How many integrators do you know who build their own cameras? Not too many, I’ll wager. So you’ll be as surprised as I was to learn that Key Technology, out of Walla Walla, Washington, build their own trichromatic cameras. These are designed to image in the IR, visible and UV wavelengths, and as Key are in the food inspection business, I’m assuming there’s something about food that requires multispectral imaging.
I have to wonder though, isn’t it easier and cheaper to buy three separate cameras, or are their benefits from having three sensors looking through the same lens?
It was actually a story in Vision Systems Design (August 27, 2009) that led me to the Key web site. This concerned a potato inspection system developed by Key that they’ve christened Manta®. Even if potatoes aren’t your thing, it’s an interesting story.
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