Articles

LMI: Megapixel 3D Sensors Measure Fine Details Down To Microns

The Dec 7 2011 Product Feature section of Inspect OnLine describes the Gocator 2300 family of Megapixel 3D sensors which provide higher resolution to inspect fine features in large fields of view.

Smart Cameras, 3D Vision Drive Automotive Market

In the August 9 2011 Machine Vision Online Newsletter, Winn Hardin, Contributing Editor, AIA, has a Feature Article describing how 3D vision is used in automotive manufacturing. His article includes a description of how Gocator makes automotive applications easy to implement.

Bark Presence Detected by New Scanner

The July/August 2011 issue of Timber Processing includes an article describing how the new chroma+scan 2125 scanner is used to detect bark presence on logs to determine the true log diameter under the bark.

Machine-Vision Software Enters the Third Dimension

Andrew Wilson of Vision Systems Design looks at how off-the-shelf software tools, like Gocator's, are making it possible for 3D machine vision systems to be rapidly deployed.

Apollo Shoots for the Top in Energy Conservation

An article about Sinclar Forest Products in the February/March 2011 issue of Logging and Sawmilling Journal includes a photograph of the installation of chroma+scan 3300 scanners on a Comact optimizer.

Smart Approach to 3D Imaging

The March 17 2011 ConnectIndustry.com features our Gocator in an article "Smart Approach to 3D Imaging". In the article, Mark Williamson of Stemmer Imaging looks at how the emergence of 3D smart cameras is set to revolutionise industrial 3D measurements.

Measuring Concrete Pavement Ride Quality

The Q4 2010 issue of Concrete Pavement Progress, published by the American Concrete Pavement Association, describes how LMI, in a collaborative R&D program, addressed the challenges of accurately profiling coarse textured pavements. The result of the program was introduction of our RoLine 3D sensor family.

Laser Line Based 3D Sensors

The Inspection section of the Nov/Dec 2010 Tire Technology International magazine includes Gocator. See the highlighted section of the download.

Improving the Picture of Food Production

Photonics Spectra Nov 2010 edition has an overview article describing the many uses of different types of machine vision in food inspection by Contributing Editor Hank Hogan. It includes a section describing our Tracker 4000 3D sensor applied to guiding robots in automated cow milking systems.

INSPECT Interviews CEO Terry Arden

In the "Visionaries" section of the November 2010 issue of INSPECT, our CEO Terry Arden is interviewed regarding the current status and future applications of 3D sensors.