Technology Close-Up

A wide range of applications in industrial automation require and are enabled by 3D imaging. 3D technologies are in demand in varied industries, including aerospace, automotive, logistics, and more....

Allied Market Research in the spring projected that the value of the global logistics automation market would roughly triple from its 2020 value to $147.4 billion by 2030. Even before such high...

Multifield imaging is a new imaging technique that enables the simultaneous capture of multiple images under various lighting conditions. Coupled with time delay integration (TDI), this emerging...

CMOS manufacturing has undergone a significant transformation in the last 12 months. The manufacturing processes that even seasoned developers regarded as fundamentally experimental 20, or even 10,...

The VL53L9 from STMicroelectronics is a direct 3D lidar device that is suitable for applications such as VR or simultaneous localization and mapping. With a resolution of up to 2.3-k zones, the...

The Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) solution from onsemi is an end-to-end positioning system that enables simple, fast development of cost- and power-efficient asset tracking solutions. The...

The OnyxMax™ from Teledyne e2v is a CMOS image sensor made for low lighting conditions down to 1 mLux. Available in monochrome, standard, and with CFA arrangements, the sensor features 1.3 MP...

The ZEISS ABIS III is designed for reliable and early inspection of the entire component surface, within cycle time. The combination of projector, cameras, lighting, and the new software ZEISS ABIS...

Technological advances have resulted in new, higher-quality sensors that enable machine vision cameras to deliver greater features and functionality at a lower cost than ever before. These factors...

Images are produced by many means: cameras, x-ray machines, electron microscopes, radar and ultrasound. They are used in the entertainment, medical, scientific and business industries; for security...

Image intensification, the basis of night vision, is a complex conversion of energy particles that occurs within a vacuum tube. An image-intensifier system works by collecting photons through an...

There are three fundamental properties of light: intensity, wavelength, and polarization. Almost all cameras today are designed for monochrome or color imaging. A monochrome camera is used to measure...

Endoscopic classification in terms of application, can be divided into two simple categories, namely, industrial endoscope and medical endoscope. About the types of industrial endoscope, from the...

The following document describes how use of the image averaging property, which can be found in MATRIX-VISION cameras of the mvBlueFOX3 and mvBlueCOUGAR-X families, can improve image quality through...

Lumispot Tech has developed a series of machine vision inspection lasers, primarily encompassing illumination light sources and structured light sources such as line lasers. These are mainly used in...

This white paper, titled "Advanced SWIR Spectroscopy for Next-Generation Fabric Identification," addresses the challenges in textile sorting, especially in the context of recycling non-biodegradable...

Machine vision technology is key to efficiently manufacturing a wide range of products today, from semiconductors to appliances to beverage containers. A crucial first step in any good machine vision...

Are you curious about how to put deep learning technologies to use? Would you like to know what deep learning can accomplish within your machine vision application? This webinar will give users...

Daniel L. Lau reviews the hardware options and essential software tools for creating AI-powered vision systems tailored for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The emergence of high-performance...

Microdisplays are essential for wearable AR/VR/MR devices, such as smart glasses. Emissive microdisplays, such as OLEDs or micro-LEDs, provide significant advantages in terms of form factor and power...

A powerful and flexible machine-learning approach that can be used in machine vision to help solve difficult problems. Inspired by biological processes, multiple layers of neurons process portions of...

A machine vision lens is a specialized optical lens designed for use in machine vision systems, which are used for automated inspection, measurement, and quality control in industrial applications....

A machine vision system is an integrated combination of hardware and software components designed to capture, process, and analyze images to perform automated inspection, measurement, and quality...

Machine vision, also known as computer vision or computer sight, refers to the technology that enables machines, typically computers, to interpret and understand visual information from the world,...

Fluorescence filters like FISH products, single-band filters DAPI, FITC, TRITC, Texas Red, GFP, CFP, Cy5 are the other direction of Optolong. Filters we produce are with the dark background and bight...

Optolong Optics Co. Ltd., brand owner of Optolong, is a manufacturer of fluorescence filters and astronomy filters. We also offer other interference filters including UV filters, visible filters, and...

As customer needs grow and businesses look for ways to maintain or increase throughput, enhance efficiency, and drive revenue, industrial automation technologies become increasingly important....

Specim FX17, the smallest and fastest InGaAs Near Infrared (900 – 1700 nm) hyperspectral camera designed for industrial machine vision. Specim FX17 operates in the near-infrared region and can...

FOCtek provides customers with all types of custom manufactured lenses, Precision Optical Components, Polarizing Optics, Prisms, Filters, Coatings, Optical Systems, Crystals, Nonlinear Crystals,...

ISO 9001 & ISO 13485 certified and D&B DUNS # 113515303 Shanghai Optics is an unparalleled custom system solution provider offering advance precision custom optical design, engineering,...

Excelitas Technologies® Corp. is a leading industrial technology manufacturer focused on delivering innovative, market-driven photonic solutions to meet the illumination, optical, optronic,...

Teledyne DALSA is a part of Teledyne’s Vision Solutions group and a leader in the design, manufacture, and deployment of digital imaging components for machine vision. Teledyne DALSA image...