MaxxVision Sony Smart Camera

MaxxVision presents 4 new models of the new Sony Smart Camera – including the first color also 2. The cameras are a total of three times more powerful than their predecessors and have an open FPGA architecture.

The cameras are equipped with a new, exclusively for Sony cameras available 1 / 3 “Sony HAD CCD and Exview distinguish itself visually through your rugged enclosure design of their predecessor models XCI-SX1 or XCI-V3. With the powerful 1GHz Via Eden ULV processor and 512 MB RAM DDR2 which cameras also have a 3-fold higher computing power.

The series offers frame rates up to 90 fps at VGA resolution (640×480) and SXGA (1024×768). Added to 5×5 filter and buffer 8xMemory & binning and partial scan. Also new are the two color, the color next to the Raw mode, a true-color color possible.

The special highlight of the new smart cameras is an open, freely programmable FPGA (Virtex-5, Xilinx). This for DSP operations developed Open FPGA behaves like a dynamically programmable chip, about the parallel to the CPU processes in real time can be processed without burdening the processor. The camera application will be faster, more powerful and zeiteffektiver. Features such as White balance and color separation on the FPGA can be outsourced and then processed.

The cameras have opto-coupled A-(4x) and outputs (8x), two USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet and RS-232-interface and a monitor output. For applications in the security area, where frequent CS-mount lenses are used, the camera was a CS-mount lens connection adds.

Among other features include cameras and Others Auto Gain Control, Auto White Balance and auto iris control, pseudo-Wide-D camera and internal control systems such as the Watch Dog Timer, a self-reboot when initiating an error. Added to this are the users themselves directly from the removable Compact Flash cards (1, 2, 4 or 8 GB).

The Windows XP-based embedded smart cameras, with their integrated computing unit for the needs of demanding image processing tasks and are designed with their camera cross-SDK Starter Kit for easy integration into an existing image processing solutions. The cameras are suitable for high-precision measurement and robotic vision applications. Typical applications include electronics, automotive, pharmacy, medicine, packaging and plastics as well as traffic control and automated inspection.