During ITE show company Euresys, headquartered in Liège, Belgium, announced having officially appointed the company AIC Inc. (Advanced Imaging Components) as its distributor in Japan. For more information about AIC, as well as contact details, visit www.aicvision.jp.
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CMOSIS acquired by ams
ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide provider of high-performance sensor and analog solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in CMOSIS, a leader in advanced area and line scan CMOS image sensors for high-end imaging applications, in an all-cash transaction.
Evaluation Results of FRAMOS Market Survey 2015
In collaboration with the trade magazines Vision Systems Design and Inspect, imaging specialist FRAMOS conducts an annual survey of trends and future developments in the industry from both the user and manufacturer’s perspectives. In this 8th edition of the market study, 99 manufacturers and users from 23 countries answered questions on the current state of the image processing market and future developments.
CMOSIS receives German Innovation Award
CMOSIS was awarded the “German Innovation Award for Non-Clinical Intensive Care”. The prestigious award recognizes the significant progress in endoscope-based catheter technology for outpatient care achieved by the ultra-small NanEye CMOS camera developed at CMOSIS.
This year’s KAI award was presented to Stephan Voltz, CEO of CMOSIS GmbH, Nuremberg, by Dr Günter Schrot, Scientific Director of the KAI Congress (Kongress für ausserklinische Intensivpflege und Beatmung) in Berlin, Germany, on October 14, 2015, in Berlin.
SPS IPC Drives 2015 with new records
With 64,386 visitors and 1,666 exhibitors SPS IPC Drives 2015 reaches new records. From 24 – 26 November also several EMVA members presented their latest innovations in products and services at the trade floor in Nuremberg, Germany.
“Machine Vision plays an important role in the automation world and as such continiously gains presence and visibility at the show – and this not restricted to the traditional vision suppliers. Having received a first positive feedback from EMVA members confirming the growing interest in machine vision obviously the real business results will be evaluated by the exhibitors in the coming weeks” said Thomas Lübkemeier, EMVA General Secretary.
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ViDi Systems wins TÜV SÜD Innovation Award
Swiss company ViDi Systems is the winner of the second TÜV SÜD Innovation Award for Digitized Industries. The award was presented at the Smart Factory Innovation Forum, hosted by TÜV SÜD and munich network in Munich. The Innovation Award, which comes with EUR 6,000 in prize money, acknowledges companies that develop new, particularly promising solutions in the field of industry 4.0 which have proved fit for the market in at least one project.
EMVA Market Report 2015 published
Evaluation of machine vision market in Italy
Barcelona, 11 August, 2015. The European Machine Vision Association (EMVA) has published its 2015 Market Report “Machine Vision in Italy”. EMVA non-members can obtain the 39 paged pdf-report at a price of € 345,- plus VAT through info@emva.org.
The report for the first time maps the machine vision market in Italy. It covers the vision industry, their customers and the main applications as well as technical and commercial trends. In addition, the “eco system” for machine vision is described, including clusters, research centers and associations, trade shows and special magazines. This is being supplemented by market and growth drivers and an estimate of the market volume. In the general chapters readers find useful information about the Italian economy and how to invest in the country.
“Italy is a world leading machine building nation and has a healthy mix of small and medium size enterprises in its industry. The main portion of machine vision applications in Italy are realized in the industrial environment. This explains the large number of system providers and integrators in Italy”, says Andreas Breyer, EMVA’s Director of Market Research. “Also remarkable is the high number of academic institutes dedicated to machine vision disciplines. Altogether, we identified more than 200 players in the Italian machine vision market. Adding the relevant industry associations, all these players are listed by name and website in the report.”
Despite the still difficult national economic conditions, the machine vision industry in Italy expects 2015 to become a positive year after all. “During an EMVA-survey amongst Italian vision players none of the participants expected a decrease in turnover by the end of 2015. In fact, a quite robust increase in turnover of around 10 percent is anticipated, supported by the powerful exports of most customer industries”, adds Andreas Breyer.
With the current 2015 market report the EMVA continues the strategy to investigate all European markets through the eyes of the machine vision industry.
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Benjamin Busam receives EMVA Young Professional Award 2015
The EMVA Young Professional Award 2015 goes to Benjamin Busam, for his work on adaptable high-resolution real-time stereo tracking. Busam, who is 27 years old holds a Master degree in mathematics and is currently external PhD Student in informatics with focus on Computer Vision at the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures of the Technical University of Munich, in cooperation with FRAMOS GmbH where he works as development engineer in the imaging systems department.
Real-time optical tracking system
State-of-the art solutions for position and orientation information in real-time for clinical interventions and diagnostic imaging techniques are bulky and rely on external tracking systems, hampered either by the limited accuracy of electromagnetic tracking or the requirement for a constant line of sight between the tracked devices and the external optical tracking systems respectively.
The awarded work presents an adaptable high-resolution tracking system based on stereo computer vision that can be used for real-time tracking applications which require high accuracy. Furthermore, the technological advantage lies in the ability to overcome current practical difficulties such as line of sight problems while opening the way for further developments of inside-out tracking solutions in the medical domain.
