Pierre Cambou, imaging activity leader at Yole Développement, analyses the merger and acquisition landscape for machine vision
This year has been a busy one for the vision sector, with numerous acquisitions, embedded computing becoming more prominent, and greater interest in 3D and hyperspectral imaging. Greg Blackman looks back at a packed 2016
Greg Blackman sums up some of the main talking points at the recent Vision trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany
Greg Blackman at the Vision trade fair in Stuttgart finds that embedded image processing looks set to transform the vision industry
With the acquisition of Point Grey, Flir Systems has made a strategic move in the machine vision sector, argue Dr Eric Mounier and Pierre Cambou at market research firm Yole Développement
Point Grey has introduced Blackfly S, a new family of USB3 Vision and GigE Vision cameras designed to meet complex imaging requirements, enhance system automation, improve time to market and deliver more reliable solutions
Point Grey, a specialist in high-performance digital cameras for industrial and scientific applications, has introduced its new Spinnaker software development kit (SDK) to simplify and accelerate the creation of new vision applications
Beth Harlen looks at how the accessibility of imaging technology has impacted the evolution of geographic information systems
Point Grey has announced the addition of new 3.2 and 5 MP CMOS models to its Chameleon3 USB3 Vision and Blackfly GigE Vision camera lines
Point Grey has announced the addition of a new 1.3 megapixel Sharp CCD model to its Blackfly family of GigE Vision cameras
Matthew Dale explores how machine vision integrators are responding to new demands in the pharmaceutical industry
Keely Portway looks at new terahertz and infrared technologies being developed to inspect aircraft
CCS now offers a range of OLED industrial lighting panels, which are opening up new possibilities in machine vision, writes Paul Downey, marketing manager at CCS Europe
Suprateek Banerjee, VDMA Robotics and Automation, gives an update on OPC Machine Vision, which provides uniform integration of machine vision systems into higher IT production systems
Zeiss's Smartzoom 5 digital microscope can remove glare from images by using angular illumination
Reporting from the EMVA’s business conference in Copenhagen, Greg Blackman discovers how angular illumination and computational imaging can dramatically improve the resolution of a system
Greg Blackman reports on the discussion around embedded vision at the European Machine Vision Association’s business conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in mid-May
Test image at 940nm
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
Greg Blackman reports on CSEM's Witness IOT camera, an ultra-low power imager that can be deployed as a sticker. Dr Andrea Dunbar presented the technology at Image Sensors Europe in London in March
Greg Blackman reports on the complexities of training AllGo Systems' driver monitoring neural networks, which the firm's VP of engineering, Nirmal Kumar Sancheti, spoke about at the Embedded World trade fair
Greg Blackman reports from the Image Sensors Europe conference in London, which took place from 13 to 14 March
