INFORMATION AND COMMMUNICATION EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Definition:  The automatic extraction of information from digital images  The technology and methods used to provide imaging-based automatic inspection and analysis

Short History  Started 80’s and 90’s  In 1983 AUTOMATIX was introduced  Victor Scheinman  Automatix was the first user of Motorola microprocessor  MICROSCAN company

4 common Applications  Measurement  Counting  Location  Decoding

Measurement  Check to specified tolerance

Counting  Look for number of parts  Checking for features  Missing pieces

Location  Locate position and orientation  Check specified tolerances  Find unique pattern to identify part

Decoding  Record information as historical data  Track products, sort, validate data  Verify correctness of data, format of data

Other applications  Automotive and Aerospace  Electronics Validation  Food, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods  Medical and Scientific  Semiconductor and Solar  Vision-Guided Robotics

EMCCD CAMERAS USED FOR ULTRA-COLD ATOM RESEARCH

POINT GREY INTRODUCES CRICKET IP SECURITY CAMERAS

RETHINK ROBOTICS LAUNCHES SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR BAXTER ROBOT

SQB RELEASES QI FLASH CONTROL I FOR INDUSTRIAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS

MICROSCAN ANNOUNCES MINIATURE INDUSTRIAL BARCODE READERS WITH EMBEDDED ETHERNET

RESEARCHERS CREATE REMOTE TRAFFIC POLLUTION DETECTION CAMERA PROTOTYPE