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This page is intended to provide a list of hardware resources available to the Computer Vision community. Individual research projects not generally
available to the outside world will more likely be found via the Research Groups page.

Research Systems
BiTEC - Low cost video camera daughter card with high-speed serial port. An ideal solution for educational/research and low volume image
processing and machine vision applications. ( BiTEC Ltd)
Binocular Camera Platforms
Homemade 3D Laser Scanner - Offers information on the mechanical hardware and the software of a homemade 3D laser scanner.
MuTech MV 200, Matrox PIP-1024 frame-grabbers - Linux user device drivers for these frame grabbers
VLSI Vision Chips - excellent summary of VLSI sensors

Commercial Products
2D / 3D autonomous Linescanner. Can incooporate PC/104 PC. - The M2D is a complete and autonomous Line Scanner. It can incooperate
a PC/104 PC to handle object recognition etc. Therefore M2D can be connected to any PC, from Apple to SUN to whatever. Several output
versions (parallel, analog, RS485) are available and they come with software Libraries. The M2D is very fast (scans 50 lines (each line has 288
Points) per second, so use a fast Computer.
3D Scanners - Maker of high-speed laser scanning systems and software for creating 3-D models.
A.C.E., Inc. Machine Vision Systems - Provider of semi-custom and custom fully integrated and prepackaged vision systems.
ARVOO Engineering Vision Hardware Products - Imaging and Digital Signal Processing Hardware offered in some family lines e.g. picasso
framegrabber, leonardo DSP framegrabber and mondrean multiple DSP Video Processor
ARVOO Group Imaging and Signal Processing Hardware - leading European supplier of a wide range of analog, digital framegrabbers,
RS644/CameraLink digital video over fiber transmission and DSP video processors

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Alacron, Inc. - Alacron provides high-performance computing subsystems for the imaging, vision, and DSP communitites including
framegrabbers, co-processor boards, daughter-cards and software development tools.
Allison Park Group - Maker of harsh environment camera enclosures for machine vision applications
Bandit - PCI board with capture and display with live true x8 interpolative zoom, flip, and mirror. Also outputs live to VGA at 1600x200 and
to video monitor.
Biclops - A compact and inexpensive pan-tilt-verge head (TRACLabs / Metrica Inc.)
Bill and Jack's Robot and Video Page - Sellers of surplus video cameras and LCD displays
Boulder Imaging - Maker of real-time, high frame-rate digital image acquisition systems. Products include the AcquireNow software image
acquisition and processing system and ImageStor, a hardware storage system for real-time video capture and for storing large amounts of video
data. ( Boulder Imaging, Inc.)
Braintech, Inc. - a Canadian firm specializing in the expert design and integration of AI, focusing on Robotic Vision applications for
Manufacturing and Internet based e-support
CCD Direct - wholesaler of CCD cameras, framegrabbers, optical systems, vision software, and more.
Chip Directory - all kinds, not just Vision
CircuitOnline - a directory of services for the electronics manufacturing industry. It covers segments from integrated circuits to semiconductor
manufacturing and PCB assembly.
Cognex - Develops machine vision systems. One of the few companies dedicated to machine vision.
Conduant - Maker of high speed recording hardware (Conduant)
Control Vision Corp. Imaging Systems - Maker of several digitizers for the PC
Coreco - Devloper of hardware and software for the high-end imaging and vision market, including frame-grabbers, vision processing boards,
and imaging tools.
CycloVision - makers of ParaCamera - a camera with a hemispherical field of view (formerly known as OmniCam).
DALSA - Digital Imaging Solutions for Vision for Machines, Life Sciences, Vision Systems and Digital Cinema
DVC Company cameras
DVT Corp. - Smart Image Sensors - Low cost, high performance machine vision systems.
Daitron, Inc. - Provider of cameras, lenses, frame grabbers for industrial, medical, security and microscropy uses.
Data Translation image processing and data acquisition hardware and software
Datacube, Inc. - Maker of high-performance, pipelined acquisition, processing, and display hardware on the VME and PCI bus. Site includes
product information, newsletters, articles, and job listings.
Dipix Vision Systems - frame grabbers and vision systems
Directed Perception - pan/tilt cameras
EPIX - Manufacturer of imaging boards and software for the PC.

