Machine vision

About Hawk-Eye Hawk-Eye Innovations provide world leading ball tracking technology and deliver trusted officiating, advanced simulators and coaching systems for the sporting world.  Hawk-Eye. At the cutting edge for sports viewers, officials and elite performers. Sports Officiating Find out more Vacancies Hawk-Eye are continuously looking for talented individuals who want to work in a company that inspires innovation, creativity and a strong work ethic. View current vacancies here. Sports Simulators Find out more Press Centre All the latest Hawk-Eye news from around the world Coaching Systems World-leading, high performance coaching systems for tennis and cricket. QuesTec (Deer Park, New York). Systems for tracking sports action to provide enhanced broadcasts. Sportvision (New York, NY). Vision systems to provide real-time graphics augmentaion for sports broadcasts. TRACAB (Stockholm, Sweden). Real-time tracking of players and the ball using stereo vision from multiple cameras placed around the field. Also creates virtual graphics for sports broadcasting. Vizrt (Bergen, Norway). Creates 3D graphics for television broadcasts. Includes Viz Libero computer vision product for 3D visualization of sporting events. Film and Video  2d3 (Oxford, UK). Systems for tracking objects in video or film and solving for 3D motion to allow for precise augmentation with 3D computer graphics. Please see this site and its animations for more details: http://www.2d3.com/ Image Metrics (Manchester, England). A markerless tracking system for the human face that can be used to map detailed motion and facial expressions to synthetic characters. Imagineer Systems (Guildford, UK). Computer vision software for the film and video industries. MirriAd (London, UK). Uses computer vision methods to track consistent regions in video and insert virtual advertising. Ooyala (Mountain View, California). Video content management and delivery, including object identification and tracking. Games and Gesture Recognition  GestureTek (Toronto, Canada). Tracks human gestures for playing grames or interacting with computers. Microsoft Kinect (Redmond, Washington). Provides motion sensing and gesture recogntion for the Xbox gaming system. Creates 3D depth maps and registed images in real time using projected infrared light patterns and a single camera. Sold over 8 million units in the first 60 days, which makes it the fastest selling consumer electronics device (Wikipedia). Reactrix (Redwood City, California). Interactive advertising for projected displays that tracks human gestures. General purpose vision systems  Cognex (Natick, Massachusetts) is one of the largest machine vision companies. Develops systems for inspection, assembly, localization tasks, and many other areas. Matrox Imaging (Dorval, Quebec, Canada). Software and hardware for machine vision applications. National Instruments (Austin, Texas). Vision software and systems used for many applications, including inspection, biomedical, and security. Neptec (Ottawa, Canada). Laser-based 3D vision systems for use on the space shuttles and other applications. Newton Research Labs (Renton, Washington). Vision systems for high-speed tracking and mobile robots. Point Grey Research (Vancouver, Canada). Real-time stereo vision systems, spherical vision systems, and imaging hardware. Sarnoff (Princeton, New Jersey). Vision systems for tracking, registration, navigation, biometrics, and other applications. Seeing Machines (Canberra, Australia). Systems for tracking head position and eye gaze direction. Soliton (Bangalore, India). Smart cameras for industrial inspection and other applications. SpikeNet (Toulouse, France). Trainable vision systems for performing recognition. Supercomputing Systems (Zurich, Switzerland). Developed the leanXcam, a low-cost intelligent camera using open source software. TYZX (Menlo Park, California). Produces real-time stereo vision systems that use a custom chip for fast stereo matching. ViSSee (Lugano, Switzerland). Developing a low-cost real-time sensor for measuring speed using an approach modeled on vision in the fruit fly. VISIONx (Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada). Vision systems for high accuracy measurement and other applications. Vitronic (Wiesbaden, Germany). Vision systems for inspection, manufacturing, logistics, traffic management, and other applications. Industrial automation and inspection: Automotive industry  CogniTens (Ramat-Hasharon, Israel). Has developed a system for accurate scanning of 3D objects for the automotive and other industries. The system uses a 4-camera head with projection of textured illumination to enable accurate stereo matching. Perceptron (Plymouth, Michigan). Creates 3D laser scanning systems for automotive and other applications. Industrial automation and inspection: Electronics industry  KLA-Tencor (San Jose, California). Systems for inspection and process control in semiconductor manufacturing. Orbotech (Yavne, Israel). Automated inspection systems for printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. (Hoover's) Industrial automation and inspection: Food and agriculture  Montrose Technologies (Ottawa, Canada). Vision systems for the baked goods industry. Systems monitor bake color, shape, and size of bread, cookies, tortillas, etc. Ellips (Eindhoven, The Netherlands). Vision systems for inspecting and grading fruits and vegetables. Industrial automation and inspection: Printing and textiles  Advanced Vision Technology (Hod Hasharon, Israel). Systems to inspect output from high-speed printing presses. Elbit Vision Systems Ltd. (Yoqneam, Israel). Vision systems for textile inspection and other applications. Mnemonics (Mt. Laurel, New Jersey). Vision systems for print quality inspection and other applications. Xiris Automation (Burlington, Ontario, Canada). Inspection for the printing and packaging industries. Industrial automation and inspection: Other  Adept (Pleasanton, California). Industrial robots with vision for part placement and inspection. Avalon Vision Solutions (Lithia Springs, Georgia). Vision systems for the plastics industry. Basler (Ahrensburg, Germany). Inspection systems for optical media, sealants, displays, and other industries. Hermary Opto Electronics (Coquitlam, BC, Canada). Develops 3D scanners