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Vision Ensures Lithium-Ion Batteries Make the Grade
The international consulting firm McKinsey forecasts that the entire process chain for producing lithium-ion batteries, from extracting the materials to recycling, will reach more than $400 billion by 2030. Roughly 30% of the value created is attributable to cell production. The process of battery cell production is divided into three steps: electrode production, cell assembly, and formation and...
Detecting Dents and Damage in Aluminum Cans Using AI Computer Vision
Predictive artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning are rapidly undergoing adoption for computer vision tasks in automation and manufacturing. Applications that were previously impossible with...
Vision-Powered Cobots Improve Speed and Quality of Inspections
Cobots assisted by machine vision with AI can aid manufacturers with automating assembly and inspection processes, and offer numerous advantages in industries from automotive and packaging to food...
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The broadening reach of AI
In our very first issue of Vision Spectra, published in the spring of 2019, our cover story delved into the role of AI and machine vision to perform defect recognition. Software vendors and system integrators had successfully integrated convolutional neural networks to label images to accurately classify defects. Industries such as food and beverage, automotive, and electronics were early...
Vision in Action
Ensuring Perfectly Printed Coins at the Hamburg Mint
The Hamburg Mint in Hamburg, Germany, has been in operation since 834 C.E., making it one of the oldest mints in Germany. Given its rich heritage, the mint’s operators have gone to great...
Machine Vision Ensures Error-Free Braille for Pharmaceuticals
There are 256 million people out of the global population who are visually impaired, according to data compiled by the National Library of Medicine. Many of them rely on braille, a system of touch...
The News Wire
Dotphoton, SATLANTIS Enter into Commercial Partnership
Dotphoton and optical technology developer SATLANTIS have entered into a commercial partnership that adds Dotphoton’s technology onto SATLANTIS’ satellites. Dotphoton chairman José Achache and SATLANTIS CEO Juan Tomás Hernani. Courtesy of Dotphoton. Dotphoton’s Jetraw raw image compressor will be added to the satellites to enable them to collect and transmit raw...
Zebra Enhances Generative AI for Mobile
Zebra Technologies said that it has successfully demonstrated a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) large language model (LLM) running on Zebra hand-held mobile computers and tablets without...
Teledyne FLIR, Ansys Integrate LWIR Data into ADAS Sensor Suite
Teldyne FLIR and Ansys have launched a collaboration to integrate longwave-infrared (LWIR) information into advanced driver assistance and autonomous vehicle systems. The companies announced that...
FRAMOS Breaks Ground on Production Facility in Croatia
Sensor technology company FRAMOS broke ground on the construction of its new campus in Cakovec, Croatia, into which the company said it plans to move next year. The facility marks the largest...
Wenglor Acquires AI, Image Processing Startup deevio
Photoelectronic sensors and machine vision cameras developer wenglor sensoric group acquired the AI and image processing startup deevio GmbH. The acquisition opens opportunities for future...
Advantech Acquires Image Acquisition Specialist BitFlow
Industrial IoT technology developer Advantech has acquired image acquisition and AI machine vision technology firm BitFlow Inc. Per the cash acquisition, Advantech said, it will further...
Cognex Acquires Machine Vision Optics Developer Moritex Corp.
Cognex will acquire Yokohama, Japan-based Moritex Corp. in a deal worth ¥40 billion ($274.1 million). The deal, Cognex said, supports its penetration into what the company called the high-growth...
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Compact Depth and RGB Camera
The Femto Bolt from Orbbec is a compact, multimode depth and RGB camera system. With USB-C connection for power and data, the camera uses Microsoft’s time-of-flight technology and has identical operating modes and performance as the Microsoft Azure Kinect and Orbbec Femto Mega. It also features a field of view of 120°, up to 15 fps at 1024 × 1024 or 30 fps at 640 × 576 depth...
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Small Embedded Vision FPGAs
The Lattice CrossLinkU™-NX FPGA Series from Latice Semiconductor are FPGAs with integrated USB device functionality to help accelerate USB-equipped system designs and simplify thermal...
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Condition Monitoring Camera
The Industrial DashCam 1 000 from IMAGO Technologies is a condition monitoring camera that monitors machine operations and technical equipment in real time. It records high-resolution video up to...
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MEMS Autofocus Actuator
The MEMS Autofocus Actuator for Active Athermalization in Embedded Vision Cameras from Sheba Microsystems Inc. was made to be used in automotive, action, drones, machine vision, security and...
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Compact IR Zoom Lens
The Ophir® FoldIR 30 - 450 mm f/3.4 continuous zoom lens from MKS Instruments Inc. is a long-range, compact folded optics IR zoom lens for gimbal systems and payloads in air-land-sea...
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Volumetric Capture Software
The eCapture Pro Software from Emergent Vision Technologies supports GPUDirect, H.265 and H.264 video codecs, and real-time messaging protocol streaming. It offers an intuitive graphical interface...
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LWIR Camera Cores
The line of OEM cores from LightPath Technologies are high frame-rate long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) microbolometer imaging cores made for high-speed thermal imaging including railway inspection,...
LightPath Technologies Inc.
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Polarization Camera
The CELERA One P from Alkeria is a part of their polarization camera series. Based on a single USB3 interface, the product gives the possibility to perform inspections in a smaller package. With a...
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Long-range Cameras
The Alvium FP3 and Alvium GM2 long-range cameras from Allied Vision Technologies GmbH feature FPD-Link III and GMSL2 interfaces. The interfaces overcome the limited cable length of CSI-2...
Allied Vision Technologies GmbH
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High-Speed Inspection System
A high-speed 3D imaging system for inspecting connector pins by Chromasens is fully automated and capable of extremely high throughput and accuracy. It consists of a Chromasens 3DPIXA stereo...
Chromasens GmbH
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Mini-ITX Board
The PH14ADI-Q670-12V mini-ITX board from ICP Deutschland is a powerful and versatile solution for AI applications, vision automation, computer aided design (CAD) and controls, and industrial...
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Extended SWIR Hyperspectral Camera
The Hinalea Imaging Model 4455 extended shortwave-infrared (XSWIR) hyperspectral camera from SphereOptics GmbH covers the 1200- to 2100-nm range. The camera offers high spectral and spatial...
SphereOptics GmbH
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Flash LiDAR
The Mojave LiDAR from PreAct Technologies is a high-performance, low-cost sensor solution suitable for various applications such as smart cities, robotics, cargo monitoring, patient monitoring, and...
PreAct Technologies
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10 GigE Cameras
10 GigE uEye Warp10 camera models from IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH feature onsemi XGS sensors up to 45 MP for industrial automation. The onsemi global shutter sensors provide...
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
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Time-of-flight Cameras
The DS86 and DS87 3D time-of-flight cameras from Vzense Technology Inc. offer improved precision and resolution. The devices are based on Sony’s continuous-wave indirect time-of-flight...
Vzense Technology Inc.
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Edge AI Inference Computer
The Nuvo-9166GC edge artificial intelligence (AI) inference computer from Neousys Technology Inc. supports the Intel® 13th/12th-Gen CPU and the NVIDIA® L4 GPU. The platform delivers...
Neousys Technology Inc.
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Neuromorphic Vision Development Module
The Speck™ Demo Kit from SynSense enables users to rapidly deploy and validate event-based neuromorphic vision applications. The compact development module incorporates the ultralow-power...
SynSense
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