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Vision
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2019-10-22 17:20 Mjukvara, Mekanik, Test & Stimuli, Industriell automation, Vision
infoInspection of automatic lathing
In lathing defects may occur caused by a worn or damaged lathe steel. NOW has developed a vision system for automatic inspection of automatic lathing with high precision. Data is stored in a data base for traceability. The system can be built-in in the lathe, or mounted in a separate inspection cell.
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2019-10-22 17:23 Mekanik, Vision, Industriell automation, Test & Stimuli, Mjukvara
infoTest of safety critical software
NOW’s vision platform AVT is used for recursive tests of safety critical software.
During the development of the software, new functions are added, and bugs are corrected. At every new release, all parts of the software must be retested to see that the functions haven’t been altered in a unwanted fashion. This is a time consuming work if a tester must watch a display to check the functions visually. NOW has developed functions to make this automatically with use of a vision system, which has resulted in lower costs, higher quality, and a more content personnel.
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2019-10-22 17:25 Industriell automation, Vision, Test & Stimuli, Mjukvara
infoInspection of edges on metal details
A tool has been developed for inspection of edges on metal details in a production line. The tool inspects measurements and form, and looks for notches and excess material, as small as some ten microns.
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2019-10-22 17:26 Industriell automation, Vision, Test & Stimuli, Mjukvara
infoOptical Character Verification (OCV)
NOW has developed a vision system for Optical Character Verification (OCV) . The system is used in industries where product names and text/symbols must be clearly printed on each product. This system ensures that every product that leaves the production line meets the quality requirements applicable in their respective industry.
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2019-10-22 17:27 Vision, Mekanik, Test & Stimuli, Medicinteknik, Mjukvara, Elektronik
infoMicroscope Camera
Monochrome CCD camera for electron microscope
Sensor: ON Semi KAI-04070
Resolution: 2048×2048
Frame rate: Max 25 fps
Pixel depth: 14 bits
Large FPGA and DDR3 memories for complex image processing in the camera
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2019-10-22 17:28 Försvar & Säkerhet, Universitet & Forskning, Vision, Elektronik
infoRead-out electronics
Read-out electronics for high-performance stirling cooled IR-sensor
Compact electronic design
Flex-rigid PCB
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2019-10-22 17:32 Mekanik, Industriell automation, Vision, Mjukvara
infoInspection of production
A system has been developed for inspection of production of coaxial cables. The system continously inspects the quality of the wowen copper shield to see if there are to large openings in the braid. The system is a development of an earlier system, and comprises a standard PC, four Firewire cameras, 1024×768 pixels, lighting and optics.
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2019-10-22 17:32 Mekanik, Vision, Industriell automation, Test & Stimuli, Mjukvara
infoInspection of tinned cables
A vision system for inspection of tinned cables has been developed. The system looks for holes in the tinning. The cable is inspected in real time, when it passes four cameras, with the help of proprietary algorithms. The system includes a standard PC, four Firewire cameras with a 1024×768 resolution, optics and lighting.
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2019-10-22 17:33 Vision, Mekanik, Test & Stimuli, Industriell automation, Mjukvara, Elektronik
infoQuality control in 2D and 3D (TQC)
Vision system (Tile Quality Control, TQC) for difficult environments with Firewire cameras and audio analysis. The system is used for inspection/quality control in roof tile production, both in 2D and 3D. The size of the tiles is checked, and defects in the surface and edges are detected by cameras, where micrometre-thin cracks are revealed. Additionally noise analysis is used for detecting hidden cracks inside the tile.
The software is written in C++ using DirectShow and Microsoft Visual Studio.
The hardware consists of a PC with I/O-cards and external PLC and photoelectric sensors, and is built with Bosch Rexroth strut profiles around the conveyor belt.
The system is fully parameter-controlled and stores the statistics. The user can choose to save images and sound recordings for a follow-up. The system has a variety of custom variants delivered to the Swedish and Danish tileworks for different kinds of clay and concrete tiles.
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2019-10-22 17:37 Mjukvara, Test & Stimuli, Mekanik, Vision, Industriell automation
infoInspection of bending
Within a very short time frame, NOW developed a vision system for inspection of bending. The system with two Firewire cameras, lighting, control electronics and PC software, automatically inspected the bending of an tinned component pin. If copper was visible, the component was not to be used. The system looked for the colour of copper, which was very effective. The customer could easily change parameters via the PC user interface, to change for example how much copper that was allowed. Statistics were saved in a database tool.
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2019-10-22 17:39 Test & Stimuli, Elektronik, Vision, Mekanik, Universitet & Forskning, Automotive
infoCamera-Link converter boxes
NOW has developed a number of Camera-Link converter boxes, where video from different sources are converted to Camera-Link format to allow to be connected to a Frame-Grabber board in a Unix computer in order to analyse images in different research projects.
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2019-10-22 17:47 Elektronik, Mjukvara, Vision, Startups & Prototyper
infoProfessional film camera with HD resolution
NOW has participated in the development of a professional film camera with full HD resolution (1920×1080) and 12-bit color depth. In the camera there are seven different PCBs, and one more in a pluggable memory card.
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2019-10-22 17:48 Mjukvara, Test & Stimuli, Vision, Industriell automation
infoVision application in a production line
A vision application to inspect a mechanical detail in a production line has been designed. The application looks for defects, where for example an edge may have been damaged.
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2019-10-24 11:23 Mekanik, Industriell automation, Universitet & Forskning, Vision, Mjukvara, Test & Stimuli, Elektronik
infoVision systems for quality control of paper paths
NOW has developed a vision systems for quality control of paper paths in the paper industry. The system detects splicing, creases, cracks, holes, et cetera – everything that is needed to facilitate the production, make it more efficient, more profitable and ensure quality.