for sawmills and other applications. JLI vision (Soborg, Denmark). Vision systems for industrial inspection tasks, including food processing, glassware, medical devices, and the steel industry. LMI Technologies (Vancouver, Canada). Develops 3D vision systems using laser sensors for inspection of wood products, roads, automotive manufacturing, and other areas. MVTec (Munich, Germany). Vision systems for inspection and other applications. NeuroCheck GmbH (Remseck, Germany). Inspection systems for quality control. PPT Vision (Eden Prairie, Minnesota). Vision systems for automotive, pharmaceutical, electronics, and other industries. Seegrid (Pittsburgh, PA). Industrial mobile robots that use vision for mapping and navigation. SIGHTech (San Jose, California). Trainable computer vision systems for inspection and automation. Virtek Vision International (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). Laser-based inspection and templating systems. Wintriss Engineering (San Diego, California). Vision systems for suface inspection and sports vision applications. Medical and biomedical  Claron Technology (Toronto, Canada). Uses real-time stereo vision to detect and track the pose of markers for surgical applications. LookTel (Los Angeles, California). Software for mobile devices to assist the visually impaired. Current products include visual recognition of paper currency, and object recognition. Mirada Medical (Oxford, UK). Software for medical image analysis and diagnosis based on computer vision research. Orcam (Jerusalem, Israel). Text reading, face recognition, and other assistance for visually impaired users. Uses glasses with a camera to view the scene. Object Recogntion and AR for Mobile Devices  A9 (Palo Alto, California). Image recognition and product search for camera phones. Owned by Amazon. Augment (Paris, France). Platform to provide real-time augmented reality for mobile devices. Kooaba (Zurich, Switzerland). Visual search for smartphones, photo management, and other applications. Layar (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). Augmented reality platform for smartphones. Metaioa (Munich, Germany). Augmented reality SDK for mobile devices, as well as other augmented reality hardware and software solutions. Mobile Acuity (Edinburgh, UK). Visual product recognition and search for mobile devices. Panoramic Photography  Cloudburst Research (Vancouver, Canada). Develops AutoStitch Panorama, which provides fully automatic image stitching for the iOS platform. [Disclosure: the author of this list is a founder of the company.] HumanEyes (Jerusalem, Israel). Develops software for creating 3D stereo views, including stereo mosaicing. Kolor (Challes les eaux, France). Develops the Autopano Pro software for automated panorama stitching of digital images. Also provides high-dynamic-range imaging by combining multiple exposures. People tracking  Brickstream (Atlanta, GA). Tracking people within stores for sales, marketing, and security. Reveal (Auckland, New Zealand). Systems for counting and tracking pedestrians using overhead cameras. VideoMining (State College, PA). Tracking people in stores to improve marketing and service. Road surveying  Yotta (Leamington Spa, UK). Imaging and scanning solutions for road network surveying. Safety monitoring  Poseidon/MG International (Boulogne, France). The Poseidon System monitors swimming pools to warn of accidents and drowning victims. Security: Biometrics  Aurora (Northampton, UK). Systems for biometric face recognition. AuthenTec (Melbourne, Florida). Fingerprint recognition systems with a novel sensor. Digital Persona (Redwood City, California). Fingerprint recognition systems. L-1 Identity Solutions (Stamford, Connecticut). Fingerprint, iris, and face recognition systems as well as other security applications. (Hoover's) Viion Systems (Montreal, Canada). Detection and identification of computer users. Security: Monitoring and Surveillance  Aimetis (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). Systems for intelligent video surveillance. Briefcam (--------). Develops software for summarization of long surveillance video in a short summary video. Cernium (Reston, Virginia). Systems for behavior recognition in real-time video surveillance. Cognimatics (Lund, Sweden). Detection and counting of people and vehicles in video streams. EVITECH (Paris, France). Smart video surveillance systems. Equinox (New York, NY). Security systems using novel sensors, such as registered visible and thermal infrared images and use of polarized lighting. Genetec (Montreal, Canada). Security systems for license plate recognition, surveillance, and access control. Honeywell (Morristown, New Jersey). Range of video surveillance systems and analysis software. Imagemetry (Prague, Czech Republic). Image processing and computer vision for image forensics. IntelliVision (San Jose, California). Automated monitoring systems, including face and object recognition. ObjectVideo (Reston, Virginia). Automated video surveillance products for tracking, classification, and activity recognition. Vitamin D (Menlo Park, California). Detection and monitoring of people in video streams. Three-dimensional modeling  Creative Dimension Software (Guildford, UK). Creates 3D models from a set of images. Objects are imaged on a calibration mat. Eos Systems (Vancouver, Canada). PhotoModeler software allows creation of texture-mapped 3-D models from a small number of photographs. Also provides accurate photogrammetric 3D measurements from multiple images of a scene. Creaform (Quebec City, Canada). Develops 3D scanners for the human body and other applications. Web Applications  Face.com (Tel Aviv, Israel). Image retrieval based on face recognition. Incogna (Ottawa, Canada). Develops a system for image search on the web. Uses GPUs for increased performance. LTU Technologies (Paris, France). Image retrieval based on content. Photometria (San Diego, California). Virtual makeover website, TAAZ.com uses computer vision methods to allow users to try on makeup, hair styles, sunglasses, and jewelery. Some other sources of information:  Computer Vision Central Embedded Vision Machine Vision Online UK Industrial Vision Association

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   What can we do after learning Machine Vision?
   

