The overall cost of the unit was around $400, significantly cheaper than “out of the box” thermal infrared cameras.
The award-winning Helios is a high-precision ToF camera featuring Sony’s DepthSense IMX556PLR back-illuminated sensor. Unlock the potential of Time-of-Flight in a variety of applications such as robotic navigation, 3D inspection and logistics. Buy now!
In another example of how unmanned technology can serve animal conservation, researchers used drones equipped with thermal infrared (TIR) cameras to monitor spider monkey populations in the Los Arboles Tulum residential development, outside Tulum, Quitana Roo, Mexico.
An iPhone app called GoCheckKids eliminates the need for pediatricians to purchase specialized equipment to conduct photoscreening tests on children, a popular method for preventing the development of serious vision disorders.
Longtime computer vision expert Dr. Takeo Kanade, U.A. and Helen Whitaker Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, presented the 'Think Like an Amateur, Do As an Expert: Lessons from a Career in Computer Vision,” at the 2018 Embedded Vision Summit.
The Y43 Imaging Photometer from Radiant Vision Systems features a 43 MPixel CCD image sensor and includes a PM-IP Imaging Photometer with internal Tristimulus Y filter for photometric measurements and a PM-IR Imaging Radiometer for IR measurements.
The Hawk 252 cooled EMCCD camera released by Raptor Photonics features a back-illuminated sensor that enables imaging at
Since we started the Embedded Vision Alliance in 2011, there has been an unprecedented growth in investment, innovation, and use of practical vision technology across a broad range of markets. To help understand technology choices and trends, the Embedded Vision Alliance conducts an annual survey of product developers.
In the April 2019 snapshots, Microsoft designs for the scientific and medical communities a new version of Kinect motion-sensing hardware, MIT develops a solution for LiDAR’s difficulty sensing through fog and dust, Lufthansa Technik develops a robot to test cockpit LED lights and switches, and a collaboration in Russia between software and vehicle production companies and the academic community lays the foundation for a fleet of automated delivery trucks.
PSI Technics’ machine vision system “DA-MI-KA” is a camera-based roof inspection system that records damage to the roof structure of a rail vehicle as it passes by and sends the collected data directly to image analysis software.
Machine vision is not limited to the factory floor. The more machine vision evolves, the more ways engineers and researchers are discovering to apply machine vision to myriad industries and scientific endeavors. Understanding the advancements in hardware and software technologies is the key to understanding the current growth of the machine vision market and how the market will continue to grow in the future.
For the fifth straight year, Vision Systems Design held its Innovators Awards program, which celebrates the disparate and innovative technologies, products, and systems found in machine vision and imaging.
For the Agenzia Spaziale Italian's (or ASI, the Italian Space Agency) PRISMA mission to be a success the namesake satellite required hyperspectral imagers, and in order for the designer of the hyperspectral instrument to successfully complete the task they required custom-designed infrared detectors. Sofradir, one of the world's largest developers of infrared imaging equipment, was happy to oblige.
The AXIS Q6215-LE PTZ Network Camera from Axis Communications features a 1/1.9' progressive scan RGB CMOS image sensor, and long-range OptimizedIR and IR-LEDs that according to the manufacturer can deliver superior video quality in low light or complete darkness up to 400 m. The camera has resolution from 1920 x 1080 to 320 x 180 and provides 60 fps at all resolutions.
