News EMVA’s Arnaud Darmont dies in accident in New Mexico A


rnaud Darmont, the European Machine Vision Association’s standards manager, died on 12


September aſter an accident in the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, USA. Darmont was travelling to the area prior to


the International Vision Standards Meeting in Austin, Texas, from 17 to 21 September. ‘With the death of Arnaud, the EMVA


and, in more general, the entire imaging industry lost a bright and driven person who contributed significantly to both educating and advancing the industry,’ said EMVA president Jochem Herrmann. ‘Arnaud will be terribly missed. Our thoughts are with his parents and his brother.’ Darmont dedicated his professional life to


the computer vision industry. Aſter his degree in electronic engineering from University of Liège, in Belgium, in 2002 he began work in the field of CMOS image sensors and high dynamic range imaging. Darmont founded his own enterprise,


Aphesa, in 2008. He authored several publications and wrote the book High Dynamic Range Imaging – Sensors and Architectures, published in 2013. He was finishing the second edition that was due to appear this year.


vision community,’ said Professor Dr Bernd Jähne, chair of the EMVA 1288 standard group and EMVA board member. In 2017 Deltatec became the electronic


design and soſtware development partner of Aphesa, meaning Darmont gained freedom to devote more of his professional time to education and standardisation activities. He joined the EMVA as standards manager in December 2017. In this position he oversaw the development


A strong focus of his work was the


dissemination of his knowledge within the vision community and to newcomers in the computer vision domain, through training and custom electronics design of imaging devices. He had prepared to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Aphesa at the end of September. Since the very beginning of his professional


career, Darmont was an active member of the EMVA 1288 standardisation group. ‘By his profound knowledge of image sensors and by his rich experience, he helped to shape the EMVA 1288 standard to the globally used standard it is today. Arnaud was also busy advertising the standard all around the globe, giving courses and educating the machine


of EMVA standards, but also fostered cooperation with other imaging associations worldwide on the development and the dissemination of vision standards. ‘We all remember how Arnaud took this


role with enthusiasm and high commitment. Tough he served in this position for a bit less than a year, he facilitated the start of two new EMVA standards, and built bridges to other associations. As such, he established links with standards groups of IEEE and was an active member of SPIE and IS&T. Te foundation he led during this time will be part of his legacy to the entire machine vision industry,’ said Herrmann. Darmont was an active member of local


associations. He had a passion for photography and piloted private planes as a hobby.


News from UKIVA By Paul Wilson, UKIVA chairman


The recent PPMA show proved to be highly successful for UKIVA members in a variety of ways. With an increased attendance, the 17 UKIVA members exhibiting enjoyed access to many high quality visitors, and OAL were announced as the latest winners of the ‘Most Innovative Vision Solution’ award at the PPMA group awards gala dinner. It was also confirmed at the show that the next UKIVA Machine Vision Conference and Exhibition will take place in 2019. OAL, a provider of turnkey software, automation, material handling and processing systems to food manufacturers, won the award for its April Eye (patent pending) date code reading and verification system. This


was developed in conjunction with a team of global experts in the subject of AI at the University of Lincoln, including Professor Stefanos Kollias, the founding professor of machine learning. This was the second year running that the recipient of the award had developed a solution utilising artificial intelligence. April Eye technology automates reading and verification of date codes to prevent errors because of human intervention that could lead to product recalls and emergency product withdrawals. Traditional systems control date coders to ensure the correct date code is printed – but human operators are then required to ensure that the right date appears on the right packaging. However, April


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Eye can read the date code back, and therefore verify that the correct date code has been printed. In addition to use for quality assurance checks and in-line validation applications, a cloud- based quality check app has been developed for food manufacturers. When installed on a mobile device, the user can take a picture of a date code and April Eye will validate the date code in the cloud. For food manufacturers, the task of date code verification can now be fully automated. For retailers, the system creates more robust and reliable supply chains, reducing food waste and improving food quality. The UKIVA’s Machine Vision


Conference and Exhibition is now entering its third year, and is rapidly


establishing itself in the machine vision calendar. Next year’s event will once again feature a major conference across multiple themed lecture theatres, reflecting the key issues in the industry, supported by an exhibition featuring machine vision companies from all over the world. Further details about the 2019


event will be announced at www.machinevisionconference.co.uk. Before the MVC meeting, however, there is the Vision show in Stuttgart, and UKIVA will once again be there to support all of its members attending. UKIVA’s own exhibition stand (1Z105) will be available as a meeting place for members who are not exhibiting, and therefore do not have their own booths.


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