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
The Ceneri Base Tunnel
Video recorded at 2,800 frames per second has been used to test high-speed trains travelling through the newly opened Ceneri Base Tunnel in Switzerland
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Perseverance rover contains 19 cameras, including seven scientific instruments. It will analyse the climate and geology of Mars, looking for signs of past life, as well as monitoring the Martian atmosphere
Credit: Lerøy and HySpex
Norwegian seafood firm, Lerøy, has installed hyperspectral cameras on processing lines to sort fish. The system is able to measure the amount of blood in white fish, which gives a grade of quality
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hyperspectral imaging is being used in a research programme at hospitals in Maryland and New York to investigate the prognostic value of skin findings associated with Covid-19 infection
Credit: The Rijksmuseum
The composite picture of The Night Watch, made of 528 exposures stitched together digitally, makes it possible to zoom in on individual brushstrokes and even particles of pigment in the painting
Data from Fusion Processing's TrafficTrak camera and radar system counted an average of 422 vehicles per day using the road during lockdown
A non-contact method to monitor people entering the Robert Bosch Hospital in Stuttgart for signs of coronavirus is being trialled by Fraunhofer IPA and Fraunhofer IAO
The 3D imaging system is able to inspect at a rate of up to 45,000 flatbreads per hour. Credit: Scorpion Vision
Imaging firm Scorpion Vision is doing its bit to make sure supermarket shelves are stocked with items including tea, flatbreads, and sprouts
Paul Wilson, managing director of Scorpion Vision, describes what it takes to install a 3D robot vision system in a Chinese foundry
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
