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Pushing camera design beyond nature’s limits
URBANA, Ill. – A camera design inspired by the ocular systems found in insects, arachnids and crustaceans is being pushed beyond anything that exists in nature. In the May 2 issue of Nature (doi: 10.1038/nature12083), an interdisciplinary team led by John A. Rogers of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign describes a hemispherical-shaped camera comprising 180 lenses – each 0.4 mm in diameter – and miniaturized detectors that provide a nearly 180° field of view. The arthropod-inspire...
Camera Mimics an Insect’s Compound Eyes
URBANA, Ill., May 1, 2013 — A hemispherical-shaped digital camera that mimics the design of ocular systems found in arthropods offers a wide-angle bug’s-eye view and nearly infinite depth of field for applications ranging from advanced surveillance cameras to miniaturized...
Point Grey Expands Canadian Headquarters
RICHMOND, British Columbia, Canada, April 11, 2013 — Digital camera manufacturer Point Grey Research Inc. has expanded its Canadian headquarters to support an increased demand for its USB 3.0 and GigE camera and FireWire lines.
ITT Exelis R&D Director Elected SPIE Fellow
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5, 2013 — Dr. Bob Fiete, director of R&D at ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems, was elected a 2013 SPIE Fellow.
Kodak Files Motion to Auction Digital Patents
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 14, 2012 — The company filed a motion for the prompt bankruptcy auction of more than 1000 patents integral to the capture, manipulation and sharing of digital images.
2011 Good Year for Basler
Jun 1, 2012 — Digital camera manufacturer Basler AG of Ahrensburg, Germany, reported that it enjoyed an 8 percent increase in revenue for fiscal 2011, making it the best year in the company"s history. Sales increased to €55.1 million (about $73.3 million)...
Basler: 2011 Best Year in Company History
AHRENSBURG, Germany, April 2, 2012 — The digital camera manufacturer reported an 8 percent increase in revenue for fiscal year 2011, making it the best year in the company’s history.
Optimal Algorithm Developed for Determining Focus Error
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 27, 2011 — University of Texas researchers have discovered how to extract and use information in an individual image to determine how far objects are from the focus distance, a feat accomplished previously only by human and animal visual systems. As with...
Turning Motion Capture Technology Inside Out
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10, 2011 — In the film industry, traditional motion capture techniques use cameras to meticulously record the movements of actors inside studios, enabling those movements to be translated into digital models. But by turning the cameras around — mounting...
Study Shows That Volvo Laser Sensor Prevents Crashes
ROCKLEIGH, N.J., July 26, 2011 — A midsize Volvo SUV equipped with collision-avoidance laser sensor technology gets into fewer low-speed crashes than comparable vehicles, according to a study conducted by two institutes concerned with highway safety.
Billion-Pixel Camera to Help Map the Milky Way
PARIS, July 8, 2011 — The largest digital camera ever built for a space mission has been painstakingly pieced together from 106 separate electronic detectors. The resulting "billion-pixel array" will serve as the supersensitive eye of the European Space Agency’s...
Growth Predicted for Pico Projectors
Jul 1, 2011 — Front projector market information expert Pacific Media Associates (PMA) has reported that its first-quarter census of all front projectors indicated that worldwide shipments for the mobile, battery-powered types grew to 235,000 units, compared with...
Facility Expansion
Jan 1, 2011 — Lumenera Corp. of Ottawa has announced a 70 percent expansion of its manufacturing facility to meet market demand for its custom and OEM cameras and services. An increase in orders drove the need for the larger plant, which will enable a boost in...
Osram Team Feted for Direct Green-emitting Laser
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec., 22, 2010 — Scientists at Osram Opto Semiconductors, based in Regensburg, Germany, have been awarded the Beckurts Prize by the Karl Heinz Beckurts Foundation for developing a direct green-emitting laser. Scientists at Osram Opto Semiconductors today received...
PMA Reports 125% Q3 Growth for Pico Projectors
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 10, 2010 — Pacific Media Associates (PMA), a global market information firm, has reported that the worldwide market for pico and pocket projectors grew 125 percent in third-quarter 2010 compared with the same period last year. This high-growth category...
Imaging System Inspects Capsules
INGELHEIM, Germany, Sept. 15, 2010 — The pharmaceutical corporation Boehringer Ingelheim now uses digital cameras from Allied Vision Technologies GmbH for quality assurance in the manufacture of medication capsules. Few industries are subject to as stringent quality criteria as...
All Power to OLEDs
Jul 16, 2010 — A lot of folks send me press releases, reports and stuff! I also surf the web in my quest for new information at all times. One such report I came across was the "Energy Efficient Displays Technologies to 2020 – Organic Light Emitting...
Microprojectors spur development of green lasers
LYON, France – Picoprojectors will drive the green laser market – expected to reach about $500 million in revenue by 2016, up from an estimated $20 million in 2011 – with more than 45 million devices, according to a market analysis by Yole...
4cc Pico Projector Engine Unveiled
LAS VEGAS, June 10, 2010 — Syndiant, maker of high resolution microdisplays for pico projectors, Foryou Multimedia Electronics Co. Ltd., and Hong Kong’s Astri R&D Labs have produced an LED pico projector that is less than 4cc in volume and 6 mm in height, which is...
Azores Enhances 24-hour Tech Support
WILMINGTON, Mass., Feb. 25, 2010 – Azores Corp, manufacturer of advanced photolithography steppers for mobile display and X-ray sensor applications, has enhanced its 24-hour technical support service by adding regional staff located in Asia and the United States. Azores’...
Kodak Alleges Patent Infringement
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 20, 2010 - Eastman Kodak Co. announced that it has filed lawsuits against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) alleging the infringement of its digital imaging technology. In the complaint, which was filed with the US International Trade...
Sensor Platform Agreement
Nov 1, 2009 — SPECIM-Spectral Imaging Ltd. of Oulu, Finland, and Airborne Technologies GmbH of Wiener Neustadt, Austria, have signed an agreement to provide the airborne remote sensing market with turnkey multiple sensor platforms. The former company will supply...
Imaging: The big picture
Oct 2, 2009 — The image sensor market has enjoyed phenomenal growth in recent years. According to market analyst Tom Hausken of Strategies Unlimited in Mountain View, Calif., it reached $7.2 billion in 2008 after several years of strong double-digit growth. But...
Kodak Amends CEO's Contract
Oct 1, 2009 — Eastman Kodak Co. of Rochester, N.Y., announced that its board of directors and Chairman and CEO Antonio M. Perez have mutually agreed that he will remain in charge of the company at least until Dec. 31, 2013. Certain terms in Perez’s employment...
Lumenera Aids Guinness Feat
Sep 28, 2009 — Lumenera Corp. of Ottawa, a manufacturer of high-performance digital cameras and custom imaging solutions, has announced that its SKYnyx2-0 and Infinity2-1 CCD USB 2.0 cameras have been used to set a Guinness World Record for the largest...
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