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user’s own applications. Simple interactive camera parameterisation can be made via a management console for basic configuration and a flexible decision tree for optimum support of user-specific applications. Full support for .NET, VB, VC++, DELPHI (32-bit Windows), .NET, VC++ (64-bit Windows), Intel C++ and gcc for 64-bit Linux is provided for further development. For 32-/64-bit Windows, the components are based on DLLs and ActiveX Controls, while for 64-bit Linux, they are based on ELF shared objects.
The new Software Development Kit for all operating systems is included free of charge with cameras from Stemmer Imaging and conforms to the GigE Vision standard. Licensing is still provided via the MAC address of the camera.
www.stemmer-imaging.co.uk
3D software
Aqsense has released a new version of its SAL3D 3D vision software. The latest version includes the Angular Calibration tool, a module allowing an easy calibration system for rotating camera-laser systems; the lens distortion add-on for metric and angular metric calibration; the Area Tool, a new module which can be used to compute the volume of a scanned object; the Geometric Tool, providing functions such as plane fitting, planarity checking or angle measuring by means of a single dot product; and the Integrator Tool, permitting the creation of a single mesh from multiple cloud-of-points.
sensors
Cooled InGaAs sensors Andanta has released two-stage thermoelectrically cooled versions of its range of Indium-Gallium- Arsenide (InGaAs) image sensors. Initially this will be implemented for the low resolution standard version FPA320x256-K (900nm to 1.7µm) and the low resolution extended version FPA320x256-K-2.2 (1.2- 2.2µm).
The two-stage cooler device
further lowers the chip temperature to -50°C during operation. So far, only about -20°C has been practically possible (with thermal loading) by operating the integrated one-stage thermoelectric cooler. In addition to the cooler
extension, the thermal design of the sensor package has been improved, leading to better heat
dissipation from the warm side of the cooler at the lower side of the sensor package. This allows an additional chip temperature decrease by another 10°C during sensor operation. These thermal innovations will be appreciated by all users operating near to the noise threshold of the sensors, as this drops considerably, especially if the
sensor dark noise dominates over the sensor readout noise. This is usually the case for applications with low light and longer integration times.
The thermal improvements are
especially useful for extended 2.2µm devices, where the dark current is higher compared to the 1.7µm versions.
www.andanta.de
Not only have these new modules been added, but SAL3D also offers new features and improvements in order to keep providing a state-of- the-art, flexible library. These include new modules to take advantage of multi-core processors; more drivers for frame grabbers and USB cameras; export tools to PLY 3D file formats; enhanced help documentation; examples demonstrating how to combine SAL3D with third-party libraries such as Halcon, MIL or OpenCV; and a viewer module, which can be used during development and debugging.
www.aqsense.com
Focus on usability Tordivel has released Scorpion Vision Software 9.0, with a focus on usability, 3D machine vision, open-source and OEM integration. Scorpion Vision Apps have also been introduced.
The release uses extensive results from a series of large 3D machine vision R&D projects started in 2006. The latest project, AutoCast, with the goal to automate the casting industry, resulted in Scorpion 3D Stinger for robot vision. The system is proven for 3D bin picking in the casting industry. The cost effective and easy to use technology has already been put to use in a series of demanding 3D robot vision and 3D gauging projects using the Scorpion Vision Software platform. Scorpion Vision is a wide open platform for open-source development and custom machine vision processing. The combination of the
Scorpion SDK and the Scorpion Open Source license is the shortest route from open source machine vision to industrial strength solutions. The Scorpion Tool Components are based on the embedded Python framework and implemented in the new generic BaseTool. The components are developed based on any algorithm platform. Typical platforms or code bases can be OpenCV 1.x or 2.x, NumPy, SciPy, Arrlib or the user’s own algorithm developed in C or C++.
LineScan, SmartCam and 3D camera support; improved Locate3D with best in class accuracy and robustness with stereo vision; and improved Windows 7 compatibility.
www.scorpionvision.com
The Scorpion Vision App can be developed by an experienced machine vision engineer using the Scorpion SDK. It is deployed by an automation engineer or an end-user. It is easy to install. The user configures the App by point and click on custom configuration pages. The Scorpion Vision Apps are based on 2D or 3D machine vision.
The following features are available with the software: multicore support by manual thread management; improved MonoPose3D, which locates an object in 3D with one camera and can also be used to locate cameras in multi-camera systems; Scorpion plug-ins; numerous improvements to 2D and 3D accuracy; enhanced 2D,
FPGA programming Silicon Software has released VisualApplets version 2.0, the graphical programming tool for FPGA hardware. GUI and handling of the software were revised and are even more intuitive. In addition to support of new frame grabber models, the existing image processing libraries have been enhanced and optimised. Users of VisualApplets will find an extended range of application designs as examples that allow a rapid and successful entry into applied hardware programming. Silicon Software, and now also Stemmer Imaging, run workshops where essential technical and application-related issues are explained.
VisualApplets is an integrated development environment for real- time applications on FPGA hardware in machine vision. It owns tools for automatic error indication and correction, and gives the possibility of a visual debugging with its high-level simulation. For the programming of applications, more than 200 real-time operators in 14 image processing libraries are included to realize designs from simple filtering to complex processing with individual signal control. VisualApplets runs on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows systems.
www.silicon-software.com
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