CONTENTS

COVERSTORY
Good Milk from Happy Cows
Time of Flight Imaging Enables Automated Milking
Dr. Walt Pastorius

EDITORIAL
Brainstorming 1969
Gabriele Jansen

TOPICS
Successful Partnership
Interview with Frank Grube, CEO Allied Vision Technologies, and Christof Zollitsch, CEO Stemmer Imaging

News
Poll
Event Calendar
Online

A Dose of Vision
Optimistic Mood at the 22^nd Vision Trade Show in Stuttgart
Stephanie Nickl

Topics with Impact: All You Ever Wanted to Know About 3D
INSPECT Panel Discussion at Vision 2009

World Coordinates under Control
Image Processing Basics: Camera Calibration
Prof. Dr. Christoph Heckenkamp

Visionaries
Interview with Johann Salzberger, Managing Director Micro-Epsilon

VISION
Real-time 3D Reconstruction with GigE Vision
High Speed GigE Camera Used in Real-time 3D Structured Light System
Laurette Perrard

3D Data from Time Delay Measurement
Time of Flight - How It Works
Christian Waizenegger

In the Spotlight
Lighting for 2D and 3D Imaging
Thomas Rampertshammer

One Step Ahead
3D Scanner for the Custom-made Shoe
Michael Gibbons

The Force of Attraction
3D Object Recognition and Motion Control
Fabian Bäz-Oberhäuser, Benjamin Kolb, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Schwarz

With a Special Flavor
Standard Machine Vision System Excels Beyond Standards
Christoph Kunz

AUTOMATION
Augmented Reality Instead of Eye Drops
Optical Tracking for Data Eyeglasses of Medical Training Simulator
Meike Hummerich

Modern Warriors
Giving Robots Real-time 3D Vision for Dangerous Missions

Across Siberia
3D OCR Guarantees Traceability of Railway Wheels
Horst Horvath

Simply the Better Contacts
Inline 3D Inspection for a 100% Control of Plug Connectors
Alexander Piaseczki

CONTROL
Cost Optimization of Tube Manufacturing
Applying Cutting-edge Measurement Equipment to Improve Efficiency
Jutta Thiel

A Long Way
3D Metrology in Shape and Geometry Analysis
Harald Rein