Technology

The first shortwave infrared camera built on quantum dot sensor technology has been launched by US firm SWIR Vision Systems

Basler's embedded vision development kit, which won an Embedded World award, along with numerous other vision technology for embedded processing, was on display during the Embedded World trade fair at the end of February in Nuremberg, Germany

Image sensor foundry, TowerJazz, has released a global shutter CMOS image sensor with a pixel size of 2.5µm, the smallest global shutter pixel in the world, the company stated

Researchers at the Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology have demonstrated 3D imaging at record speeds of 500,000 fps

Shufersal, Israel’s largest supermarket chain, has signed an agreement to install computer vision startup Trigo Vision’s automated retail platform across its 272 stores

Swiss R&D centre CSEM has built a camera that can be deployed like a sticker

Slovakian 3D imaging firm Photoneo has won the Vision Award innovation prize at the Vision trade fair in Stuttgart, held from 6 to 8 November

The EU initiative Tulipp, which targets embedded systems for image processing, has delivered its first three use cases covering medical x-ray imaging, automotive driver assistance, and UAVs