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Image Processing Basics: Hough-transform

07.09.2009 - he Hough-transform is best known as a method "to find straight lines" in an image. Unfortunately, people who encounter the concept for the first time usually are somewhat irritated...

A Paradigm Shift for Inspection

07.09.2009 - Advances in non-contact measurement technology, processes and techniques have created momentum in the application of digital shape sampling and processing (DSSP) for driving a...

Machine Vision in the UK

12.08.2009 - The UK Industrial Vision Association (UKIVA) was established in 1992 as a not-for profit trade organization whose prime objective was to promote the use of imaging in industry...

FireWire and GigE Racing for the Pole Position

06.08.2009 - The GigE Vision standard is rapidly gaining market share over other machine vision camera interfaces. Does that mean that FireWire, the currently leading digital interface, is...

Technology Trend Survey for Industrial Vision Cameras

06.08.2009 - Machine Vision market surveys mostly address economic aspects and naturally try to cover all facets and technologies of the field. Single technical aspects can very rarely be...

Optical Metrology Basics: Spectral Sensors

05.08.2009 - A spectral sensor is a miniaturized spectrometer equipped with a detector array. The spectrometer spreads the incoming bunch of rays according to wavelengths, and the detector...

Machine Vision

Eyes Wide Open for Innovation

05.08.2009 - Do innovations need time or can they be achieved in the wink of an eye? Both is true for the Berlin based vision company Chronos Vision. Their "Eye Tracking Device" has been in use...

Machine Vision

Perfect Surfaces

05.08.2009 - The automotive industry is putting great effort into surface quality assurance of body components and bodies-in-white. Experienced inspectors find defects on the surfaces, like...

Machine Vision

New Possibilities

04.08.2009 - Otto Junker simplifies measuring processes at its stainless steel foundry with a Leica Geosystems Laser Tracker. The high quality of the machined parts speaks for itself due to the...

Machine Vision

Green Mobility

04.08.2009 - The issues surrounding environmentally friendly transportation and efficient personal mobility remain high on the green agendas of both automotive manufacturers and international...