Engineering TV : Imaging

adLib Software Demo

CurtisEllzey — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:04:00 GMT

Jason Barton, Co-Founder of EchoStorm, demonstrates the capabilities of their adLib software. adLib is EchoStorm Worldwide’s flagship product providing advanced video, metadata, and audio processing for Defense and Intelligence applications. adLib provides a unique web-based, net-centric, standards compliant solution for capturing, processing, storing, and disseminating Full Motion Video (FMV) from manned and unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) and ground based sensors. Also watch this episode: EchoStorm's adLib Technology. For more information, visit EchoStorm.

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EchoStorm's adLib Technology

CurtisEllzey — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:53:00 GMT
EchoStorm's easy-to-use adLib video and data management software revolutionizes “situational awareness.” No other software in the marketplace can simultaneously capture, standardize, process, and fuse video, images, and data from multiple sources in quite the same way. adLib distributes this information in a near real-time, secure format to all users, regardless of their location, bandwidth, or device. Imagine securely integrating and distributing video, images, and data from in-theater combat systems, healthcare databases, traffic cameras, fixed surveillance systems, television broadcast feeds, and more - to any networked device. Also watch this episode: adLib Software Demo. For more information, visit EchoStorm.

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Dimension Icon AFM Walkthrough

CurtisEllzey — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT
Veeco's John Thornton takes us through the operation of their Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope to scan the surface of a gallium nitride wafer. Many of the Dimension Icon AFM’s new features are engineered specifically to enhance technical performance while simultaneously increasing usability and productivity for both new and expert AFM users. The system utilizes a revolutionary XYZ closed-loop head that scans at high-speed rates while delivering extremely low drift and low noise. These features combine to drastically cut stabilization times, allowing the system to acquire artifact-free data in much less time than is possible with any competing AFM on the market. Also watch this episode: Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope. For more information, go to: Veeco.

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Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope

CurtisEllzey — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT
Veeco's Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) brings new levels of performance, functionality, and AFM accessibility to nanoscale researchers in science and industry. Incorporating the latest evolution of Veeco’s industry-leading tip-scanning AFM technology, the Icon’s temperature-compensating position sensors render noise levels in the sub-angstroms range for the Z-axis, and angstroms in X-Y. This is extraordinary performance in a large-sample, 90-micron scan range system, surpassing the noise performance of most open-loop, high-resolution AFMs. Also watch this episode: Dimension Icon AFM Walkthrough. For more information, go to: Veeco.

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Inertial Instruments for Space Navigation

CurtisEllzey — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT
Paul Manley, of L-3 Space & Navigation, discusses some of the most accurate gyros in the world that L-3 manufactures for use in satellite navigation: Fiber Optic Gyros (FOGs), Ring Laser Gyros (RLGs), and Star Sensors. In addition, the RIFCA (Redundant Inertial Flight Control Assembly), comprised of a six ring laser gyro and six accelerometer system, provides guidance, flight control and mission sequencing functions and has flown over 100 missions to date with 100% success without ever having tripped redundancy. L-3 Space & Navigation is a major supplier of inertial systems, guidance, control and positioning equipment for satellites, artillery and launch vehicles. For more information, go to: L-3 Space & Navigation.

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Single Chip Automotive Imaging

CurtisEllzey — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:00:00 GMT
The single-chip design of Aptina Imaging's MT9V126 provides new scene viewing functionality that automotive and after-market manufacturers have been seeking. The SOC features the industry’s smallest automotive-grade (AEC-Q100) package, excellent low-light sensitivity, on-chip lens distortion correction, perspective correction and a dynamic graphic overlay capability. Also watch this episode: Aptina TrueSNAP Global Shutter. For more information, go to: Aptina Imaging.

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Aptina TrueSNAP Global Shutter

CurtisEllzey — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:00:00 GMT
Caleb Williams from Aptina Imaging discusses the TrueSNAP Global Shutter feature in their line of CMOS image sensors. The sensor’s state-of-the-art shutter control, established using Aptina’s proprietary TrueSNAP (Shutter Node Active Pixel) technology, reduces image smearing or tearing when capturing fast-moving objects, especially useful for automotive solutions or high-speed industrial applications. Also watch this episode: Single Chip Automotive Imaging. For more information, go to: Aptina Imaging.

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InnovEye Intelligent Eye Technology

CurtisEllzey — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:00:00 GMT
Exclusive to the Quattro 6000D sewing machine, Brother's InnovEye Intelligent Eye technology and Up-close Viewer give a bird’s eye view of the needle area. This industry first is like having a built-in camera above the needle plate. With instant magnification featured right on the LCD display, sewing, embroidery, quilting and crafting have never been more exact. Also watch this episode: Brother Quattro 6000D. For more information, go to: Brother Quattro 6000D.

