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Contents Deep learning


Greg Blackman reports on the neural network technology at the Vision trade fair in Stuttgart


Embedded vision


Embedded processing was top of the agenda at Vision Stuttgart in November, as Greg Blackman discovers


Vision Award Association news Hyperspectral imaging


Greg Blackman on the advances being made in lighting, optics, and sensors for hyperspectral inspection


Logistics Life sciences Preview: SPIE Photonics West Tech focus: Optics


Greg Blackman reports on the latest lens technology, including optics designed to withstand shock


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Andrew Williams explores the vision systems turning warehouses into highly automated facilities


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Matthew Dale looks at the embedded processing and new CMOS technology bringing advances to medical and life science imaging


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The latest imaging equipment on display at the annual photonics conference and exhibition, taking place from 2 to 7 February in San Francisco


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Photoneo’s PhoXi camera, which is able to image moving objects in 3D, won the Vision Award


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The latest developments in OPC Vision from VDMA Robotics and Automation, along with news from EMVA and UKIVA


14 6 6 4 Leader Greg Blackman Lessons from Stuttgart T


he vision industry met in November for the biennial Vision Stuttgart trade fair. Embedded processing and deep learning were two big


talking points at the show, and our reports on page 4 (deep learning) and page 6 (embedded vision) discuss the technology released in these areas. With the rise of embedded processing, what used


to be the separate worlds of consumer imaging and machine vision are now intersecting to a much greater extent. Tere are many business forces in play at the moment in the vision industry, and Mark Williamson, Stemmer Imaging’s managing director, commented during a panel discussion at the trade fair that the industrial vision sector is in a transition phase at the moment, where the route to market is evolving. As vision products get cheaper, more emphasis is put on the service a company provides to help the customer succeed. Congratulations go to Photoneo, which won the


Vision Award for its structured light 3D camera. A report on Photoneo’s winning technology can be found on page 10. Tere are also articles on hyperspectral imaging (page 14), vision in logistics (page 18), imaging in the life sciences, including in pathology (page 22), and the lens technology that was on display at Vision 2018 (page 30). Tere’s also a preview on page 26 of vision equipment at SPIE Photonics West, one of the first shows of 2019. It just leaves me to wish all our readers a prosperous New Year!


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