Vision + Automation Products

CCD camera offers multiple formats

GE4900 16-Mpixel camera runs at 3 frames/s at 4872 × 3248-pixel resolution over a GigE Vision-compliant Gigabit Ethernet interface. The camera incorporates a Kodak KAI-16000 progressive-scan CCD sensor with electronic global shutter for capturing high-speed motion events. Exposure times are programmable from 1/100,000 s to 60 s. The GE4900 offers advanced functionality including asynchronous external trigger and sync, automatic exposure and white-balance, region of interest read-out, and binning modes to 8 × 8. Available in either monochrome or color, the GE4900 provides uncompressed digital output in Mono8, Mono16, Bayer8, or Bayer16 image formats.
Prosilica
Burnaby, BC, Canada,
www.prosilica.com

Frame grabber has four CVBS inputs

FALCONplus, a frame grabber with a x1 PCI Express interface, features four CVBS inputs for connecting color or monochrome cameras (PAL, NTSC, or SECAM), as well as one CVBS output. The 12 digital inputs and 8 digital outputs allow connection of external sensors such as photosensors or motion detectors. In addition, 24-V voltage levels can be switched using optocoupler I/Os. The frame grabber comes with an SDK for all current Windows operating systems, as well as Linux. A TWAIN driver, an ActiveX component, and a DirectShow driver are also available.
IDS Imaging Development Systems
Obersulm, Germany
www.ids-imaging.de

Dual linescan camera has better responsivity

Spyder3 linescan camera has three times more responsivity and twice the speed of the Spyder2. It achieves throughput of 80 Mpixels/s. Key features include broadband responsivity up to 408 DN/(nJ/cm2), Camera Link configuration for easy integration into existing systems, and flat-field correction. The Spyder3 CL is available immediately for 1k and 2k resolutions.
DALSA
Waterloo, ON, Canada
www.dalsa.com

Video analytics library

InstantVision ISE 3.0, an integrated image-processing software environment, has tools and libraries optimized to run at high speeds on embedded vision systems. It features a new video analytics library designed to help application developers and system integrators working in security/surveillance video-content analysis to build embedded applications with reduced time to market. The InstantVision libraries can be ported to any platform and also come ready for use on a PC to facilitate rapid prototyping. They are optimized for the Texas Instruments TMS320C64xx series of DSPs.
Eutecus
Berkeley, CA, USA
www.eutecus.com

Stages provide continuous travel

ABRT series rotary air-bearing stages provide 360° continuous travel with resolution to 0.027 arc sec. Payload capacity is up to 69 kg. Design features large air-bearing surfaces and innovative preloading for high stiffness and load capacity, producing good axial and radial error motions and good tilt error motion (asynchronous is <0.04 arc sec).
Aerotech
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
www.aerotech.com

Camera has selectable output

With an active resolution of 2456 × 2058 pixels running at 12 frames/s, the GD-155000 is a 2/3-in. 5-Mpixel camera featuring a GigE interface. The GD-155000 incorporates a Sony ICX625 progressive-scan CCD sensor. Features include 12-bit, 10-bit, or 8-bit selectable digital output, dynamic channel balance, RS-485, audio CODEC, temperature sensor, and RJ-45 connector. The camera measures 34 × 34 × 68 mm.
GEViCAM
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
www.gevicam.com

Analyzer evaluates digital cameras

DxO Analyzer version 3.1, which incorporates improvements in noise and color-sensitivity assessment under low-light conditions, depth-of-focus measurement, and measurement of light, color shading, and flash across the image field, also features a new user interface to improve usability and increase data-processing speed. It can be used to evaluate, diagnose, and fine-tune products and prototypes in all industries that use image-capture devices. DxO Analyzer includes test lab specifications and equipment, detailed documentation, and automated analysis software.
DxO Labs
Paris, France
www.dxo.com

Laser modules align materials

Series of industry-grade laser-diode modules for machine-vision and alignment applications are easy to use plug-and-play and are suitable for alignment and positioning of materials including garments, cloth, paper, stone, wood, and metal. The lasers offer a range of projections including adjustable line, uniform or Gaussian, crosshair, line arrays, multiple dots, concentric rings, and scope. Different models offer both bright red and green light and variable intensities to maximize the visual appearance of the projection against the darkest materials.
Frankfurt Laser Company
Friedrichsdorf, Germany
www.frlaserco.com

Software can do more

LightTools 6.0 includes a user-defined optical properties feature that provides flexibility in creating specialty optical components, allowing modeling of application-specific, proprietary elements such as specialty polarization components, grating components (with efficiency calculations), scattering surfaces (including anamorphic scatterers), and coating definitions. In addition, LightTools 6.0 allows modeled elements to be immersed in one another in multiple levels.
Optical Research Associates
Pasadena, CA, USA
www.opticalres.com

