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January, 2012   
January 2012 Insights - UAB Outback Challenge
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Canberra UAV using Point Grey Chamerleon cameras Find the lost tourist! Using Point Grey Chameleons for Search and Rescue

The UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) Outback Challenge is based upon the premise of rescuing a stranded tourist in the Australian outback. This year, the UAVCanberra team is designing an UAV using two Point Grey Chameleon cameras and a low cost Pandaboard ARM.
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Grasshopper Express 2.8MP New Grasshopper Express FireWire Camera

The new Grasshopper Express GX-FW-28S5 camera models are based on color and monochrome versions of the fast and highly sensitive Sony ICX674, a 2/3" CCD capable of sending 1932 x 1452 images at 26 FPS. The ICX674 sensor supports high definition (HD) 1080p30 imaging and uses Sony's EXview HAD CCD II ™ to improve quantum efficiency, reduce smear, and increase sensitivity, including into the near infrared...
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AIA USB3 Standards meeting in Vancouver Canada Point Grey To Host First Interface Standards Meeting

Point Grey, a world leader in advanced digital imaging products, will be hosting the AIA Winter 2012 Vision Standards Meeting in Vancouver, Canada from February 13 – 17th. This is the first meeting of its kind where leading industry players meet to progress technical milestones on interface standards. One of the key items on the agenda is the continued effort to form the USB3 Vision standard...
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USB3 Vision White Paper Point Grey USB3 Vision White Paper Now Available

The AIA has just released the first version of the USB3 Vision Standards white paper. The paper documents the objectives for USB3 Vision, provides an architectural overview, and outlines key operations to be addressed by the USB3 standard.
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New KB Articles Upcoming Event

KB Article: Updating USB 3.0 Firmware using USB 2.0 Cable or Port

KB Article: Distributing FlyCapture Applications

KB Article: Windows Firewall Pops Up When Starting a FlyCapture Application

KB Article: USB 3.0 Cameras on USB 2 bus do not support images >4MB

KB Article: Windows Aero theme may interfere with FlyCapture2 image display

Vision China 2012 Vision China Shanghai

Point Grey will be attending Vision China Shanghai with LUSTER LightVision, our Chinese Distributor in Shanghai, China from March 20-22, 2012.


Intertraffic Amsterdam Intertraffic Amsterdam
Point Grey will be exhibiting at Intertraffic Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Netherlands from March 27-30, 2012
ISC West 2012 ISC West 2012
Point Grey will be exhibiting at ISC West in Las Vegas, NV from March 28-30, 2012

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The new Flea3 USB 3.0 camera by Point Grey
UAV Outback Challenge with Chameleon camera Point Grey launches Grasshopper Express 2.8MP FireWire camera AIA USB 3.0 Vision Meeting