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'Wheel Service' Relies on Imaging Technology

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John Lewis, Cognex Corp.

Image-based bar-code reader helps NASCAR race teams feel more secure on their wheels. NASCAR teams go through a lot of wheels. A single team typically owns about 260 wheels, consisting of both single- and double-stem versions of the 15-in. steel wheels NASCAR requires, according to Champion Tire and Wheel of Charlotte, N.C. Keeping track of them – storing them, transporting them and making sure the right ones get to the right races – is so involved that the teams contract “wheel service” work out to companies such as Champion. “Carrying wheels is a...Read full article

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    Glossary
    curvature
    The measure of departure from a flat surface, as applied to lenses; the reciprocal of radius. Applies to any surface, including lenses, mirrors and image surfaces.
    digital
    Denoting the use of binary notation; i.e., the representation of data by bits (1 or 0).
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    The focal length of a lens is the distance between the lens's optical center (or principal point) and the image sensor or film when the lens is focused at infinity. In simple terms, it is the distance from the lens to the point where parallel rays of light converge or appear to diverge after passing through the lens. For converging lenses (convex lenses), which are thicker in the center, the focal length is considered positive. For diverging lenses (concave lenses), which are thinner in the...
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    1. A generic term for detector. 2. A complete optical/mechanical/electronic system that contains some form of radiation detector.
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