Device converts microscope

MicroPhase from PhaseView is a 3-D topography device based on digital phase technology for surface characterization and 3-D measurements such as profiles, heights, roughness, and waviness parameters. Topography images can be obtained in less than 5 s with nanometer resolution. No alteration of standard microscopy observation modes is needed. It can be used with any transmission or reflection microscope equipped with a video port, without the need for additional optical components or accessories.
Armstrong Optical
Northampton, UK
www.armstrongoptical.co.uk

Frame grabber is flexible

Frame grabber for PCI Express interface, microEnable IV-BASE x1, supports up to two Base cameras or one Medium camera. Besides integrated preprocessing features such as multitap sorting and improvement of the image quality by a knee lookup table, the series offers high scalability and flexibility. The functionality of the frame grabber can be enhanced by add-on cards, for example, for the distribution of the camera signal to up to 256 frame grabbers or PCs, for a real-time image processing ability by a coprocessor board, or control of external periphery by the trigger interface. microEnable IV-BASE x1 is delivered with diagnosis and configuration software and in conjunction with a PixelPlant coprocessor.
Silicon Software
Mannheim, Germany
www.silicon-software.com

Single-channel board added

MJPEG/MPEG4 single-channel miniature 38-mm server board, the 60SV12VA, has been designed with a variety of features for control and customization. Features include software upgradeable via FTP, video fine-tune control, and TCP/IP, DHCP, HTTP, SNTP. DDNS, UPNP, PPPoE network protocols.
Videology Imaging Solutions
Greenville, RI, USA
www.videologyinc.com

Cameras have twice frame rate

Digital progressive-scan CCD cameras-CM-140 MCL, CB-140 MCL, CM-200 MCL, and CB-200 MCL-are digital Mini Camera Link (Mini-CL) versions of the company’s analog CV-A1 and CV-A2 cameras. By implementing the Mini-CL interface standard, the camera housing is kept at 29 x 44 x 66 mm. This means that machine-vision systems using analog cameras can switch (drop-in replacements) to Mini-CL. With 1.45-Mpixel resolution, the CM-140 MCL/CB-140 MCL cameras operate at a maximum of 31 frames/s, while the CM-200 MCL/CB-200 MCL have 2-Mpixel resolution and operate at maximum of 25 frames/s. Both monochrome and Bayer mosaic color versions are available.
JAI
San Jose, CA, USA
www.jai.com

Toolset has expanded features

PresencePLUSPro-PROII-has an expanded toolset for advanced operations. All PROII controllers include a suite of gray-scale tools-including locate, pattern find and count, geometric find and count, edge, object, blob, average gray scale, and optional barcode reader. The Pro features a DIN-mountable controller with a compact camera. Standard gray-scale cameras are available for accurate analysis at high speeds and the high-resolution 1.3-Mpixel models feature 1280 x 1024-pixel resolution for extra detail or extended sensing field of view. Color cameras offer a 752 x 480-pixel resolution for detecting a specific color and unlimited color variations in the camera’s field of view.
Banner Engineering
Minneapolis, MN, USA
www.bannerengineering.com

Cameras are for harsh locations

Modular setup of matrix cameras, TXF- and TXD models, supports IEEE1394b interface with data-transfer rates up to 80 Mbytes/s. While the TXD cameras support the DCAM standard, the TXF cameras can utilize the advantages of asynchronous data transfer (more bandwidth and safe data transfer). Both lines consist of six models with resolutions from VGA up to 2 million pixels, achieving frame rates to 90 frames/s. The robust housing design, suitable for industrial environments, is 36 × 36 × 48 mm. The software-development kit provides functions for integration of the camera into existing application software under Windows and Linux.
Baumer Optronic
Radeberg, Germany
www.baumeroptronic.com

CMOS cameras have global shutter

Cameras in the DS1-D1024-40-CL-10 and DS1-D1024-40-U2-10 series support cost-sensitive machine-vision applications. Features include 1024 × 1024-pixel resolution, global shutter, dynamic range up to 60 dB, Camera Link and USB 2.0 interfaces, and superior signal-to-noise ratio.
Photonfocus
Lachen, Switzerland
www.photonfocus.com

Camera supports microscopy

Micro thermal-imaging system includes a new camera with greater sensitivity, 16-bit digital Camera Link interface, and a microscopic lens with 2-µm spatial resolution. Micro is used to detect shorts and defects on semiconductor devices and small circuit boards. It can also measure junction temperature, identify die-bonding defects, and measure packaged die thermal resistance. Its optical mounting table provides a sturdy platform with vibration isolation on which to perform sensitive testing. The thermal stage provides both heating and cooling for precise device temperature control.
OptoTherm
Sewickley, PA, USA
www.optotherm.com

Telecentric lens offers high res

Micromachine lens, the SOD-10X, delivers up to 20X magnification without affecting resolution or numerical aperture. It has 1.5-mm spatial resolution, five times the resolution of standard micromachine lenses. Additionally benefiting from a high numerical aperture (0.23) and long working distance, the SOD-10X is for demanding applications such as semiconductor or LCD alignment and inspection. C-mountable SOD-10X is highly telecentric providing the best possible image for repeatable and accurate image processing.
Moritex Europe
Cambridge, UK
www.moritex.com

