Imaging and vision at PHOTONEX

Aspects of Imaging

A seminar programme crossing the spectrum, from an introduction to the basics of imaging to the measurement of 200,000,000 images per second!

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Date: Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th October

This seminar series will be divided into four sessions over two days. It will be the first time that UKIVA has included High Speed Imaging in their PHOTONEX programme. This is being done because of the increasing number of applications for high speed imaging made possible by the greater processing speeds of today's microprocessors. Imaging speeds, from relatively low speed biological imaging across the spectrum to the high speed needs of industry, for process monitoring to crash testing and that of research for aerospace and ballistics.

Here is what it will be about!

Wednesday 15th October
Session 1	UKIVA members will be showcasing some of their new products
11am	Common Vision Blox 10 - World Class Vision SDK
	Mark Williamson, Firstsight vision




11.20am	Honey LED Lighting
	Simon Hickman, Multipix Imaging
	An informative look at the very latest in LED technology which has been designed to match the optimum responsively of the Sony ExView CCD sensors. These sensors are used in many popular cameras for automated visual inspection.


11.40am	New 3D Imaging products
	Chris Baldwin, Firstsight Vision

Session 2	A range of Imaging related Application stories
12noon	3D Vision in the food industry
	Scorpion Vision

12.20pm	Liquid Lens Technology
	Varioptic - from LINOS Photonics
	Varioptic liquid lenses are a revolutionary proven new technology fuelled by the mobile phone industry. They utilise liquid 'wetting' principles to provide a lens that is very robust, low cost and with auto-focus, with a response time of less than 10ms and no moving parts. These lenses can replace similar systems that require mechanical focussing, thus greatly reducing cost and the possibility of mechanical failure. Applications include mobile phones web cams, security, machine vision. At Photonex the Product Manager will explain how they work and how they are used.
12.40pm	Vehicle embedded video recording
	Julie Busby, Multipix Imaging
	Vehicle embedded video recording – Julie Busby, Multipix Imaging In the world of vehicle mounted recorders, embedded recorders are at a distinct advantage over PC based recorders. This presentation will include case studies of in-flight recording and rail inspection where compact and rugged recording solutions are essential.

Session 3	Recent advances in processing and camera technology
2pm	Accelerating Image Processing using the graphics processor
	Mark Williamson, Firstsight Vision

2.30pm	Multicore Imaging Processing
	Mike Bailey, National Instruments
	Maximising use of the latest multicore processors for image processing is not a trivial task. A variety of methods for optimising your application will be analysed and discussed through this session.

Thursday 16th October
Session 1	Why use vision, what needs to be considered......
11am	Introduction to Machine Vision Lensing and Lighting
	Jon Vickers, Firstsight Vision

11.45am	Cameras - what factors are important
	Raf Slotwinski, Alrad Imaging
	This will look at resolution, interfacing and frame rate.

Session 2	High Speed Imaging – making the fastest events visible
1pm	Diagnostic Imaging using high speed cameras
	Mark Williamson – Firstsight Vision
	This presentation will talk about mid range high speed cameras often used automation diagnostics. The cameras in this range tend to deliver frame rates in the range of 500 to 5000 fps at full resolutions ranging from 640 x 480 to 1.4MPixels. Typically these cameras have all the image memory built in so the control PC is only required for control and downloading of the images.

1.45pm	Dissecting time
	Keith Taylor - Specialised Imaging
	A look backwards and forwards at the ever-evolving technology of ultra high speed imaging from early film to electrons. A brief history and a peek into the technology driving image acquisition rates into the hundreds of millions.

2.30pm	Time Delay Integration (TDI) , The Answer to Demands for Increasing Frame Rate/Sensitivity?
	Craig Palmer – Hamamatsu Photonics (U.K.) Ltd
	With the market demanding higher speed operation, Hamamatsu Photonics have developed a range of CCDs and CCD cameras, which use Time Delay Integration to achieve up to 100kHz line rates. Ordinarily high speed imaging systems suffer from a lack of available light and special illumination systems need to be constructed. Using the TDI (time delay integration) image acquisition method however, our sensor/camera synchronises charge transfer with the moving object, thus giving 128x the image integration time of a conventional line sensor. When combined with the high sensitivity of the back thinned CCD chip this results in an output two or three orders of magnitude greater compared to a regular line scan camera. A technical overview of this technique will be given, together with example applications.

To be kept in touch of this meeting please register to attend PHOTONEX. To offer a talk, please call UKIVA on +44 (0)1763 261419.

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