Vision 2004 Highlights
-- Test & Measurement World, 10/19/2004 9:35:00 AM
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STUTTGART, GERMANY. The Vision 2004 trade fair (www.messe-stuttgart.de) running October 19-21, 2004, opened today, hosting more than 182 exhibitors, with 39% coming from outside Germany, representing 20 countries. Many of those exhibitors are displaying a variety of machine-vision and inspection systems and components for electronic, automotive, and robotic applications
For example, Coreco Imaging (www.imaging.com) is highlighting two image-acquisition boards: its new X64-CL iPro dual-image model and the X64-AN Quad, which interfaces with up to four independent analog cameras. The $900 (in OEM quantities) X64-CL iPro board supports acquisition clock rates to 85 MHz; it includes 32 megabytes of dedicated on-board frame-buffer memory and an FPGA-based on-board processing engine. It can decode multiple Bayer patterns and provides shading correction for two monochrome cameras for on-the-fly flat-line and flat-field correction with dead pixel correction. The $1500 (in OEM quantities) board supports four-camera multiple-view inspection applications and also includes on-board buffer memory; both models support the vendor’s "Trigger to Image Reliability" technology.
A sampling of other exhibitors include these firms:
--Redlake (www.redlake.com) is demonstrating its MotionXtra HG-TH high-speed multihead camera system for automotive testing and other applications; its MotionPro HS Series cameras, which support USB 2.0 and are compatible with LabView and Matlab plug-ins; and its MegaPlus II family of cameras for applications including wire bonding and flat-panel-display applications.
--MVTec Software (www.mvtech.com) is showing Release 3.0 of its ActivVisionTools software, which now supports multiple images from frame grabbers and directly connected cameras. The new software supports an ActiveX user interface that enables users to grab and process images from multiple sources interactively and instantly.
--Matrix Vision (www.matrix-vision.de) is highlighting cameras including its new mvBlueFOX, an industrial camera with a high-speed USB interface in a compact case. It includes a trigger input and flash connection, and it supports the same CCD sensors incorporated in Matrix Vision’s mvBlueLYNX series. Available resolutions extend from 640 x 480 pixels up to 1600 x 1200 pixels. Integrated preprocessing handles chores like Bayer-Mosaic color conversion to minimize processor load.
In addition, Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions division (www.sony.com) is demonstrating a prerelease version of its XCD-V50 camera linked via an IEEE 1394b link to a Sony VAIO PC equipped with a 1394b interface board. The camera captures full-resolution VGA images at 60 frames per second.
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