More than facts and figures
Information about machine-vision products, technologies, and applications is at the core of what Vision Systems Design provides to our audience. In this issue, we deliver a comprehensive guide to camera products in the form of our annualWorldwide Industrial Camera Directory. It lists cameras from more than 140 vendors in North America, Europe, and Asia, each identified by manufacturer, product name, sensor type, scan type, resolution, spectrum, interface, and data rate. In addition, the directory—along with a supplemental directory of industrial camera distributors—is available on our web site at www.vision-systems.com.
Looking at the latest technologies, editor Andy Wilson explains how a portable laser-and-imaging backpack can be used to produce automatic and realistic 3-D maps of interiors. He also describes a lensless microscopy system that reveals 3-D structures, and a kiosk that recycles mobile phones after visually and electronically analyzing them.
In an article that blends emerging technology with products just coming to market, Wilson writes about wafer-level cameras, which are primarily aimed at the consumer product market but are also finding use in medical, aerospace, surveillance, and mobile robotics applications.
Continuing this theme, an article from Amir Pirzadeh at Tisfoon Ulterior Systems describes a linescan camera system that identifies, characterizes, and tracks lumber as it moves through a mill to increase production efficiency.
On the global scene, market reports for Asia, Europe, and North America all point to a continued strong demand for machine-vision and image-processing products and technologies. Indeed, the innovative products, technologies, and applications described in this issue well serve both the existing and emerging markets that are showing signs of resurgence after the long recession.
W. Conrad Holton, EDITOR IN CHIEF
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