Intelligent cameras for industrial environments, first introduced in 1995 at the VISION trade fair, are currently conquering a wide range of applications. Smart Cameras from Vision Components, which execute all image processing routines by themselves without the need for an additional PC, are a prime example. During the last weeks, the Ettlingen-based company concluded several major contracts.
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As is appropriate for the SPS/IPC/DRIVES trade fair, Vision & Control proudly presents the first combined hardware and software Smart Camera package employing a gigahertz signal processor. The pictor® M1817E intelligent camera is thereby the most powerful Smart Camera in the world using a universal graphic programming principle. The new Smart Camera from Vision & Control is an ideal automation component for mechanical and plant engineers as well as for automation technicians.
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SAC GmbH and Smart Camera expert Vision Components have jointly developed a compact, user-friendly machine vision solution. The EYESPECTOR 1.4 series consists of hardware from Vision Components and image processing software based on SAC's proven interpreter tool Coake. The units are programmed directly over the network. Operation is easy thanks to a drag&drop approach, which allows users to solve demanding image processing tasks without extensive programming knowledge. An integrated PLC facilitates the connection to machines and plants.
Read MorePhotonfocus ist Hersteller von CMOS Bildsensoren und CMOS Kameras für CMOS Vision Systeme. Photonfocus Bildsensoren basieren auf einer eigenen CMOS
Read MoreImage acquisition interfaces, platforms as Linux or Windows or standards as FireWire or GigE: HALCON is highly flexible and can be combined with all important machine vision components within the market. Moreover, HALCON is already armed for future standards.
MVTec Software GmbH, Munich, Germany, expects its proven hardware independency to become an even more important market concept in the machine vision industry. It is the key for users to keep flexible when changing their hardware components. HALCON’s flexibility is unique within the machine vision industry:
MVTec showcases a unique solution for bin picking with machine vision standard software.
The future of robotics will be 3D machine vision. That is what MVTec Software GmbH, Munich, believes. Thus, MVTec showcases at the world’s leading fair for machine vision, the VISION 06 (2006, Nov 7-9) in Stuttgart, Germany, a robot that can see with two cameras what it is doing. MVTec’s standard software library HALCON makes this possible.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass – The Value Engineering Alliance, a leading provider of machine vision solutions, announces a new addition, the PIATI__SBC, to its comprehensive PIATI™ family of ECC200 Data Matrix decoder solutions.
Die JenCam GmbH kündigt die neue hochauflösende Progressive Scan Kamera XC-HR90 von Sony an.
Kompakte analoge Progressive-Scan-Kamera liefert SXGA-Auflösung bei voller Framerate
Steuerung über RS-232 möglich
Die Image Sensing Solutions Division von Sony Europe (Sony ISS) meldet die Einführung einer neuen analogen Progressive Scan (PS) Kamera, die trotz SXGA-Auflösung auf eine hohe Framerate von 30 fps kommt. Die kompakte Kamera des Typs XC-HR90 empfiehlt sich durch ihre beispiellose Kombination aus Genauigkeit und Schnelligkeit für industrielle Inspektions-Anwendungen in Bereichen wie Elektronikfertigung, Robotertechnik sowie die Verpackungs , Automobil , Nahrungsmittel und Getränkeindustrie.
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VC4458 from Vision Components
With a maximum frame rate of 200 fps (400 fps in binning mode) and an integrated 1 GHz (8,000 MIPS) DSP from Texas Instruments, the VC4458 is the most powerful Smart Camera from Vision Components’ new VC44xx series.
New Infrared Bandpass Filters for Machine Vision Imaging
Vision Light Tech has introduced two new near-IR bandpass filters, BP850 and BP880, specifically designed for use in industrial imaging systems. Available from stock in all popular thread sizes, they feature higher peak transmission and improved longer wavelength blocking when compared to filters previously recommended.
