HOT TECH TOPICS FOR 2022/23
Supplier roadmaps focus on AI and SWIR
What new technology can vision users and integrators expect over the coming year? We round up some of the highlights
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he vision industry has full order books. According to a VDMA market survey, sales in the European
machine vision industry increased by 17 per cent in 2021. But supply chain disruptions are putting the brakes on growth, as camera makers struggle to procure semiconductor components in particular. Despite this, the VDMA is predicting the German machine vision industry will grow by 5 per cent and see sales of €3.2bn in 2022.
Need for speed Speed of cameras continues to increase as sensors and processors get faster. A number of camera vendors are releasing models equipped with the GigE Vision 5GBase-T interface, an extension to GigE Vision with 5Gb/s data transfer speed. Later in 2022, JAI will expand its Go-X
series of cameras, featuring Sony Pregius S sensors, with an additional 12 models with the 5GBase-T interface. Te additions will bring the Go-X family to 60 models, with resolutions ranging from 2.3 to 24.5 megapixels. All the new models feature 2.74µm backside illuminated pixels in compact sensor sizes and with small optical image circles, making all the camera models compatible with lower cost C-mount lenses. Active Silicon has seen demand increase for its high-performance frame grabbers for industrial automation projects. Te company’s FireBird frame grabbers are designed to deliver fast image acquisition over Camera Link and Coaxpress interfaces, and can be integrated easily into new or legacy systems. Active Silicon’s 4xCXP-12 boards support
up to 12.5Gb/s data rates on each link, enabling up to 50Gb/s in total, along with device power of up to 13W and device control of up to 42Mb/s, all on a single coax cable. Camera Link options are GenICam-
compliant and include up to 80-bit and dual
industry. Emberion will release a GigE interface-based vis-SWIR camera soon, with frame rates of up to 400fps supported targeting optical sorting applications. Moreover, a megapixel vis-SWIR camera will be released and be available in 2023. Emberion manufactures camera products
made with its nanomaterial-based infrared sensors and in-house designed custom CMOS readout electronics, creating high value at affordable costs. Te company currently offers a wide spectral range – visible to SWIR (400-2,000nm) – high dynamic range camera called the VS20. Variants of VS20 are being developed, based on the quantum dot nanomaterial sensors to meet different application needs, such as semiconductor imaging, defence, surveillance, automotive and medical. Emberion’s mission to broaden the
Active Silicon’s FireBird frame grabbers
80-bit models, providing reliable and robust image transfer without CPU intervention. A software development kit, ActiveSDK, is provided. Camera and frame grabber control is delivered by the firm’s front-end software, ActiveCapture. All FireBird frame grabbers support GPU processing.
Outside the visible JAI’s product release roadmap also includes a new four-sensor colour line scan camera in the Sweep+ series. Te model – SW- 4010Q-MCL – features an integrated prism that splits the incoming light onto four separate CMOS sensors. Te camera is able to simultaneously capture images of visible red, green, and blue light, as well as a shortwave infrared image. Also, a new 8.1-megapixel Pregius S
sensor-based camera in the Go series – Go-8105M-5GE-UV – is on JAI’s roadmap, and will provide vision system designers with high-resolution ultraviolet imaging capabilities. Imaging outside the visible is another major trend happening in the vision
4 IMAGING AND MACHINE VISION EUROPE VISION YEARBOOK 2022/23
spectral range of its sensors continues, and it is developing a mid-wave infrared (3-5µm) non-cryo-cooled camera, and ultra-wide tri-band solutions that can simultaneously image several wavebands (vis-SWIR-thermal), thereby opening up new application areas. Sticking with shortwave infrared, the
LED lighting manufacturer, MBJ Imaging, says it sees an increase in applications in the areas of infrared imaging, especially SWIR, along with systems capable of running multiple inspection tasks. MBJ Imaging says it is developing its portfolio to provide customers with target-oriented lighting in these areas to support efficient inspection systems. Turning to the ultraviolet region of
the spectrum, TPL Vision has launched a fluorescence imaging solution, which it claims is the market’s first multi- UV wavelength dome light. Te LED illumination product is designed for UV authentication and fluorescence inspection applications, as well as for users of visible spectrum cameras and entry- level code readers. Applications include inspection of glue seals in automotive and g
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