Vision-Standard News from IVSM The International Vision Standards Meeting (IVSM) took place in Stresa (Italy) at the beginning of October. Chris Beynon, CTO of Active Silicon and Technical Chair for CoaXPress, summarized some of the results for USB3 Vision, GigE Vision, CoaXPress and GenICam in a short article.
Cognex Acquires Sualab Cognex announces the acquisition of Sualab, a leading Korean-based developer of vision software using deep learning for industrial applications. The purchase price is $195m. Sualab was co-founded in 2013 by Song Kiyoung, who will join Cognex. The addition of the new engineering team and intellectual property is expected to enhance...
Fraunhofer Guide Hyperspectral Imaging The Fraunhofer Vision Alliance has published the 19th volume of its guide series. The guide to hyperspectral image processing can be purchased at shop.vision.fraunhofer.de or in bookshops for a nominal fee of 37,45€. The 96-page publication provides a practice-oriented overview of hyperspectral image processing and...
inVISION News TV: Focus on CT In the new episode of inVISION News TV we present three interesting novelties from the field of computer tomography (CT). These come from Volume Graphics, Werth Messtechnik and BAM (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing). We wish you a lot of fun with the three-minute video.
New Head of Zeiss Research Microscopy Solutions Effective October 1, Dr. Michael Albiez became Head of the Research Microscopy Solutions strategic business unit (RMS SBU) at Zeiss and, with this appointment, a Member of the Management Team for the Zeiss Industrial Quality & Research (IQR) segment. He has also been appointed Managing Director of Carl Zeiss...
25 Years of AIM-D AIM-D e.V. - the AIM-Inc.-Chapter for Germany, Austria and Switzerland - was founded 25 years ago and since then has been intensively and successfully taking care of the needs of the AutoID/AIDC industry. Today, AIM-D has over 120 members in the DACH region.
Matrox Training Design Assistant Rauscher is hosting the Matrox Vision Academy's Design Assistant Developer Training from November 25 to 27 in Amsterdam. During three days, Matrox application engineers and software developers will explain how image processing applications can be quickly implemented without traditional programming using the Matrox Design...
VDMA Exchange Vision System Integration The Robotics + Automation Association wants to offer its members a platform for exchange on topics such as AI, OPC UA, Robot Vision, virtual commissioning, etc. Four best-practice reports from the membership will be followed by discussion and exchange. For the kick-off on 15 November at the VDMA in Frankfurt, four...
Kick-off for AI Standardization Roadmap During the kick-off event of the Artificial Intelligence Standardization Roadmap at the BMWi, DIN and VDE|DKE will be discussing the topic together with around 300 experts and interested parties. In seven workshops, the course will then be set for further work on the standardization roadmap, which will be presented...
New Sales Manager at Wenzel Christian Fuchs (l.) and David Taylor took over the responsibility for the sales activities at Wenzel as of October 1, 2019. Fuchs is the new Sales Director of the Wenzel Group and is responsible for all sales activities worldwide. Taylor as European Sales Director is responsible for the activities of subsidiaries in Europe.
AI Startup Umbo Raises $8m Umbo Computer Vision, an artificial intelligence company that specializes in autonomous video security, announced today that it's raised an $8m post-A round, bringing funding to a total of $17.6 million to date. Umbo will use the investment to help accelerate its global sales expansion and improve its portfolio of AI-powered...
Formfactor acquires FRT Formfactor announces the acquisition of FRT, based in Germany. The acquisition strengthens Formfactor's leadership in test and measurement by expanding its addressable market into 3D surface metrology. Formfactor paid ?19.7m in cash for the acquisition. Up to ?10.3m of additional cash consideration may be payable subject to the...
Financing for Medical Startup After a mid-six-figure seed round in spring 2018, the Vienna startup Contextflow now received a further investment. Founded in 2016 as a spin-off of MedUni Vienna and TU Vienna, Contextflow specializes in deep learning based image analysis in radiology. Doctors can use the software to make more accurate diagnoses - currently...
Hummingbird Receives $10m Funding UK remote sensing startup Hummingbird has closed its Series B funding round on $10m. Hummingbird, founded in London in 2016, uses drones, AI and satellite imagery to produce high-resolution maps that help farmers forecast crop stress, pinpoint disease and weeds, and predict yields within 24 hours.
Sebastien Dignard is New President of Ienso Sebastien Dignard has been appointed president of Ienso, a leading provider of embedded imaging and wireless technologies for consumer and commercial applications. The company's solutions are increasingly being integrated into consumer and commercial products including home automation, automotive, drones,...
Active Silicon Extends its Presence in China In partnership with local distributer Optiger, Active Silicon is strengthening its presence in the Chinese machine vision market. The UK-based manufacturer of imaging products currently works with nearly a dozen distributors in the Far East and even more worldwide. Furthermore, with the appointment of Active...
The compact autofocus camera uEye XC (32x61x19mm) from IDS is equipped with a 13MP onsemi sensor and is now available with two different protocols: USB3 Vision or as a UVC version.
Haip Solutions introduces the second generation of their hyperspectral imaging camera series BlackIndustry VNIR.
Dantec Dynamics Multicam DIC is a combined, stereo-rig array, Digital Image Correlation (DIC) measurement system consisting of four or more (up to 16), USB3, or GigE cameras.
With the Foreign Object Detection System (FOS), Sick presents a system solution for minimizing process errors in the assembly of high-voltage batteries.
With the ML series LED area lighting, Lumimax is releasing a universal lighting concept.
The C6043 complements Beckhoff’s ultra-compact IPC series with a device that is characterized above all by the second board level for a factory-integrated Nvidia GPU.
Framos launches the D435e-f and D455e-f cameras with IR Filter.
The IK100 is an excellent starter kit when imaging in the NIR, is available in all threaded sizes: M25.5 – M105 and is designed to assist vision integrators and end users.
The Triton2 TRT024G camera leverages Lucid Vision’s proven 2.5GigE industrial platform paired with Gpixel’s 2.4MP GMAX4002 NIR-enhanced global shutter CMOS image sensor with an exceptional performance, including a peak QE of 72% at 550nm and over 37% at 850nm, thanks to Gpixel’s Red Fox NIR enhancement technology.
Teledyne Dalsa Contact Image Sensors (CIS) from the AxCIS family combine sensors, lenses and lighting in one device.
With the new B&R IP67 flash controller, any external current-driven lighting systm works as if it were an integrated B&R smart light.
Opto Engineering´s new TCSE series features high-resolution telecentric lenses designed for various large sensor formats up to full frame.