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   Working on projects related to MV
   
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   Developing new solutions
   
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   Consulting application based on MV
   
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   Marketing on MV based products
   
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   Establishing company based on MV applications
   

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   What are the pre-requisites of Machine Vision?
   

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   Familiarity with image processing concepts
   
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   Signals and Systems
   

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   What are the main journals on Machine Vision?
   

IEEE Transactions:

Name IF IEEE Transaction on Biomedical engineering 2.3 IEEE Transaction on information technology in Biomedicine   IEEE Transaction on image processing   IEEE Reviews on biomedical engineering   IEEE Transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence   IEEE Transaction medical imaging 4.02 IEEE Transaction on computational intelligent and AI in Games 1.6 IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote sensing 3.4 Geoscience and Remote sensing Letter 1.8 IEEE Transaction on Robotics     Springer: Name IF Applied Intelligence 1.8 Artificial Intelligence Review 1.5 Artificial Life and Robotics   Autonomous Robots   Discrete & Computational Geometry 0.6 Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making 1.4 Information Retrieval 0.6 International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 1.3 Computing and Visualization in Science   Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery 2.8 Cognitive science   International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR) 0.8 Journal of Classification 0.8 Journal of Real-Time Image Processing 1.1 Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision 1.7 International Journal of Computer Vision 3.6 Machine Vision and Applications 1.1 Machine Learning 1.4 Neural Computing and Applications 1.1 Neural Processing Letters 1.2 Pattern Analysis and Applications 0.8 Soft computing 1.1 Signal, Image and Video Processing 0.4 Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing 0.8 Journal of Automated Reasoning 0.5 Journal of Computer Science and Technology 0.4 The Visual Computer 0.9 Virtual Reality 0.3 EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing 0.57 Biomedical Engineering Letters   BioMedical Engineering OnLine 1.6   World Scientific: Name IF International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications   International Journal of Humanoid Robotics   International Journal of Image and Graphics   International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence   International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools   Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology   International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems     Iranian Journals: 1 Journal of Advances in Computer Research 2 Iranian Journal of Biomedical Engineering 3 Intelligent Systems in Electrical Engineering 4 Iranian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering 5 مجله مهندسي برق و الكترونيك دانشگاه علم و صنعت ايران Iranian Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 The Modares Journal of Electrical Engineering 7 Journal of Engineering Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch 8 SIGNAL AND DATA PROCESSING 9 SHARIF: ENGINEERING 10 JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF ENGINEERING (UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ) 11 ADVANCES IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE 12 JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF ENGINEERING (UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN) 13 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE (ENGLISH) 14 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS 15 Journal of Electrical Engineering 16 MAJLESI JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Elsevier: Name IF Artificial Intelligence   Computer Vision and Image Understanding 1.2 Computers & Graphics 0.79 Image and Vision Computing 1.9 Information Fusion 2.2 Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation 1.1 Medical Image Analysis 4.08 Neurocomputing 1.6 Pattern Recognition 2.6 Pattern Recognition Letters 1.2 Computers in Biology and Medicine 1.1 Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics 1.6 Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 1.3 Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 1.5 Fuzzy sets and systems 1.7 Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 1.6 Signal Processing: Image Communication ( Theory, Techniques & Applications) 1.2 Information Sciences (Informatics and Computer Science Intelligent Systems Applications) 3.6 Robotics and Autonomous Systems 1.1 AEÜ - International Journal of Electronics and Communications 0.5   Taylor and Francis: Name IF Advanced Robotics 0.5 Applied Artificial Intelligence   Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing 0.1 International Journal of Intelligent Computing in Medical Sciences & Image Processing   Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence 0.3 Journal of Graphics Tools   International Journal of Image and Data Fusion   Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 1.3 Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization     IET: Name IF IET Biometrics   IET Computer Vision 0.6 IET Signal Processing 0.7 IET Image Processing 0.8 Electronics Letters 1.03   Inderscinece: Name IF International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing   International Journal of Applied Pattern Recognition   International Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology   International Journal of Fuzzy Computation and Modelling   International Journal of Applied Pattern Recognition   International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics   International Journal of Machine Intelligence and Sensory Signal Processing   International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics   International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering   International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics     SAGE: Name IF Ultrasonic Imaging 1.5 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine 1.4 The International Journal of Robotics Research 2.8 Engineering in Medicine

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   What are the main Machine Vision conferences?
   

CVPR, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition