In This Issue |
December 2010 |
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Corporate Updates |
Point Grey’s Year in Review 2010
2010 was a very successful year for Point Grey with significant growth in all areas. We launched the Flea3 FireWire, Grasshopper2 GigE Vision, and Gazelle Camera Link camera families, and introduced the world's smallest USB 3.0 camera at VISION 2010. We also saw signficant increases in sales revenue and unit sales, celebrated employee number... Read more...
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Case Studies |
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Vision system combines Flea
cameras and software to provide
360° inspection of beer kegs
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360° inspection of beer kegs using Flea cameras
Aptura Machine Vision Solutions developed an inspection system to provide full 360 degree inspection of beer keg labels by performing eight checks of the label and tap at the end of the bottling line. The system uses five Point Grey Flea FireWire cameras, feeding a powerful quad-core PC running OmniView Cylindrical Product Inspection software from Cognex to unwrap the round mini-kegs, eliminate parallax, flatten the 3-D object into a spatially correct 2-D image, and check each mini-keg for multiple defects.
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Event Update |
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Point Grey will be exhibiting at
Photonics West
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Flea3 USB 3.0 Takes Center Stage at Photonics West
Photonics West is the world’s leading photonics, laser, and biomedical optics show, taking place from January 25-27, 2011 in San Francisco. Point Grey will be showcasing some of its latest camera products such as the world’s smallest Flea3 USB 3.0 camera, the Grasshopper Express featuring a Sony ICX674 CCD sensor, and the Grasshopper2 FireWire camera featuring the Sony ICX285 sensor.
Explore the latest advancements in light-driven research and technologies and visit Point Grey in the North Hall, Booth # 5413.
Download USB 3.0 Technical FAQs (PDF 45kb)
Download Flea3 USB 3.0 preliminary datasheet (PDF 241kb) |
Point Grey exhibited at SEMICON
and ITE in Japan |
Successful Exhibitions in Japan
Point Grey exhibited at SEMICON Japan in Chiba (Dec 1-3) and ITE in Yokohama with our Japanese distributor ViewPLUS (Dec 8-10). Both shows drew a growing number of visitors looking for the latest image processing technology.
Point Grey showcased some of the world’s smallest and fastest cameras, including the upcoming USB 3.0 Flea3 model measuring only 29 x 29 x 30 mm, the Camera Link Gazelle measuring only 44 x 29 x 58 m, the GigE Grasshopper2 featuring the 2MP Sony ICX274 CCD at 30 FPS, and the highly sensitive 5MP Sony ICX625 capable of running at 15FPS.
Download USB 3.0 Technical FAQs (PDF 45kb)
Download Flea3 USB 3.0 preliminary datasheet (PDF 241kb)
Download Gazelle Camera Link preliminary datasheet (PDF 3mb) |
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Christmas Office Closure |
Upcoming Events 2010 |
 Please note, our offices in Canada, the USA, and Europe will be closed December 24th to January 3rd (inclusive).
Normal business hours will resume January 4th, 2011. For customers in Asia, please contact the distributor in your area for hours of operation. |
Point Grey will be exhibiting at Photonics West in San Francisco, CA, USA, from January 25-27, 2011
Point Grey will be attending Automation World with Cylod, our Korean Distributor, from March 8-11, 2011
Point Grey will be attending Semicon China with Luster, our Chinese distributor, from March 15-17, 2011
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