Intelligent Camera suits factory floor applications.
Press Release Summary:
Powered by Common Vision Blox image processing software suite, ThinkEye(TM) is based on PowerPC processor with floating point unit. Model TE-100 has resolution of 659 x 494 pixels using monochrome, progressive scan CCD sensor. Sealed to IP65/NEMA 4X, it accepts C-mount lenses. Digital inputs/outputs and RS-232 (RS-485) ports allow direct control of external factory automation devices. Configuration and programming is done via Ethernet interface, using standard web browser.
Original Press Release:
ThinkEye - The New Generation of Intelligent Cameras
Copenhagen, Denmark-JAI A·S, the Danish manufacturer of CCD cameras, announces the launch of ThinkEye(TM), the new generation of intelligent cameras. It is the result of a joint development by JAI and two European partners, STEMMER IMAGING and ASENTICS.
The concept of combining electronic eyes and electronic brains to a meaningful whole has been part of JAI's strategic thinking for more than a decade. It is now put into its real context in the ThinkEye product line.
Rugged stand alone solution
ThinkEye is a complete stand-alone solution, based on a PowerPC processor with floating point unit. The first member in this product family, TE-100, has a resolution of 659 x 494 pixels using a monochrome, progressive scan CCD sensor. It is housed in an anodized aluminum case which is sealed to IP65/NEMA 4X, making it ideal for factory floor applications. It accepts standard C-mount lenses. Digital inputs/outputs and RS-232 (RS-485) ports allow the direct control of external factory automation devices.
Web browser interface
Configuring and programming the TE-100 is done via an Ethernet interface, using a standard web browser, as the ThinkEye has an on-board web server. This eliminates the need for special interface software and facilitates remote configuration and maintenance.
Powerful software concept
ThinkEye is powered by Common Vision Blox, a complete image processing software suite. Applications created with Common Vision Blox will run both on the ThinkEye and on a PC platform. The solutions created using Common Vision Blox are scalable to optimize for floor space or performance, depending on the application requirements.
The software package included with the ThinkEye is referred to as the Geo-Tools, which comprises CVB-Image Manager, CVB-LightMeter, CVB-Blob and CVB-Edge. These tools allow the programmer to solve the majority of industrial image processing tasks. Additional tools are available.
An image processing component
ThinkEye is marketed as an image-processing component for OEMs and System Integrators as well as large volume end users. Thanks to the flexible and versatile programming capability, OEMs and System Integrators can easily integrate ThinkEye into their systems, while adding value to the whole solution.
Available mid-November
The ThinkEye product line is being launched at major vision trade shows in Germany, USA and Japan in the November/December 2002 time frame. The product is available for delivery mid-November through JAI's existing distribution network (available in the USA in Spring 2003).
About the JAI Group
JAI was established in 1963 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has subsidiaries in England, Japan and USA. The JAI Group has annual sales of more than $60 million and employs 250 people worldwide. The JAI Group develops and distributes user-friendly tools for the professional international market by making electronic eyes and electronic brains work together.
The company operates within three business areas: JAI Camera Solutions manufactures and supplies cameras for the automated imaging and general imaging/surveillance markets; JAI Systems solves the most complex requirements for user-friendly optical electronic surveillance systems; JAI Direct selects and distributes brand name video, data and tele-communications equipment.
Further information about the JAI group can be obtained at www.jai.com. Detailed information regarding ThinkEye can be found at jai.com/thinkeye.
For more information, contact:
Julio De Oliveira
JAI America, Inc.
800 Cummings Park, Suite 1250
Woburn, MA 01801
978-957-8587
978-957-9136
Email: jdo@jai.com
URL: www.jai.com
WelComm, Inc.
7975 Raytheon Road, Ste. 340
San Diego, CA 92111
858-279-2100
858-279-5400
Email: mike@welcomm.com
Contact: Mike Gerow, PR Director