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Eltec - Supplier of imaging and image processing products including framegrabbers and intelligent cameras.
FDS Research - Developer of real-time machine vision systems
Film Scanners
Frame Grabbers for Linux - index of frame grabber manufacturers and drivers
Genex Technologies - Maker of the Rainbow 3D camera (a high-speed 3D image acquisition system), omni-directional cameras, and 3D image
processing software.
Graftek - cameras, frame grabbers, and accessories for digital imaging
HOPROS - Head mounted Optical PROjection System
IMAP-Vision - A 10GOPS PCI card for realtime vision. A fully programmable (using an extended C language) realtime vision system
consisting of a linear array of 256 8-bit processing elements. (Incubation Center / NEC Corporation)
IMAQ - Monochrome, color, and digital image acquisition hardware (National Instruments)
INO - Manufacturer of optical correlators and 3D vision sensors (Digital & Optical Systems)
IO Industries - Maker of systems for high-speed recording of digital video directly to disk for real-time image processing applications.
IQinVision - maker of smart camera platforms - high resolution progressive scan, with SDK for in-camera applications
Image Labs International - cameras, frame grabbers, lights, misc
Imagenation - low-cost precision framegrabbers - PC and PC/104
Imaging Source, the - marketer of digital imaging components (cameras, frame grabbers, etc.) and imaging development toolkits
Imaging Technology Incorporated - high performance frame grabbers, vision processors, and machine vision systems
InSpeck inc. - InSpeck designs and manufactures 3D color digitizers using non-laser technology and a 3D modeling software. InSpeck is
specializing in digitizing free form objects, in particular humans.
Integral Technologies - PCI and CompactPCI video frame grabbers for OEMs and VARs.
Keyence Corporation Machine Vision Systems - Manufacturer of factory automation camera machine vision systems for non-contact
inspection and measurement. ( Keyence Corporation)
Leutron - European supplier of cameras, framegrabbers, and other image processing hardware and software.
License Plate Systems and Lenses - lens magnifies 2x vertically, allowing single field capture of images without the usual image flattening
effect.
Line Scan Camera and Processor Hardware - Systems for line scan vision acquisition and processing. ( i2S-The Line Scan Company)
Lord Ingenierie - French provider of line scan cameras and optoelectric products
Massively parallel processor for recognition - high-speed chips and boards - useful for real-time imaging applications. (Silicon Recognition,
Inc.)
Matrox - Imaging Products Group
MetaControls Technologies, Inc. - Maker of digital FireWire cameras and automation and process control hardware and software.

