Contents
COVERSTORY
Tracing Deviations
USB 2.0 Camera Detects Centering Errors of Optical Lenses
Ulli Lansche, Michael Geier
EDITORIAL
Success and Constancy
Gabriele Jansen
TOPICS
Machine Vision in Europe Returns to Growth
Most European Vision Companies Unharmed by the Crisis Year
Andreas Breyer
10 Years of INSPECT
A Decade of Highlights in Machine Vision and Optical Metrology
Machine Vision in Iran
Market Situation, Entry Barriers and Opportunities from an Inside Perspective
Kasra Ravanbakhsh
News
Event Calendar
Online
Vision in Sight
Vision 2010: Leading Global Trade Fair with Attractive Supporting Program
Vision China 2010
Machine Vision Trade Fair in the Growth Country China
No Martini, No Party
Image Processing Basics: Illumination
Prof. Dr. Christoph Heckenkamp
Viewpoint
10 Years of INSPECT: Yesterday, Today and Way Ahead
Kamillo Weiß
Visionaries
Interview with Wilhelm Stemmer, Managing Director of Stemmer Imaging
VISION
A Smoother Pebble...
Cognex's Bill Silver on the Future Developments in Machine Vision
Perfect Book
Dewarping Curved Pages through Book Scanner with 3D Measurement
Michael Gibbons
Camera Alliance
Interview with Jürgen Hartmann and Andreas Schaarschmidt
Another Cuppa Tea?
The Visual Perception of Service Robots
Jan Jonckheere
AUTOMATION
The Holy Grail
History of Bin Picking
Adil Shafi, Jürgen Bosse
Packaging's Potency
Interview with Birger Becker, Mettler-Toledo
Turning the Blades
Consistent Life Cycle Monitoring Concept for Gas-Turbine Blades
Helmuth Euler
CONTROL
How to Lose Weight and Gain Importance
1960 to Date: The History of Industrial Thermal Imaging
Doug Barry
With Precision into the Race
Leica Absolute Tracker Gives Red Bull Racing Wings
Andreas Petrosino
A Perfect Profile
Optical Laser Sensors Measures Metal Strips' Thickness Profile
Siegfried Kalhofer
