Agriculture
From field to greenhouse, vision technology is transforming agriculture. The Imaging Source cameras provide the reliability and image quality needed for crop monitoring, sorting, and automation.
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Industrial Cameras for Agriculture and Smart Farming
Modern agriculture is increasingly data-driven. Machine vision enables smart farming systems to monitor crop health, automate sorting and harvesting, and ensure consistent product quality. In diverse agricultural applications such as greenhouse monitoring, crop inspection, and robotic harvesting, industrial and board-level cameras from The Imaging Source deliver the reliable imaging performance that allows for improvements in yields, efficiency, and sustainability
The Imaging Source's robust cameras feature the latest Sony and onsemi CMOS sensors, offering high resolution, sensitivity, and dynamic range for accurate image capture under challenging outdoor and indoor lighting conditions. With USB3, GigE, MIPI CSI-2, and GMSL2 interfaces, the cameras integrate easily into drones, inspection, and robotic systems, ensuring dependable imaging performance.
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Greenhouse & Controlled Environments
Automated image analysis enables precise monitoring of plant growth, color, and health in greenhouses and indoor farms. Suitable for both crop production and plant phenotyping, TIS cameras provide precise image data for stress detection, yield optimization, and research applications.
Field Monitoring
Vision-based field monitoring provides valuable insights into crop growth, soil conditions, and pest activity. With high-resolution cameras from TIS, farmers and integrators capture accurate image data for precision agriculture, improving decision-making and overall yield efficiency.
Automated Harvesting
Machine vision enables precise fruit and crop detection for robotic harvesting systems. The Imaging Source cameras deliver accurate color and image data, ensuring gentle handling, higher throughput, and reduced labor requirements in modern agriculture.
Quality Control & Sorting
Machine vision systems inspect seeds, grains, and produce for size, shape, and color consistency. Whether using monochrome or color imaging, TIS imaging components deliver the precision needed for automated defect detection, size grading, and consistency control.
Livestock Monitoring
Vision-based systems monitor animal movement, behavior, and body condition to improve welfare and productivity. With flexible zoom and focus adjustment, TIS zoom and autofocus cameras capture clear, detailed images in dynamic farm environments.
Drone and Aerial Crop Inspection
High-resolution aerial imaging provides valuable insights into crop mapping, growth patterns, disease detection, and yield estimation. The Imaging Source's compact and lightweight cameras integrate easily into drone systems, delivering precise image data for fast, large-scale analysis of field conditions.
Case Studies
Computer-Vision-Based Fruit Grading System Increases Throughput 6-Fold
Traditionally, orchard owners have relied on manual labor for the grading and sorting of citrus fruit. The task is labor-intensive and tedious for…
