Sony has unveiled their latest HD network video cameras at ASIS 2009, the SNC-CH140 a fixed network camera and the SNC-DH140 a fixed mini-dome network camera. The new cameras include Sony’s new high-speed Exmore CMOS sensors which are designed to offer high image quality along with high sensitivity which is required for security applications in difficult low lighting and high...
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Three Machine Vision Trade Associations (AIA, EMVA, JIIA) Reach Agreement to Develop Global Industry Standards
(Ann Arbor, Michigan - November 3, 2009) Leaders from the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), European Machine Vision Association (EMVA), and Japan Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA) today signed an agreement to cooperatively develop and promote global machine vision standards in Stuttgart Germany during the VISION trade fair. Up to this point, each association has developed industry standards on its own; these...Toshiba Imaging Systems Division Appoints New Sales Director
November 17, 2009 – Irvine, CA – Mr. Shinsaku Momoi, Vice President and General Manager of Toshiba America’s Imaging Systems Division (TAIS), announces the appointment of Mr. Paul Dempster to the position of Director, Medical Imaging and Factory Automation, effective immediately. Mr. Dempster will oversee sales, business development, and marketing activities for Toshiba’s advanced video imaging technology and high resolution...PixeLINK offers line of machine vision and microscopy cameras designed to conform to user specifications
With over 200 industrial camera configurations to choose from, PixeLINK's line of life sciences and machine vision cameras and software are designed for high-productivity image acquisition applications where detailed analysis is required. PixeLINK, a leading manufacturer of Firewire (IEEE1394), USB 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) cameras, realizes the importance of flexibility when it comes to designing a line of cameras...Sony Discontinues Black and White Machine Vision Camera Link Cameras (XCL-V500 and XCL-X700)
Effictive December 15, 2009, SONY has announced the discontinuation of their XCL-V500 and XCL-X700 Camera Link cameras. The XCL-V500 and XCL-X700 are 1/3 type progressive scan, B/W, C-mount CCD machine vision cameras that capture high quality black and white images at a high frame rate in a lightweight body. As of today there is no word on what the replacement...World's First USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB) Product Gets Certified while Rumors Swirl About Delay of Release of World's First USB-3.0 Capable Motherboard
In September, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) announced the first certified SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) commercially available product. The host controller from NEC Electronics Corporation will enable the SuperSpeed USB ecosystem and represents the first step to broad adoption among host and peripheral device manufacturers. NEC Electronics` µPD720200 host controller uses a PCI Express Gen 2 system interface bus, allowing...2009 Nobel Prize in Physics co-awarded to inventors of CCD Sensor
Last month, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences made the annoucement that the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three people who have contributed groundbreaking achievements which helped to shape the foundations of today’s networked societies. Charles K. Kao of Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK, and Chinese University of Hong Kong was awarded "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the...New SONY FCB / EVI Handheld, Programmable Camera Controller Increases Flexibility and Ease of Use of Camera Assemblies
October 3, 2009 - Arizona based Aegis Electronic Group, Inc., a stocking distributor specializing in the distribution, integration and support of visible and Near IR cameras, components and modified integrated system solutions for industrial and machine vision imaging applications has announced the upcoming release of a new configurable, push button controller created specifically for SONY’s lines of FCB block cameras...Analog Cameras Still Play a Role - They are Widely Available and Cost Less than Digital Cameras
Several months back I wrote a bit on the survival of analog cameras and their place in the industrial imaging industry, "Analog isn't dead yet, Sentech's STC-400 and its counterparts still have a place in industrial imaging." Today I ran across a similar article from Test & Measurement World that I found interesting... Analog cameras still play a role Analog...SONY Introduces XCG Series Cameras With GigE Vision Interface For Package and Print Inspection Applications
Sony Electronics will exhibit its new XCG series of vision cameras using the GigE Vision® interface at the 2009 PACK EXPO show. These four new cameras address a range of vision applications, including a new model that offers ultra-high 5-megapixel resolution and another that provides outstanding image quality in extreme low-light conditions. The GigE interface incorporated in the XCG series...