Vision to ID-check shoppers in UK and US
18 October 2018
Retailers in the US and UK are expected to trial an age verification vision system at checkouts for customers buying age-restricted items
Biometrics
NIT partners with Innovatrics to build biometric systems
9 February 2018
French sensor maker New Imaging Technologies (NIT) has partnered with Innovatrics, a supplier of biometric systems, to build solutions for face recognition and fingerprint matching
Can goths and surfer dudes help solve the bin-picking problem?
13 December 2013
Tom Eddershaw considers whether pictures of surfers can help the machine vision industry
Computer vision to speed police investigations similar to Boston bombing
25 April 2013
Police investigating the Boston Marathon bombing drew heavily on the vast amount of video data from the scene to build their case. The latest video analytic approaches could have helped speed the investigation even further says Dr James Orwell, leader of the Visual Surveillance Research Group at the Digital Imaging Research Centre at Kingston University
The eyes have it
9 January 2009
Fingerprints and irises provide a unique reference point to verify a person's identity in security and access control applications. Greg Blackman looks at the uses of biometric measurements
Latest issue
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A roundup of some of the latest embedded vision technology
Glass inspection normally involves different illumination methods. Credit: MSTVision
Tim Hayes provides a window into how to find defects in glass
Mathias Bochow, GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, is working on the Trace project to track marine plastic. Credit: Frank Schweikert, Aldebaran Marine Research & Broadcast (www.aldebaran.org/en/)
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
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Tim Reynolds finds out how vision and AI algorithms are making cities safer
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision
Anne Wendel, director of VDMA Machine Vision, on how the mechanical engineering sector could be affected by the war in Ukraine
Credit: Intel
Greg Blackman examines the importance of Tower foundries to machine vision sensor firms, following Intel’s acquisition