Board is for image acquisition

Camera Link PCI Express frame grabber, part of the Grablink series, complies with the Base configuration of the new Camera Link standard 1.2. This revision includes Power over Camera Link, which allows a single Camera Link cable to supply power on top of transferring high-speed images and controlling the camera. The Grablink Express board acquires 24-bit images at 85 MHz. It offers simple and reliable linescan acquisition and full support of area-scan cameras.
Euresys
Angleur, Belgium
www.euresys.com

Automated system performs NDT

Argos infrared measurement systems permit fast, objective, and automated nondestructive testing. Argos systems are suitable for industrial quality control by allowing the automated classification of materials, components, and products. The system consists of an IR camera, an excitation source, and an evaluation unit. The measurement procedure is automated and customer optimized. The Argos system can be integrated into existing automated production areas. Four different models are available: Argos WS, Argos WP, Argos DL, and Argos GL.
IRCAM
Erlangen, Germany
www.ircam.de

IR lens has continuous zoom

LWIR 3X zoom lens features continuous IR zoom technology for high performance at 25 and 75 mm and every focal length in between. You can choose any angular field of view from 6° to 18°. The lens maintains focus at all focal lengths.
Computer Optics
Hudson, NH, USA
www.computeroptics.com

Digital camera is fast

Updated Phantom v7 series SR-CMOS sensors are designed for extremely high speed while supplying resolution that exceeds or matches that of small and medium format motion-picture film. These sensors have on-chip circuitry that provides true “snap shot” shutter capabilities, auto exposure, and pixel-level extreme dynamic range control to extend picture quality in harsh lighting conditions. The Phantom sensors offer 8- or optional 14-bit depth. The v7.3 color image sensors have a user-selectable bit depth of 24, 36, or 48 bit color images.
Vision Research
Wayne, NJ, USA
www.visionresearch.com

Camera is for high speed

SU-LDH digital linescan SWIR camera for spectroscopy and machine-vision applications increases line rates for 1024 pixels to more than 40,000 lines/s, making the camera ideal for optical coherence tomography and high-data-rate industrial process control. Standard or extended InGaAs wavelength ranges are available from 0.8 to 1.7 µm and 1.0 to 2.2 µm. Square pixels for machine vision or rectangular pixels for spectroscopy can be selected and configured with optional 256-, 512-, or 1024-pixel arrays on a 25-µm-pixel pitch, or alternatively a 50-µm-pixel pitch for 256 and 512 arrays. The 14-bit Camera Link compatible output and control combined with a rugged enclosure ensures low maintenance and easy integration into high-performance imaging systems.
Goodrich SUI team (Sensors Unlimited)
Princeton, NJ, USA
www.isr.goodrich.com/sui

Cameras support interfaces

DVC-1500 is a new platform for the Sony ICX285 ExViewHAD progressive-scan CCD sensor, offering dual-speed, 20- and 40-MHz readouts. Higher frame rates can be achieved in 40-MHz readout with variable binning and region-of-interest operation. It offers enhanced near-IR sensitivity with 1.4-Mpixel resolution and a range of operational and triggering modes. The 1500 series supports the higher-bandwidth Camera Link and Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Available options include single- and dual-stage cooling. Applications include near-IR cellular, dermal, and surveillance imaging; low-light fluorescence; machine vision; multispectral imaging.
DVC
Austin, TX, USA
www.dvcco.com

Computer has dual display capability

PCM-4390 CPU module with onboard Intel Core Duo processor is built with industrial-grade components and special vibration-proof connectors to provide a reliable embedded platform suitable for high-vibration and wide-temperature-range applications. PCM-4390 can support dual independent LVDS (36/48-bit) displays. The series is compliant with PCI-104, PC/104+, and PC/104, allowing additional I/O expansion modules to be easily stacked for greater functionality. To further enhance its robustness, PCM-4390 uses a USB-DOM solid-state disk solution.
Advantech
Irvine, CA, USA
www.advantech.com

Camera offers high speed

CSB1000 camera has uncompressed rates of 443 frames/s at 1280 × 1024-pixel resolution for high-speed, smear-free image capture in harsh environments. Compact and easily mounted, the monochrome camera offers window-of-interest (WOI) functionality that speeds image processing by reading only arbitrary regions designated by the end user and achieves image readout as high as 1722 frames/s at VGA resolution. Other features are global shutter and dual slope. The CSB1000 uses standard C-mount lenses and 12-Vdc power.
Toshiba Teli America
Irvine, CA, USA
www.toshiba-teli.com

Lenses are for industrial use

Three high-resolution fixed-focal-lenses are compatible with 1/1.8- and 1/2-in. megapixel CCD factory-automation and machine-vision cameras for industrial use. Imaging for most applications can be achieved without attaching a close-up extension ring. This helps boost system reliability and lower overall costs. Lenses meet the European RoHS Directive, which restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.
Tamron USA
Commack, NY, USA
www.tamron.com