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MVTec's newest version of their HALCON Progress Edition, HALCON 20.05, will be released on May 20, 2020. To mark the event, MVTec will host a free webinar to acquaint users with the latest improvements.

Included among the many improvements is the bar code reader's advanced decoding algorithm which can now read codes with an element size smaller than 1 pixel.

The performance of surface-based 3D matching for almost symmetric objects has been further enhanced by making use of small features within the objects.

In the field of deep learning technologies, HALCON 20.05 also comes with some major improvements: training for deep learning technologies can now be performed on the CPU. A dedicated GPU is no longer necessary and gives customers greater flexibility in implementing their deep learning algorithms on standard industrial PCs.

In support of the HALCON 20.05 release, MVTec is offering a webinar on May 26, 2020. Mario Bohnacker (Technical Product Manager) will introduce the latest additions and improvements and will answer your questions directly after the webinar in a short Q&A session.

Webinar

• Topic: MVTec HALCON 20.05
• Date and Time: May 26, 2020 at 9 a.m. (CEST)
• Speaker: Mario Bohnacker, Technical Product Manager HALCON
• Register for the webinar here.

Even if you are unable to attend the live webinar, a recording will be available shortly after the live session for those registered.

Since February, all of us find ourselves in a dynamic situation with regards to the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. The Imaging Source continues to closely monitor the latest developments in order to anticipate and plan for any potential disruptions to our supply chain which might impact our delivery capabilities.

In accordance with state and federal guidelines, the majority of our employees are working from home, allowing The Imaging Source to remain fully operational while ensuring that the remaining on-site employees are able to maintain appropriate social distancing measures. Our sales, order processing and support personnel are available as usual to assist you with all of your new and existing projects and orders.

The Imaging Source holds high levels of production-critical inventory and we will remain in constant contact with our suppliers in order to ensure supply chain integrity. In addition to our supply chain management, our two production facilities in Germany and Taiwan afford us the flexibility and capacity to maintain regular production activities.

As this remains a fluid situation, we will inform customers of any significant changes impacting our ability to maintain our stated delivery times.

Since 1990, The Imaging Source has been delivering high-performance industrial cameras for automation, quality control, logistics and medical/pharmaceutical applications. The Imaging Source's 2020 catalog features a wide variety of industrial and board-level cameras based on the latest Sony and ONSemi sensors. New product offerings include:

1. NVIDIA development kits
2. MIPI board cameras
3. FPD-Link III board cameras
4. FPD-Link III IP67 housed cameras
5. Polarization cameras
6. 20x optical zoom cameras

In addition to our comprehensive camera portfolio, The Imaging Source also provides an extensive range of lenses and accessories.

You can immediately download the catalog
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From February 25 - 27, 2020, The Imaging Source's technical sales and project managers will be staffing the booth (Hall 2, Booth 648) at embedded world in Nuremburg to showcase The Imaging Source's latest product developments for the embedded vision market.

The Imaging Source's NVIDIA Development Kits for Jetson Nano (including the latest Nano version which supports two cameras) and TX2 / Xavier simplify the development and in-design process for developers looking to get started with embedded vision. The compact MIPI CSI-2 camera modules are available in a range of resolutions (global and rolling shutter) and directly execute demosaicing, color correction and other post-processing tasks via the ISP of the embedded target platform.

Recently awarded the inVISION Top Innovation 2020, The Imaging Source's FPD-Link offers a bridge solution using the FPD-Link protocol for applications where longer cable lengths are required. The FPD-Link III bridge allows for cable lengths up to 15m and simultaneous data transmission, control channels and power over a single compact coaxial cable.

Glare and reflections are a common problem in image processing. Given the reflective properties of various materials under polarized light, The Imaging Source's GigE and USB polarization cameras can be used to solve inspection tasks where conventional cameras provide limited visual information. Degree of Linear Polarity (DoLP) processing of polarization image data improves image contrast and allows for more effective image segmentation.

The simple integration of the polarization image data into HALCON enables these properties to be easily used in image processing applications, such as completeness checks, surface inspections, etc.