Phoenix cameras are transformable to change the angle of the Ethernet port
Stuttgart, will be the first 5GigE PoE camera, starting with a 31 megapixel Sony Pregius IMX342 sensor. Both Triton and Atlas cameras have active sensor alignment to minimise the image sensor tilt and rotation, and to place the centre of the image sensor at the lens optical axis. With three subsidiaries in
Asia – Japan, China and Taiwan – Lucid Vision considers the region an important one for machine vision. ‘In Asia, and in China especially, there is a huge demand for automation,’ Wiesinger remarked, adding that Asian manufacturers are more willing to try new technologies
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machine vision cameras will converge on Ethernet; it will be the dominant interface
and that being connected within a production environment is key. Other countries, like Germany, are a bit more conservative and the adoption of new technologies is typically not as fast, he remarked. While costs of cameras are
coming down in the machine vision market – Wiesinger made the point that the growth seen over the last year in industrial vision has meant camera makers can lower their prices and still generate revenue – there will come a time when prices won’t drop any further. ‘I don’t believe we’ll see a
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€15 camera in industrial vision, because we still have to produce quality – and quality costs money,’ he said. He added that the long-
term availability of products is important in the machine vision sector, and that making products reliable over long periods of time costs money. Price models that are too cheap won’t work in the machine vision industry, Wiesinger said; nor will cameras that are too expensive. One concern Wiesinger has
with the machine vision market is the lack of fresh blood entering the industry. ‘So far, we have observed that a general market consolidation is taking place; camera manufacturers are being sold, restructured, or they have been doing the same things for years. Te industry needs fresh ideas with new people, which is what we want to generate,’ Wiesinger remarked. Looking ahead, Wiesinger sees
demand for faster frame rates and higher resolution in camera development, along with the use of multiple wavelengths – SWIR, UV, multispectral, polarisation – and 3D. He also suggested that deep learning will become more widely available in machine vision in the years ahead. He concluded by saying that the
production IT network will move in the same direction as IT outside the factory, namely with processing distributed in the cloud, as well as on edge devices. Machine vision is set to play an important role in these networked factories. O
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