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Minolta portable 3D Digitizer - The Vi-700 is a non-contact, portable, 3D scanner operating on a light stripe triangulation range-finder
principle. Scanning is fast (0.6 seconds) delivering data with 200X200 range point image and a 400X400 colour image simultaneously.
(Industrial Instruments Operation / Minolta UK Limited)
MuTech - maker of frame grabbers for PC's
Multipix Imaging Ltd - Distributor and supplier of frame grabbers, cameras, software and systems. Including Coreco, Dipix, Leutron Vision,
Hitachi, JAI and io Industries.
Multipix Imaging Ltd - Suppliers of image processing and machine vision products including Euresys, Leutron Vision, Io Industries, MVTec
(HALCON), Hitachi, TVI etc.
NANOsystems - High performance smart line scan cameras ( NANOsystems Messtechnik GmbH)
NIH Appendicies (Cameras and Light Boxes)
NIH Appendicies (Frame Grabbers)
Newton Research Labs - Manufactures color vision systems, high speed/high resolution line scan systems, robotics, and laser products for
industrial, commercial, and research applications
Optel Vision - Turnkey machine vision systems for pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and beverage packaging lines
PPT Vision - Maker of digital machine vision systems for industrial applications.
Pixelsmart - Video frame grabber manufacturer.
Precision Digital Images - Imaging hardware and software including digitizers and DSP image processing libraries.
Pulnix cameras - Pulnix is the industry leader in cameras for machine vision and imaging.
Quantitative Imaging Corporation - High-resolution color/monochrome CCD cameras, fully programmable with RS422 and Firewire
interface.
QuestLink - IC index
Real Time Imaging Streaming Storage - High-speed storage for capturing video streams in real-time. ( Boulder Instruments)
Robocams - Cameras for Automation, Machine Vision
STH-V1 Integrated Stereo Head - a compact, low-power stereo head using two CMOS camera modules. A unique feature is that a stereo
image can be multiplexed onto a single NTSC video signal. ( Videre Design)
SVResearch Machine Vision - High performance vision systems. Configurable software, extensive tool libraries, complete ready-to-install
package. FDA compliant, validable vision systems.
Seeing Machines - Seeing Machines has a focus on vision based human machine interfaces. Develop technology that provides head, pose, gaze
direction and eyelid closure tracking.
SentechAmerica Inc. - A Japanese OEM CCD video camera manufactuer for industrial & medical applications. (Sensor Technologies America
Inc.)
ShapeSnatcher 3D-Toolkit - 3D-Acquisition technology that turns any camera into a powerful 3D acquisition device.

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Silicon Mountain Design - high performance and high resolution cameras

SkySoft Express Image processing systems - Digital image processing systems for the trade, banking and insurance industries. Highlights:
OCR, Barcode, Object measurement, pattern recognition and more.
Spectronix - Manufacturer of embedded digital camera modules for robot vision.
Subtechnique - Machine vision, Imaging, Image processing software CCD Video Cameras, Digital Cameras Dealer and System Integrator
links.
Sundance - Multi-processor DSP solutions for high performance image processing, area scan, and linescan framegrabbers
Surveyor Corporation - products include a computer-controlled camera pan/tilt and lens control device
TCI Series - Modular PCI bus master video frame grabbers providing real-time capture to host memory. ( Coreco)
TVI Vision - makers of digital color and monochrome line scan cameras
Tectivity - Sales Representative and Distributor of computer imaging components including hardware, software, and engineering services.
Teleos Research products - AVP-100 and the PeopleTracker for Windows. Easy-to-use software adds powerful vision-based figure tracking to
your personal computer. ( Teleos Research)
Time Machines - Sales and rental of High Speed Imaging equipment for motion analysis in research, testing, product development, and
maintenance. ( Time Machines)
Triclops Stereo Vision System - PC based, MMX optimized, multibaseline stereo vision system ( Point Grey Research)
Tyzx, Inc. - Tyzx's 3DAWARE system provides real-time 3-dimensional acquisition and tracking of objects. Tyzx's DeepSea hardware engine
and SEER software make stereo vision, fast, robust and affordable for industrial and consumer markets. (Tyzx, Inc.)
Video Processing Source List
VideometerLab - Laboratory instrument for accurate and reproducible color vision measurements e.g. visual quality assessment and color
texture measurements. ( Videometer)
VigraVision - Color Frame Grabber, Image Procesing and Accelerated SVGA Display ( VisiCom Imaging Products)
Vision Components - Vision Components manufactures industrial smart cameras. These compact, lowcost and powerful devices feature
high-resolution CCD sensors, DSP, memory and process interface.
Vista Imaging - maker of the ViCAM digital video camera, which supports full motion video, high quality stills, and extreme low light
capability.
Visual Inspection Systems - Makers of cameras with on board DSP, frame grabbers, and systems for machine vision.
Willow Peripherals - Framegrabbers and video accelerators for PC's. ( Willow Peripherals)

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