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
Outfield analyses aerial images of orchards using machine learning to predict crop yield
Farmers are starting to reap the rewards of robotics and machine vision, as Keely Portway finds out
Open source software has advanced to a point where it’s now a credible option for industrial imaging, Matthew Dale finds
Active Silicon’s 4xCXP-12 FireBird Coaxpress frame grabber (PCIe Gen3 x8)
Chris Beynon, Active Silicon’s CTO and technical chair of the Coaxpress committee, updates on the Coaxpress standard
Neil Trevett and Chris Yates
The Khronos Group and the EMVA are to explore software standards for embedded vision. Khronos’ Neil Trevett and EMVA’s Chris Yates explain the work
Greg Blackman reports from the Embedded World show, where industry experts gave insights into vision processing at the edge
The first colour image, captured by a CMV20000 sensor, to be sent back by the hazard cameras on the Perseverance rover after its landing on Mars on 18 February. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Greg Blackman speaks to Guy Meynants, formerly of Cmosis, and Paul Jerram, of Teledyne e2v, about the history of the image sensors onboard the Mars rover
