...Don Braggins; Christine Connolly Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the progress of machine vision as it applies to automated assembly applications. Design/methodology/approach A series of technological developments is described: 3D vision, smart cameras, near infrared (NIR...

... sensing of focus and quick UV curing of fastening adhesive to accurately combine lens with sensor using 5 degree of freedom alignment. Findings Automation using five degrees of motion freedom can more accurately assemble digital camera systems than previous 1 degree of freedom approaches. The approach...

...Mike Tao Zhang; Christine Connolly Purpose To report on specialist software developed for the management and analysis of high‐speed imaging. Design/methodology/approach Reviews the background of the company, and its range of high‐speed cameras. Gives details of two software packages used...

... how today's systems have improved. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Inspection Pattern recognition Cameras An illustration of this latter benefit of simpler reworking was found almost by accident at the Volvo truck factory in Sweden, over twenty years ago in the early days...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Barcodes Cameras Image processing Barcodes and sell‐by dates are widely used in the retail industry, particularly by supermarkets, and manufacturers use machine vision equipment to check their readability. Plate 1 shows a DVT smart camera...

...Christine Connolly Advances in the design of image processing software and in the development of cameras with on‐board processing are changing the face of machine vision. A group of suppliers is now producing vision systems targeted directly at end‐users in the assembly plant. Whether you use...