1. INFORMATION AND COMMMUNICATION EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

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

3. Short History  Started 80’s and 90’s  In 1983 AUTOMATIX was introduced  Victor Scheinman  Automatix was the first user of Motorola 68000 microprocessor  MICROSCAN company

4. 4 common Applications  Measurement  Counting  Location  Decoding

5. Measurement  Check to specified tolerance

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

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

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

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

10. EMCCD CAMERAS USED FOR ULTRA-COLD ATOM RESEARCH

11. POINT GREY INTRODUCES CRICKET IP SECURITY CAMERAS

12. RETHINK ROBOTICS LAUNCHES SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR BAXTER ROBOT

13. SQB RELEASES QI FLASH CONTROL I FOR INDUSTRIAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS

14. MICROSCAN ANNOUNCES MINIATURE INDUSTRIAL BARCODE READERS WITH EMBEDDED ETHERNET

15. RESEARCHERS CREATE REMOTE TRAFFIC POLLUTION DETECTION CAMERA PROTOTYPE