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feature film takes
le2v, a leading
designer, developer, and
advantage of machine vision
manufacturer of CCD and
CMOS imaging sensors Kozachik captured the movie’s
and cameras, has signed frame-by-frame footage using
a distribution agreement roughly three dozen cooled,
with Atlantek Vision for 11-Megapixel Megaplus cameras.
its industrial line scan Kozachik indicates that the
inspection cameras new Megaplus-based shooting
into Australia and New process offers key advantages over
Zealand. previously employed techniques
that relied on film, video frame
lDVC Machinevision, grabbers, and prosumer digital
based in Breda, The A major stop-motion feature film, cameras in this way, as well as the SLRs.
Netherlands, is to become Coraline, released in February, first to be shot in stereoscopic 3D. In particular, says Kozachik, the
the exclusive Netherlands has been shot using industrial Princeton Instruments provided ability of the Megaplus to provide
distributor for lMI machine vision cameras as its Megaplus EC11000 colour sharp, near-real-time monochrome
Technologies for the opposed to film. The full-length CCD cameras for the production preview images and then capture
latter's FireSync, HexSight animated movie from animation of the film. full-resolution, colour ‘beauty’
and Maestro brands. LMI studios Laika (Portland, Oregon) Instead of shooting on film, frames substantially improves
Technologies has also is the first to use machine vision director of photography Pete project workflow and throughput.
signed a distribution
agreement with Japan
nEwS froM UKIVA
fA Systems Corporation
(JfAS) for an additional
by Don braggins
sales channel in Japan for
LMI's Maestro, HexSight In our last column we commented organised by the National based seminars, or ‘webinars’.
and FireSync product lines. on increased attendance at the Engineering Laboratory at Subject matter varies, but
series of seminars we ran at venues around the country, then topics currently on offer include:
lStemmer Imaging is Photonex last October – and that with some ‘themed’ one-day machine vision optics and lighting,
to distribute Mikrotron's seminars run by UKIVA member, events accompanied by table- 2/3D measuring using machine
products in Germany, the Vision Academy, at the recent top exhibitions – and, in recent vision, infrared foundation,
Austria and Switzerland, in Vision Show in Stuttgart were also years, by the free seminars held reading codes and characters,
addition to already doing well attended. Following on from at exhibitions such as Photonex high-speed processes, and
so in France and the UK. this, having delivered the keynote and VTX. These training seminars, pattern recognition for industrial
om
speech at National Instruments’ though mostly given by member applications. Naturally, there
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lPacer International will Automation and Vision Forum companies or their principals, are also specific product-related
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open a sales office based in December 2008, I noticed have been intended to give courses from some suppliers.
.imv
in Cork, Ireland, continuing that the subsequent vision- information that is valuable in Although some of these courses
www the company's ongoing related presentations appeared its own right and not simply a are free, they should not be
expansion. The office to be better attended than their set of instructions on how to use considered as ‘disguised sales
 
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will be headed by Rory automation-related counterparts. a particular product. Although, pitches’ as they have considerable
O'Connor. The demand for knowledge about some presentations are about value. Some of the courses carry
vision is also reflected in the new products and must therefore a fee, and some can lead to
l Point Grey research has number of entries on the ‘Courses’ be specific to that product, these formal certification.
 
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ebruary/mar
appointed Apo Star as its page of the UKIVA website. are now clearly differentiated in For those wanting to take a
ope sole distributor in Taiwan. Ever since its formation in UKIVA programmes from the more more academic approach, there
1992, UKIVA has been offering training-oriented seminars. are also courses leading to MSc,
l Silicon Software has training seminars on various Many UKIVA members run a MPhil and PhD qualifications
appointed Militram as aspects of industrial machine host of workshops, seminars and and even vision as part of
its distribution partner vision as part of its remit to training courses of their own, a more general engineering
and sales channel for its promote the use of vision in varying in complexity and length, and technology management
machine vision product industry. Initially this was by from a half day to several days’ programme from some of the
line in Israel. contributing to one-day events duration. Some also offer web- UKIVA’s ‘Research’ members.
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