CONTENTS

COVERSTORY
Quality Is Everything - Everything Is Quality
Compact Inspection System for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Kamillo Weiß

EDITORIAL
Anorexia?
Gabriele Jansen

TOPICS
Extensive and Explicit
EMVA Market Survey Provides Basis for Strategic Planning
Andreas Breyer

Reader's Corner
Machine Vision Demystified

News
Poll
Event Calendar
Online

Viewpoint
The Future Lies in Openness
Michael Engel

Comparing Apples to Oranges
Self-service Scales Auto-detect Fruits and Vegetables with USB Cameras
Daniel Seiler

Vision 2009
Messe Stuttgart Announces Positive Signs

Frozen in Time
Image Processing Basics: Moving Objects
Prof. Dr. Christoph Heckenkamp

Visionaries
Interview with Ignazio Piacentini, CEO ImagingLab

VISION
Is the Discussion on Digital Interfaces Done Yet?
Interview with Vlad Tucakov, Director of Sales and Marketing, Point Grey Research

Three Steps to Full Parameterization
Coating Inspection on Injection-molded Parts Set up by Intuition
Wolfgang Pomrehn

Mirrored Quality
Deflectometry Opens up Broad Field for Surface Inspection
Antonio Ballester

AUTOMATION
High Throughput at the Relay Station
Vision System Gauges Distances between Relays' Contacts

Sustainable Quality Assurance
Line Up of Inspection Systems for Solar Cell Production
Guido Eberhardt

Please Read this Leaflet Carefully ...
Vision Sensors Detect Incorrect Sheets in Print Finishing
Rainer Bönick

CONTROL
Ingots under Control
Geometry Inspection of Silicon Ingots for Solar Wafer Production
Siegfried Kalhofer

Gentle Glow
Photovoltaic Cell and Module Inspection Using Electroluminescence Imaging
Marcin Barszczewski, Christian Felsheim

Benef'cent Is the Might of Flame, When o'er It Man Doth Watch, Doth Tame
ACTech Reduces Costs and Time by 3D Co-ordinate Measuring Technology
Andreas Knoch