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2019-10-24 11:24 Mjukvara, Vision, Industriell automation
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Distribution of MPEG4 video
Distribution of MPEG4 video over the network for the monitoring of the process. Server/client modules converts DirectShow technology, and can easily be integrated in VisualStudio.net-environment.
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2019-10-24 11:25 Mjukvara, Elektronik, Test & Stimuli, Mekanik, Vision, Försvar & Säkerhet, Flyg & Rymdteknik
infoCCD Camera
A complete CCD camera for military use, including mechanics, electronics and software, has been developed by NOW. The camera records a 14-bit 2048×2048 video at 160 Msamples/s. A lossless image compression with a proprietary algorithm reduces the amount of data, which is then sent over a Gigabit Ethernet link to the host computer. Basic image processing and control is done in an Altera Cyclone II FPGA. The camera is of a kinematic theodolite type.
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2019-10-24 11:32 Universitet & Forskning, Mekanik, Vision, Industriell automation, Test & Stimuli, Mjukvara, Elektronik
infoMeasurement of a pendulum
A vision application for measurement of a pendulum. The pendulum is affected by swirls of molten steel which occur when draining the steel.
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2019-10-24 11:32 Industriell automation, Försvar & Säkerhet, Medicinteknik, Mekanik, Automotive, Flyg & Rymdteknik, Vision, Test & Stimuli, Mjukvara, Elektronik
infoVision system for inspecting dashboards
NOW has developed a vision system for inspecting dashboards. The system is built using DirectShow and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. Cameras deliver images that are handled in real time. Possible parameters to inspect are: colour, intensity, shape, symbols, segment displays, LCD displays, indicator positions and indicator needle movement. The application encapsulates a scripting language that is easily configured through a graphichal interface. Optional controls/commands are carried out in sequence. The system communicates with the client’s control system via TCP/IP.
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2019-10-24 11:33 Industriell automation, Vision, Mjukvara
infoVision system for plastic crates
A vision system for plastic crates, where the position of the handles is checked in production. The crates can’t be stacked if the handle is in the wrong position. An analogue camera, lighting and image processing algorithms were part of the commission.
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2019-10-24 11:35 Flyg & Rymdteknik, Vision, Mjukvara
infoVideo playback/recording
Integration of video playback/recording functionality in an airborne system. Server and multi-client viewing of MPEG-4 encoded video with system logging. On the client-side DirectShow functionality in Windows XP (CPCI) is used. Simultaneous viewing and recording of 4 channels (NTSC/PAL).
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2019-10-24 11:39 Elektronik, Mjukvara, Mekanik, Vision, Industriell automation
infoChecking of labels
A system for reading and checking of labels. A line-scan camera scans the label as it passes by, and a computer with a frame grabber board, a control board and image processing software interprets the image. The printing quality is checked, and the serial number is read and stored.
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2019-10-24 11:40 Elektronik, Mjukvara, Vision, Industriell automation
infoLine-scan Camera
NOW has designed all the electronics to a line-scan camera, four circuit boards. The CCD has eight outputs to eight A/D converters, each of these has a 30 MHz data rate, which gives 160 Mpixel/sec. The electronics includes an Altera Cyclone II FPGA programmed in the Quartus environment, and analog drive electronics for the CCD, a 2k x 96 TDI CCD. In order to get the best quality of the data from the CCD it must be controlled with precise analogue signals, with special rise and fall times, and signals therefore has a resolution of nanoseconds.
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2019-10-24 11:41 Elektronik, Mjukvara, Vision, Automotive
infoFrame grabber/image processor
NOW has developed an image processor for traffic tolls. It is a PCI board with two camera inputs for optical fiber. The design included PCBs and VHDL code for “soft” parallel processing in FPGA used for image processing in real time, and development of drivers for Linux and Windows.
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2019-10-24 11:47 Elektronik, Mjukvara, Mekanik, Vision, Industriell automation
infoMeasuring cooling channels
NOW has developed vision functions for integration into the customer’s machine for measuring cooling channels etc. in tool steel. Angle and position were measured. The delivery included DLL files for integration into the customer’s application, lighting, optics, CCD-camera, camera casing, etc.
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2019-10-24 11:48 Elektronik, Mjukvara, Mekanik, Vision, Industriell automation
infoFrame grabber (Linux-based)
NOW has developed a Linux-based frame grabber for a measurement application. The frame grabber has two camera inputs with flexible triggering, and it has Ethernet connection. A specially developed card controls the lighting. The board has been kept alive with component updates to new versions, and has now been produced in various forms for many years.
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2019-10-24 11:49 Mjukvara, Vision, Industriell automation
infoMeasuring of reference marks
NOW has developed algorithms for extremely accurate (30 nm) measuring of reference marks in laser drawing machines. The reference marks have several specially designed appearances. NOW started from scanned images and optimized the image analysis algorithms to 1/20 pixel accuracy. The algorithms were implemented in C++, and executed under Unix, integrated in the client’s machine.
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2019-10-24 11:51 Elektronik, Industriell automation, Vision, Mjukvara
infoCD inspection system
NOW has developed an CD inspection system, to be integrated in a machine for manufacturing CDs. NOW made a market research and selection of the fast CCD line scan camera which loads an image of the CD-writer when it spins one revolution. The image is sent to one of NOWs developed frame grabber boards, where some image processing is performed in hardware. Afterwards the image is processed with software vision algorithms, developed by NOW. After that the image is searched for surface defects, etc. Over 400 machines were manufactured using this equipment.
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2019-10-24 11:51 Mjukvara, Vision, Industriell automation
infoReference measurement
NOW has developed a very cost effective vision function for integration into the customer’s plate bending machine. The vision algorithms are based upon NOW’s vision library, and they find and align to reference marks. Each machine has three CMOS USB cameras.