Chris Walker's Tech Blog

  I recently received this question: "Why does your vision system have only a 2.7x magnification when these other microscopes offer 20-...

I spent a good deal of development on upgrading an older project to a new software platform using the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) and Sure...

Developers should consider factors such as print quality and line speed when specifying hardware and software components for optical c...

This is a good example of using a 2-camera system for 3D profiling of parts. In this case, the 2-camera setup is used to reduce occlusions ...

An EPIC Systems, Inc., multi-camera vision system inspects bottles at speeds of > 900ppm. The Bottle Cap tamper-band, height, tilt, and ...

Vision System Design Magazine features Fairman International and Chris Walker's answers to market-related questions in the industry: ...

Adhesives at Work: Filters Reduce False Sealant Failures | 2015-04-01 | Adhesives Magazine

The greyscale image below is the luminance plane extracted from a color photo. The photo clearly shows poor contrast and the full dynamic r...

Filters Reduce Glare in Automotive Inspection

Intro Reconstructing the 3D geometry of a scene requires at least two images taken by two separate cameras at the same time. This is ...