SWIR cost cut: Imec achieves 1.82µm pixels
18 February 2021
Greg Blackman speaks to Imec’s Paweł Malinowski about the institute’s new quantum dot SWIR sensor
Greg Blackman finds out how seed producers are reaping the rewards of imaging
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Plastic not fantastic
14 December 2020
Greg Blackman looks at how SWIR spectral imaging can help reduce plastic pollution, both through environmental surveys and by improving sorting in recycling plants
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Imec releases prototype SWIR sensor with 1.82µm pixel pitch
10 December 2020
The sensor is based on a thin-film photodetector monolithically integrated on a custom Si-CMOS readout circuit
Xispec hyperspectral cameras
4 December 2020
Ximea and Imec have jointly developed an improved version of the Xispec hyperspectral cameras
Cubert's Ultris 20 hyperspectral snapshot camera provides a more reliable alternative for aerial surveillance than conventional line scan cameras
Spectral snapping
24 February 2020
Matthew Dale explores the emerging alternatives to push broom hyperspectral imaging
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Imec will be displaying its short-wave infrared image sensors based on thin-film photodiode pixel stacks
The Moon landing was 50 years old in 2019. Zeiss lenses were used to capture this image
The best of 2019
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
The sensor of SWIR Vision Systems' Acuros CQD 1920 camera
Saving on SWIR
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
Imec lowers infrared cost with monolithic quantum dot IR sensor
24 October 2019
Imec says the new production method promises an order of magnitude gain in fabrication throughput and cost compared to processing conventional infrared imagers
Test image at 940nm
Building low-cost infrared sensors with sub-micron films
21 May 2019
Imec is working to industrialise thin-film photodetector stacks on CMOS in order to fabricate low-cost infrared image sensors, as the Belgian institute’s Dr Paweł Malinowski explains
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Tahir Rabbani of Viztronics spoke at the Vision show about a 3D solution for imaging shiny orthopaedic implants. Greg Blackman reports
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Greg Blackman speaks to Pleora’s James Falconer about the latest versions of GigE Vision
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As solar power becomes an increasingly important energy source, Andrew Williams looks at how infrared imaging is used to assess solar panels
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Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, says there is increasing concern about chip supply bottlenecks and material shortages
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Huge strides are being made in neural networks, but there are still significant challenges to implement a machine vision solution, according to experts at Vision
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Prophesee has won the Vision Award for its event-based approach to imaging. Greg Blackman speaks to Luca Verre, the firm’s CEO, about prospects for the technology
