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Microscan is celebrating 30 years in the auto-ID and machine vision business.
National Instruments has established the Vision Specialty programme for NI Alliance Partner Network members that specialise in imaging and vision systems.
The UK Industrial Vision Association has established the first award in the UK for innovation in industrial vision.
Vitronic is now a partner of the VDMA’s Blue Competence sustainability initiative.
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On-car camera system cuts road surface damage
Authorities in the Netherlands have adopted a high-speed, 360° camera system to detect damage to roads more rapidly, accurately and cost effectively. Te system is capable of recording data from up to three lanes simultaneously at speeds up to 130kph (80mph). By adopting such a system, the councils are
able to prioritise repairs to ensure potholes that would cause accidents or damage to cars are filled first. Government authorities in Holland – as well
as contractors such as BAM, BallastNedam, and Heijmans – have implemented a system from Dutch integrator Horus. Horus’ car-based vision system combines six high-resolution colour video cameras from Sony Image Sensing Solutions (XCG-H280CR) placed around the vehicle. Video data at 15fps are transmitted via high speed GigE cable to an onboard CPU and positional information is also linked to each frame using an onboard GPS recorder. Using a bespoke media player with integrated mapping functionality, the authorities’ team of
News from EMVA By Patrick Schwarzkopf
The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) has set a course for future growth of the organisation with the goal to strengthen the current association activities and to build up additional support for all EMVA members. At the EMVA general assembly, which took place on 19 April prior to the 10th EMVA business conference 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal, the Executive Committee was mandated to transform the EMVA into an independent legal entity as a non-profit association. This will improve the visibility of the EMVA as a true European association. It will also enable EMVA to deepen its existing activities and to offer a much broader portfolio of services to its members in the future. A new EMVA Executive
Committee was also elected at the general assembly. On 4 May, Toni Ventura-Traveset of DataPixel, Spain, was elected as the new EMVA president by the EMVA Executive Committee. Ventura- Traveset, who has been a member of the Executive Committee since its foundation in 2003, follows Mats Gökstorp of Sick AG whose term of office had recently ended. ‘The machine vision companies in Europe need a strong European Association. All projects addressed by the EMVA so far were important for the industry. However, the EMVA resources have not been adequate for all tasks relevant to the machine vision industry. In order to be able to provide more services to its
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From left: Cor Maas (EMVA General Secretary from July 2012), and EMVA Executive Committee members Ignazio Piacentini, Gabriele Jansen, Toni Ventura-Traveset, Pierre-Alain Champert
members, an independent European organisation is a prerequisite. With the decisions made by the EMVA general assembly, the Executive Committee now can set the framework for the extended services
EMVA can offer its members in the future. Among them are, for instance, more resources to promote EMVA’s international machine vision standards, but also more detailed market data about the industry to guide strategic decisions, more activities in European machine vision funding and innovation through a stronger presence in Brussels, as well as an intensified marketing for a better recognition of the machine vision industry and its association,’ Ventura-Traveset commented. The EMVA Executive Committee also elected Dirk Käseberg of Mettler- Toledo Garvens (Germany) EMVA vice president. Pierre-Alain Champert of Coherent Europe, France, was elected EMVA treasurer.
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certified experts analyse the data from the safety of the office. ‘Recording at such high speeds means it’s
now possible to monitor the main routes on an almost weekly basis, so the data can now be used to prevent more costly damage from occurring,’ commented Dirk Aalbers of Horus. Te company is also developing a 3D video
analysis algorithm to detect roadside barriers that are damaged or warped and therefore would no longer be effective when a vehicle drives into them.
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