New from Chromasens is the XLC4 LED controller, which prevents fluctuations in brightness levels that lower line-scan camera performance
ProPhotonix has added a hyperspectral LED line light to its Cobra MultiSpec platform
OEM Automatic now stocks the entire range of Basler’s intelligent lighting solutions
In a public area, LEDs could be used for general lighting, visible light communication and 3D video surveillance. Credit: Emma Le Francois, University of Strathclyde
It is hoped the photometric stereo imaging approach could open up new ways for robots to sense their environment
CCS has opened a European branch near Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which will be the firm's EMEA headquarters
From 1 January 2021, Gardasoft Vision will come under the ownership of the CCS Group within the Optex Group
Schott has developed an LED light source that combines a maximum light output of 850 lumens with easy operation in a compact housing
Jools Hudson at Gardasoft Vision writes that to achieve reliable images needs careful design of lighting control
The high-quality lighting portfolio designed by camera manufacturer Basler together with the lighting experts at CCS is now available for order
Smart Vision Lights’ NanoDrive allows LEDs to be at full power in 500ns or less. NanoDrive can operate in either continuous or OverDrive strobe modes.
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
