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Citation
(2006), "Web sites", Sensor Review, Vol. 26 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/sr.2006.08726dag.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Keywords: Machine vision, Image sensors, Internet
Cognex Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and markets machine vision systems. Cognex states that it is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 300,000 vision systems. Cognex's web site as you would expect has comprehensive information including product details about their products and services. The case studies can be sorted by application area and many are available with full stories available to read and video clips to download and see the “real time action”.
All their product information is well catalogued and the site is really easy to navigate.
The primary objective of the UK Industrial Vision Association is to promote the use of vision technology by manufacturing industry in the UK.
The downloadable resources available on this site are free to any visitor who registers. Although machine vision implies automatic interpretation of images, the Association also provides information on other forms of electronic imaging such as infra red, X-ray and high speed video, not always subject to automatic analysis.
There a number of sections that may be of interest to Sensor Review readers including news (containing information about the events, workshop and courses which UKIVA is either organising or attending), courses and publications.
The free resources section contains PDF files of handouts from many past seminars put on by the association, plus other material such as the “Machine Vision Handbook” and “Financial Justifications for Machine Vision”, and educational material submitted by members.
This is an informative site and worth a visit. The UKIVA is itself a founder member of the European Machine Vision Association (EMVA, www. emva.org), based in Frankfurt, which brings together both National Vision Associations and individual suppliers doing or wishing to conduct international business. The EMVA site is not very large but does contain information applicable for Europe and the international market.
Firstsight Vision is the UK's largest independent distributor of machine vision components, complete vision systems, as well as high end security and traffic components. Their web site contains product information and downloads along with news and company information.
Jessica Mytum-Smithson