The Optical Tracking System facilitates high-precision, real-time pose estimation of tools and objects with a new concept in both hard- and software which robustly operates even in case of partial object occlusion.
By this, the system is not subject to medical applications only but also generally applicable for many industrial tasks involving highly accurate robot-guidance, tool-navigation and 3D measurements.
Young professional award part of EMVA Business Conference
The EMVA Young Professional Award is an annual award to honor the outstanding and innovative work of a student or a young professional in the field of machine vision or image processing. It is the goal of the European Machine Vision Association EMVA to further support innovation in the machine vision industry, to contribute to the important aspect of dedicated machine vision education and to provide a bridge between research and industry. With the annual Young Professional Award the EMVA intends to specifically encourage students to focus on challenges in the field of machine vision and to apply latest research results and findings in computer vision to the practical needs of the industry. The awardee was announced on June 13 during the 13th EMVA Business Conference in Athens/Greece, where he also had the opportunity to present his work as part of the regular conference program.
The 14th EMVA Business Conference will take place from 09.-11. June 2016 in Edinburgh/Scotland.
Jochem Herrmann is new EMVA-President
EMVA General Assembly in Athens elects extended Board
Jochem Herrmann, co-founder and Chief Scientist of the Dutch camera manufacturer Adimec is the new President of the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA). Herrmann has been EMVA Board member since 2013 and takes over the presidency from Toni Ventura-Traveset (Datapixel, Spain), who has been the dedicated leader of the association through a phase of transition. The Board and the General Manger thanked Toni Ventura for his successful work and continuous support of the EMVA since its founding in 2003. “The transition period now clearly lies behind us and for EMVA it is now time to expand our activities and further grow the association. I am looking forward to further develop EMVA together with my fellow Board members and the whole EMVA team”, said the newly elected president in his first statement.
Furthermore, the EMVA members elected an extended Board of Directors during the General Assembly on 11 June in Athens. New members of the Board are Dr. Kai-Udo Modrich, Managing Director of Carl Zeiss Automated Inspection, and Prof. Dr. Bernd Jähne, who heads the Heidelberg Collaboratory for Image Processing of Heidelberg University. The EMVA members also confirmed the previous Board members Gabriele Jansen (Vision Ventures, Germany), Michel Ollivier (Tiama, France), Toni Ventura-Traveset (Datapixel, Spain) and Dr. Jean Caron (Euresys, Belgium). Michel Ollivier is new EMVA Vice President, and Dr. Jean Caron takes over the position as treasurer. Dirk Käseberg (Mettler-Toledo Garvens, Germany) has resigned from the Board to concentrate on increased responsibilities in his company, but will continue to work closely with the EMVA Board in a less formal manner.
G3 Standardization Initiative Welcomes the China Machine Vision Union (CMVU)
Barcelona, 08 June, 2015. Since November 2009, leading machine vision associations have been cooperating to promote vision standards globally. The China Machine Vision Union has now joined the group, becoming the fifth member. The other members are:
- AIA-Advancing Vision + Imaging (AIA)
- European Machine Vision Association (EMVA)
- Japan Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA)
- VDMA Machine Vision (VDMA MV)
Cooperation on vision standards is critical to the expanded use of vision and imaging technologies throughout industry. Standards cut down on development time, investment costs, and also accelerate time-to-market. Jochem Herrmann, EMVA board member comments: Cooperation on standards is very beneficial for all companies active in machine vision and for the industry as a whole. Im therefore very happy that CMVU has joined G3. Through the membership of CMVU, current G3 standards will be promoted more effectively in China, but also Chinese standardization initiatives will be open for the members of the other G3 associations.”
Jeff Burnstein, President of the AIA adds, Since the start of the G3 standardization initiative, the global vision associations have met on a regular basis, promoting enhanced communication and coordination on standards activities. With the CMVU joining the group, we have an even stronger foundation to keep standards development and promotion focused and effective.
Sachio Kiura, Chairman of JIIA, remarked JIIA would like to express our sincere welcome to the CMVU to the G3. We look forward to the CMVU working with the G3 as a major leader in the Asian market, to expand and promote machine vision standards.
“In the past few years China has been the most dynamic market for machine vision. Since 2008, exports from Germany have more than quadrupled. We welcome CMVU joining the international cooperation initiative on standardization and look forward to a fruitful cooperation,” says Klaus-Henning Noffz, member of the board of VDMA Machine Vision.
Pan Jin, President of the CMVU comments, It is our honor to become a member of the G3. Joining the cooperation agreement will create a bridge between China and other associations throughout the world. Also it will help us to enhance and extend the development of machine vision by unifying the vision standards. As one of the biggest potential markets, we are willing to contribute to this industry under this cooperation.
In addition to providing an open communication channel between the various vision associations, one additional significant accomplishment of the G3 has been the publication of the Global Machine Vision Interface Standards brochure. For the first time, vision users have a comprehensive reference which describes what digital interface hardware and software standards are and provides an unbiased comparison between the various standards. This brochure is available in various languages and formats from the member associations; an English version can be downloaded free of charge in the standards section of the EMVA websites.
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