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Vision Spectra: Summer 2021

Vision Spectra
 Summer 2021


DIGITAL EDITION
FEATURES
3D Imaging Sees Growth in Multiple Dimensions From time to time, we all find ourselves forced to rummage through the cluttered jumble of our home “junk drawer” to dig out a screwdriver, battery, paper clip, or other much-needed object. For humans, this is merely cause for fleeting irritation — but for robots working on a factory floor, this same problem poses a major technological challenge. David Dechow, principal vision...
Embedded Vision Is Set for Application on a Massive Scale Compact, efficient, and highly application specific, embedded vision technology increasingly offers performance and price points that would have been impossible to achieve only a few years ago. The...
The Vision Spectra Conference The first-ever Vision Spectra Conference, set for July 20-22, will feature dynamic speakers ranging from upand- coming entrepreneurs to recognized technology innovators. The European Machine Vision...
Embedded Vision and AI Transform Retail Shopping A worldwide pandemic that upended social interactions and economic activity put retailers to the test. In an environment where profit margins are always thin, retailers must meet customer...
3D Matching and Deep Learning Transform Bin Picking 3D-based matching, a means of determining the exact 3D location of objects, is used in machine vision systems to optimize and automate the handling of items, allowing all types of objects to be...
EDITORIAL
From grocery stores to video doorbells Even before COVID-19, retailers were turning to vision for better inventory management, theft prevention, and productivity improvements. The pandemic accelerated this trend, and last year Amazon, which runs the most notable of the cashierless stores, Amazon Go (now part of Amazon Fresh), began licensing the unique set of underlying technologies that allow shoppers to walk into a store, select the...
VISION IN ACTION
High-Res Imaging Verifies Car Door Panels Are Scratch-Free Sometimes the right picture is all the proof that is needed. Craig Machinery & Design, based in Louisville, Ky., builds automation equipment for manufacturers and specializes in the plastic...
Chevron Turns to Microsoft Custom Analytics to Optimize Panel Inspection In its U.S.-based refineries, multinational energy company Chevron processes almost 1 million barrels of transportation fuels per day (pre-COVID), producing gasoline, diesel, propane and butane, fuel...
THE NEWS WIRE
Predictive Image Restoration Technique Combines Frequency, Spatial Information University of Tokyo researchers developed a frequency-based “inpainting” method that considers both frequency and spatial information to generate missing portions of images. The technique...
Single-Pixel Detector Classifies Images Using Diffractive Optical Network A single-pixel machine vision framework leverages deep-learning designed optical networks to bypass the need for an image sensor-array or digital processor. The system, developed in the lab of UCLA...
Radio Frequency, Vision Combine to Allow Robots to Detect Hidden Objects MIT researchers combined traditional characteristics of computer vision with radio sensing to enable a robot to detect occluded, or blocked objects. In application, the development could streamline...
University of Michigan, Ford Open Robotics Lab The University of Michigan and the Ford Motor Co. opened a $75 million, 134,000-sq-ft robotics complex on the university’s campus March 16. The facility is the new home of the University of...
EMVA Issues Release 4.0 of Standard 1288 The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) introduced Release 4.0 of the EMVA Standard 1288, the standard for objective characterization of industrial cameras. The module, which the association...
AI Software, Machine Vision Cameras Improve Exoskeleton-Assisted Walking Machine vision technology has the potential to greatly improve exoskeletons and prosthetic legs, according to recent work from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. The technology combines...
EMVA, Khronos Group Collaborate for Vision Standards The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) and Khronos Group Inc. formed the Embedded Camera API Exploratory Group. The group is open to all at no cost, and is intended to explore industry...
Image Recovery Method Improves Compressive Sensing, Phase Retrieval Research from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has yielded a method of compressive image recovery that is trained on patches of images, rather than full-size images. The method, called...
PRODUCTS
Embedded Vision System VC picoSmart from Vision Components is optimized for OEM projects, facilitating and increasing sensor speed. Image capture and processing are integrated on a 22 x 23.5 mm, compact industrial-designed...
Vision Components GmbH
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Telecentric Lenses TCEL model telecentric lenses (joint offering from Optotune and Opto Engineering) offer a broad magnification range from 0.24x to 3.5x and are suitable for the 2/3 in. camera sensor format. Each lens...
Opto Engineering S.p.A.
Optotune AG
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Laser Scanning System SCANcube IV is the latest iteration of the SCANcube laser scanning system and improves system linearity by 30% over SCANcube III simplifying calibration and delivering precise processing results. The...
SCANLAB GmbH
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USB3 Cameras Teledyne Imaging’s 20 MP Lt Series of USB3 cameras are designed with a robust and compact enclosure, fully locking USB3 connectors, and built for 24/7 use. The cameras are equipped with...
Teledyne Lumenera
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SWIR Line-Scan Array Camera The LiSaSWIR 2048M-STE from New Imaging Technologies is a SWIR line-scan array camera optimized for applications requiring short exposure times and high-accuracy line rates. The LiSaSWIR...
New Imaging Technologies (NIT)
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2D Inspection Machine The Planar 2D inspection machine from InspecVision has been announced by Exact Metrology. The device allows manufacturers to simply and quickly verify product quality by performing 2D...
Exact Metrology Inc.
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Ultra-HD MIPI Camera The e-CAM83_CUMI415_MOD ultra-HD MIPI camera from e-con Systems Inc. is a 90-fps device with ultra-low-light performance and a 4K SONY STARVIS sensor. The compact module is suitable for...
e-con Systems Inc.
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3D Hyperspectral Light-Field Camera The ULTRIS X20 3D hyperspectral light field camera from Cubert GmbH expands the wavelength range of its ULTRIS 20 and ULTRIS 20 Plus models to 350 to 1000 nm, making UV-VIS-NIR coverage possible. ...
Cubert GmbH
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Frame Grabbers The Axion-xB line of frame grabbers from BitFlow Inc. provides support for high-performance Camera Link Base cameras. Available in single-, dual-, and quad-link versions for maximum design...
BitFlow Inc.
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Industrial Cameras JAI Inc. has added four models to its 45-MP high-performance industrial camera line. The SP-45000-CXP4A, available in both monochrome and color versions, features a four-channel CXP-12...
JAI Inc.
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Board-Level Camera The ARIA board-level camera from Alkeria srl is now available in a full housing format. Made entirely of anodized aluminum and machined from solid, the back cover is coupled to the front lens...
Alkeria srl
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CoaXPress 2.0 Cameras Basler AG has announced six new models in its boost camera series with CoaXPress 2.0 with sensors from ON Semiconductor's XGS series. The cameras offer 20-, 32-, and 45-MP resolutions,...
Basler AG
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VISION SPECTRA 2021
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