Contents

COVERSTORY

Cast Off!
Baumer GigE Cameras Help to Build Ultra-modern Cruise Liners
Jens Klattenhoff

EDITORIAL

Mind Games
Gabriele Jansen

TOPICS

Quality Assurance in 25 Different Ways
Review: Fraunhofer Vision Technology Day 2010 in Stuttgart

Green Vision - Driving Factor for a Green Future
The INSPECT Expert Panel at Vision 2010

Main Focus: Vision Solutions
After Last Year's Success: Extension of the Integration Area at Vision 2010

News
Event Calendar
Online
Poll

Illuminating the Design Process
Product-centric Simulation Enables Virtual Defect Detection
Günther Hasna

Eldorado for Visionaries
Vision 2010 from November 9 till 11 in Stuttgart

Dynamic Noise
Image Processing Basics: Sensitivity
Prof. Dr. Christoph Heckenkamp

Visionaries
Interview with Vlad Tucakov, Director of Sales and Marketing, Point Grey Research

VISION

Symphony of Lights
From Fiber Optics to High Power LED Ring Lights
Michael Schneider, Ellen-Christine Reiff

Camera Innovations
The Great INSPECT Camera Survey Preceding Vision 2010

Wherever the Journey Goes
New CMOS Sensors Conquer CCD Applications
Daniel Seiler

Highly Coveted
GigE Line Scan Cameras in Sorting Machines Identify Valuable, Recyclable Raw Materials
Eva Tischendorf

In the Footsteps of Da Vinci
New Class of Camera Systems Simplifies Machine Vision Integration
Dr. Vasant Desai

Technology for Champions
Robust Protective Enclosures for Underwater Cameras
Peter Neuhaus

A New Level
High-speed Invariant Pattern Matching
Dr. Pedram Azad

Software Trends: Where Will the Journey Lead?
INSPECT Survey among the Software Providers at Vision 2010

AUTOMATION

What Teeth, Cars, Ice Cream and Sausages Have in Common ....
Versatile Use of 3D Cloud of Points Analysis

The Good into the Pot, the Bad into the Crop
20 Years of Sorting and Inspecting with Machine Vision
Dr. Albert Schmidt

Reaching the Goal Faster
Machine Vision Solutions for Solar Cell Production
Jan-Erik Schmitt

Intelligently Connected
Quality control with Intelligent Image Processing on Embedded Controller
Jan Latzko

Defect Detected - Defect Averted
100% Inline Surface Inspection Guarantees Long Life of Fuel Pumps
Oliver Seebach

CONTROL

A Better Alternative
Expert Discussion on the Usage of High Resolution Optical Metrology on the Factory Floor

For an Ideal Interaction
White-Light Interferometry Inspects Pump Components
Konrad Dengler

Making the Invisible Visible
Prism-based Multispectral Camera Technology
Richard Meester, Sander de Jonge

Insights into Hidden World
Fiber Optical Based Metrology for High-Precision Form Measurement
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Schmitt, Guilherme Mallmann, Dr. Frank Depiereux