Sony’s GS CMOS cameras for machine vision now shipping

Sony Europe’s Image Sensing Solutions latest GS CMOS camera range offering advanced features and reliability for machine vision is now shipping. The new series utilises advanced Sony technology and features four models: the XCG-CG240/C and XCG-CG510/C, available in either black and white or colour. In industrial applications there is increasing demand to be able to accurately assess the form of fast-moving objects.  Until now, rolling shutter solutions have been used across the industry, often causing distortion of the focal plane.  The GS CMOS range features Sony’s Pregius, a global shutter pixel technology, which ensures undistorted, high picture quality even at very high speeds.

These cameras also feature Sony’s Exmor RTM, a back-illuminated CMOS image sensor with improved sensitivity and noise reduction - the key factors to enhance image quality - while radically realigning their fundamental pixel structure from front-illumination to back-illumination. Exmor R retains all the advantages of CMOS image sensors such as low power consumption and high-speed operation. The GS CMOS cameras have numerous applications in the machine vision market, including automotive, electronics and semiconductor manufacturing as well as non-manufacturing sectors such as intelligent transport systems, logistics, high-end security and entertainment.