AV&R Vision & Robotics has developed a system that combines visual inspection, robotics, and 3-D profiling techniques to inspect critical components such as those used in the aerospace and medical manufacturing industries.

Coleman Technologies Inc. (CTI; Newtown Square, PA, USA) has developed a linescan-based imaging system that counts a variety of seeds at rates of up to 1000 seeds/sec with a counting accuracy greater than 99%.

Using an automated optical inspection (AOI) tool based on a contact image sensor system from Tichawa Vision, Ersa's Versaprint solder-paste printer provides a 100% in-line inspection at a speed of 9.1 m/sec.

Graduate student Steven Arroyo of Rice University (Houston, TX, USA) has built a 3-D imaging system using structured light and has detailed the design on The Hackengineer web site.

Hungarian university spin-off Clariton (Budapest, Hungary) has developed a vision-based scanner that detects how well hands have been cleaned.

Any nostalgic feelings for the past may be better put aside with the understanding that the future will only bring with it more exciting technologies, products, and applications.

There are many advantages to being a journalist reporting on the latest developments in machine vision and image processing.

Keeping up with changes in the machine-vision and image-processing industry can be a challenging task, even for the most experienced.

An editorial guide on applying machine vision to intelligent transportation systems (ITS) is available from Vision Systems Design. “Vision in Intelligent Transportation Systems,” which features a compilation of articles from systems expert Dr. Ned Lecky, covers what constitutes an “intelligent transportation” application, the challenges that are posed by these applications, and the spectrum of components used in vision systems designed for ITS tasks.

With the introduction of faster megapixel image sensors and cameras, system integrators now require frame grabbers that support higher data rates.

Whether you earn just a pittance or a fortune, one of the rewards of any job is a letter of praise from your employer, customers, or suppliers.

Camera maker Point Grey Research (Richmond, BC, Canada) will be hosting the AIA Winter 2012 Vision Standards Meeting in Vancouver, Canada from February 13-17

Hyperspectral-camera-based vision system reconstructs images in real time for intensive analysis applications.

In Part I of this two-part series, Vincent Rowley from Pleora Technologies describes the features and capabilities of the GigE Vision standard.