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WaySight

CurtisEllzey — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT
The WaySight is a handheld monocular device with built-in sensors and wireless communications that is used for localizing and commanding a target waypoint to an Unmanned System. The operator sights a target, such as a suspected IED, by placing the WaySight crosshairs on a nearby navigation target. Once sighted, the operator depresses a button on the WaySight and the target waypoints are wirelessly transmitted to a JAUS (Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems) mission planner such as the TORC AutonoNav. Also watch this episode: AutonoNav-Mini. For more information, go to: TORC Technologies.

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FUTABA FED Displays

CurtisEllzey — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT
Futaba’s FED is a vacuum type display device using Spindt-type emitters as the electron source. The operating principle of an FED is the same as a cathode ray tube (CRT). For an FED, electrons emitted from the electron source hit the color phosphor to then emit light. Having the same general features of a CRT, an FED is an emissive display with a wide viewing angle and temperature range. Furthermore, Futaba’s FED can be as thin as 4.2mm and produces the same display quality as a CRT with lower power consumption and requires less space. Also watch this episode: Futaba Custom VFD Displays. For more information, go to: Futaba.

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Futaba Custom VFD Displays

CurtisEllzey — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:00:00 GMT
Futaba's custom VFD modules integrate a Vacuum Fluorescent Display, a display controller, driver IC's and a power supply on a single PCB. VFD's have excellent readability with a wide viewing angle, high reliability and long lifespan. Futaba offers VFD Modules that are brilliant, light-weight, and compact. VFD Modules enjoy extensive use as display devices for POS systems and other office, instrumentation, communication and peripheral equipment, as well as automotive applications as shown in this Engineering TV video from Electronica in Munich, Germany. Also watch this episode: FUTABA FED Displays. For more information, go to: Futaba.

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HDAnywhere Networked Entertainment - Part 2

CurtisEllzey — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT
In Part 2 of Engineering TV's coverage of Analog Device's HDAnywhere, Andrew Lambrecht discusses ADI's use of Ultrawideband (UWB) technology in their networked entertainment solution. The HDAnywhere system compresses video in real time, encrypts the stream, and provides it to a UWB, WiFi, powerline, phoneline, or COAX modem – all without visual interruptions. Also watch this episode: HDAnywhere Networked Entertainment - Part 1. For more information, go to: ADI's Advantiv.

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HDAnywhere Networked Entertainment - Part 1

CurtisEllzey — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:00:00 GMT
Analog Devices’ HDAnywhere technology, based on ADI’s Wavescale compression, produces a wireless HDMI output, ready to be connected to any HD display. It enables connections to wall-mounted displays without cables, ceiling mounted projectors without putting wires through the walls, and televisions in other parts of the house without running any new wires. Also watch this episode: HDAnywhere Networked Entertainment - Part 2. For more information, go to: ADI's Advantiv.

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Velodyne LIDAR

CurtisEllzey — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:00:00 GMT
The idea and deployment of TOF (time of flight) systems is not new - if you've ever been caught in a LIDAR speed trap this same technology was in use. Velodyne's unique contribution to the state-of-the art in sensing comes from its approach of using multiple emitter/detector pairs and rotating the entire unit. The first member of Velodyne's LIDAR product line is the HDL-64E, a 64-element LIDAR sensor that delivers a 360-degree HFOV and a 26.8-degree VFOV. The HDL-64E was used by five out of six of the finishing teams at the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge, including the winning and second place teams. It was also used by Radiohead for their recent "House of Cards" music video that was shot entirely without cameras. Velodyne's unique LIDAR technology can be used wherever sophisticated 3-D environment understanding is required: robotics, map capture, surveying, autonomous navigation, automotive safety systems, and industrial applications. For more info, go to: Velodyne LIDAR.

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IMAPCAR Image Processor for Automobiles

CurtisEllzey — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:00:00 GMT
Seventy percent of vehicle accidents resulting in death or serious injury are caused by delayed driver recognition of danger. Safety systems that use image recognition and other sensing technologies to detect hazards and warn the driver can play an important role in reducing the number of serious vehicle accidents. Using the IMAPCAR processor from NEC Electronics, a computer can recognize road markers such as white lines, as well as moving vehicles and pedestrians, in real time. This new technology will allow automobile manufacturers to create collision-avoidance and other vehicle-safety systems. For more info, go to: NEC Electronics' IMAPCAR.

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