AQSENSE in the Media
Versatile Use of 3D Cloud of Points Analysis
Friday, 29 July 2011 13:25
What Teeth, Cars, Ice Cream and Sausages Have in Common …
Regardless of whether uniform portions of sausage, cheese or ice cream are required in the food industry, economical and absolutely precise testing of components in the automotive industry or micro-precision fitting accuracy for dental prostheses - the SAL3D library from the Spanish software company, Aqsense, guarantees quick and precise capture of three-dimensional objects using 3D point clouds...
Imagine a delicatessen producer wanting to fill precut halves of coconut shells automatically with ice cream on a mass production line. Of course each of these naturally grown ice cream shells are unique in size and form, each with a slightly different shape and holding capacity. Nevertheless the filling height and quantity of ice cream must correspond to a defined model, describing a standard half-shell and defining the possible tolerance range for filling. Since production is to be accomplished on a conveyor belt, this measuring pro-cess must be completed quickly and it should also be associated with minimum effort and cost. This is exactly where SAL3D from the Spanish provider, Aqsense, excels...
Greg Blackman compares 3D machine vision with 2D at IMVEurope
Monday, 27 June 2011 09:46
Imveurope's editor, Greg Blackman, compares 3D machine vision technologies with typical 2D applications in his latest article and empathizes SAL3D as a first in class option that exceeds 2D available options.
"Imaging in 3D, which we humans might take for granted, is still relatively new in machine vision. Acquiring depth information adds complexity to a vision set-up, both on the image capture side and the processing, but it does open up areas that would otherwise be too difficult to engineer relying solely on 2D vision. In fact, 3D imaging is currently considered one of the major growth sectors in machine vision.
The technology surrounding 3D vision is varied – there are numerous ways to generate depth information – and the type employed really depends on how accurate you want to be – are we talking height data at ±50mm or ±0.1mm? Calculating a real-world measurement such as the volume of an object typically requires a higher degree of accuracy than guiding a robot, say, in bin-picking (...)"
"3-D imaging for machine vision" VSD editorial guide
Thursday, 16 June 2011 06:20
New VSD Editorial Guide about 3-D Imaging for Machine Vision publishes a whole article about AQSENSE's 360º demo
"Laser triangulation system measures food products
Producers of packaged meat products must ensure that the portions of meat that are packed are accurately portioned and cut. Deviating from specified weights by more than a half an ounce for a 16-oz steak, for example, can be expensive. Similarly, cutting the meat in smaller portions will result in unhappy customers, especially if the meat is to be offered to some of the world’s most famous restaurants. (...)"
Download full article (pdf file) or read it online at VSD site
VSD June issue full of AQSENSE references
Wednesday, 08 June 2011 13:37
AQSENSE technologies are trendy and, as a result, are regularly appearing on the machine vision specialized magazines. Vision Systems Design, the American magazine leader in machine vision and image processing news has published information about SAL3D in two different sections of their last issue. Moreover, products containing AQSENSE technologies, as Photofocus' 3D cameras, are also being highlighted.
On page 23 there is an article entitled "Machine-Vision software enters the 3rd dimension" where, among other references, we can read:
"One of the most popular of these software packages is the SAL3D (3-D Shape Analysis Library) from Aqsense. A set of tools for processing point cloud information acquired from different 3-D vision technologies (including laser triangulation), the software is offered by Aqsense and can be combined with other software packages such as Matrox's MIL, MVTec Software's Halcon, and Common Vision Blox from Stemmer Imaging."
Later on the same magazine, on page 30-31, there is a press release containing information about SAL3D's latest tool: the Area Tool. This press release has been also published on other important magazines of the sector.
But there are still more references to AQSENSE's technologies. Another article about 3d imaging being used on scallops sorting (starting at page 19) shows Photonfocus' cameras which internally use AQSENSE's FPGA Peak detector.
More info at VSD June issue (pdf file)
AQSENSE advert and article published on Inspect magazine
Thursday, 05 May 2011 14:57
SAL3D new advert
Thanks to AQSENSE collaboration with Silicon Software, the
This joined effort and the technology behind the product is largely explained on an article, entitled "Optical 3D Measurement by Laser Triangulation Method" that has been published on Inspect, one of the most important vision magazines in Europe. A SAL3D advert has also been published on the same April 2011 issue.
"The measurement technology of today has achieved accuracy and processing performance which allows an integration of acquisition and analysis in online production processes. For this purpose non-contact methods are almost solely used with need of high requirement on robustness and speed..."
"Optical 3D Measurement by Laser Triangulation Method" full text (Inspect-online website)
"Berührungslose Inspektionsverfahren" full text (German version at Inspect-online website)
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