Vision & Sensors - Articles - Page 75

Europe Aims to Bring Down Energy Consumption of Buildings With Environmental Sensors for Energy Efficiency” (ESEE) Research Project

December 11, 2013

26 partners from five European countries will conduct research on environmental sensors and sensor networks for energy efficient solutions for the next three years.

Sensors Help Find Parking Spots for Boston Drivers

December 11, 2013

Starting in early December, Boston drivers will be able to sense a vacant parking space.

Global Surface Vision and Inspection Market Expected to Reach USD 30.2 Billion by 2019

December 10, 2013

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Surface Vision and Inspection Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019," the global market is expected to reach a value of USD 2.31 billion by 2019, at a CAGR of 8.9% from 2013 to 2019.

Detecting Cracks and Scratches

Machine vision aids in resolving surface flaws.

Ben Dawson

December 10, 2013

Detecting product surface flaws—such as discolorations, burns, cracks, and scratches—is a difficult task for human or machine vision.

Strobe: A New Era for LEDs and Machine Vision Lighting

Multi-die LED arrays lead to a new era of strobe lights.

Matt Pinter

December 10, 2013

Multi-die LED arrays are changing LED strobe lights. A multi-die array LED product can contain 50 to 100 LEDs on a single housing.

A New Vision for Vision Guided Robotics

Growing acceptance changes manufacturing processes.

Jim Anderson

December 10, 2013

Robots have been a force in the increase in flexible automation for many years, but until recently robot vision was limited.

Turnkey Machine Vision Systems

Today’s tools can make even the most difficult vision inspections plausible

Ross Rawlings

December 10, 2013

Today’s integrated machine vision systems can range from a very simple single camera to an array of multiple cameras at one operational cell inspecting hundreds of features on a single part.

Change Detection for Machine Vision Applications

Finding the differences between images can lead to improved product quality

Ruben Uribe

December 10, 2013

We have all read the Sunday newspaper where we were challenged with finding the difference between one image and an almost identical image positioned right next to it. Sounds easy but some are more difficult than others.