at how vision is currently used in their factories
26 July 2019
Keely Portway investigates how vision technology is being used in the dental sector, from initial diagnosis, to quality control of prostheses
26 June 2019
Matthew Dale explores how machine vision integrators are responding to new demands in the pharmaceutical industry
Webcasts
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
04 October 2018
Covering infrared and hyperspectral techniques, this webcast looks at how imaging technologies are being used across a wide range of food and beverage applications
04 July 2018
In this webcast, our panel of experts tackle some of the greatest challenges for machine vision integrators when it comes to illumination
White papers
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
Cubert’s new Ultris camera was developed based on the light field technology. The camera features an Ultra-HD CMOS sensor with 20 megapixel, which makes Ultris the imaging spectrometer with the worldwide highest resolution
Multipix Imaging is pleased to announce a distribution agreement with Vision Research, manufacturers of the Phantom high-speed camera series
Fujifilm and Videotec announce a new collaboration, integrating top-performance products to supply a solution for long-range surveillance
The new generation of EyeSens vision sensors are available with a 1.5 megapixel sensor and dual-core processor
On Semiconductor has expanded its high-performance XGS family of global shutter CMOS image sensors with two new models: the XGS 9400 and the XGS 8000
Teledyne Dalsa has launched its second-generation LWIR Calibir DXM640 camera
Halcon, the standard machine vision software from MVTec Software, has been shown to acquire and process images from MIPI camera modules
Events
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Limited data is a common problem when training CNNs in industrial imaging applications. Petra Thanner and Daniel Soukup, from the Austrian Institute of Technology, discuss ways of working with CNNs when data is scarce
Matthew Dale explores the high-resolution imaging solutions emerging for inspecting OLEDs and other electronic displays
As car makers install production lines for electric vehicles, Greg Blackman looks at how vision is currently used in their factories
Keely Portway investigates how vision technology is being used in the dental sector, from initial diagnosis, to quality control of prostheses
The UK is up to 20 per cent less productive than its major competitor countries because it is not investing in automation, Mike Wilson at the British Automation and Robot Association said at UKIVA's machine vision conference in Milton Keynes. Greg Blackman reports
