DuncanTech Introduces True-Color 3-CCD Digital Video Camera; Provides High Quality Color Sensing for Advanced Vision Applications.AUBURN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1999-- DuncanTech, Inc. of Auburn, announced today the release of its MS2100-RGB digital video camera. The camera utilizes a color separating prism and three 656(H) x 494(V) pixel charge coupled device (CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. ) imaging arrays to acquire nearly one million pixels of progressive scan Illuminating a screen by displaying lines sequentially from top to bottom. Also called "non-interlaced," all modern computer display systems and many digital TV (DTV) formats support progressive scan. red, green, and blue image data at up to 30 frames per second. The system provides high quality color imaging for advanced vision applications such as color machine vision and precision color analysis. "Smart" camera features such as on-board image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished and a remote control command protocol complement the camera's superior spectral characteristics. The system is housed in a rugged, compact package suitable for tough industrial environments. DuncanTech's MS2100-RGB camera eliminates color aliasing In computer graphics, the stair-stepped appearance of diagonal lines when there are not enough pixels in the image or on screen to represent them realistically. Also called "stair-stepping" and "jaggies." See anti-aliasing. and provides full resolution true color (1) Specifically, refers to 16,777,216 colors (24-bit color). See high color. (2) Generically, refers to photo-realistic color (typically requires 24-bit color as a minimum). digital imagery. Progressive scan image acquisition and all-digital processing provide the highest quality digital image output. Precise alignment of the imaging sensors result in accurate pixel registration of the three color-plane images. The camera's spectral configuration can be tailored to customer requirements. For example, the red, blue, and green bands can be filtered to eliminate any spectral overlap between channels. In addition, the system can be obtained in multispectral configurations that combine visible and near-infrared bands. The camera's performance is enhanced with a number of "smart" camera features that provide advanced processing and flexibility. Gain, exposure time, and offset can be individually controlled for each of the three imaging sensors. On-board field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can be custom configured to provide real-time image processing in the camera. Processing options include functions such as thresholding, flat field normalization In relational database management, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing. There are six stages. By the third stage (third normal form), data are identified only by the key field in their record. , ratios, multipliers or color coding. Programmable multiplexing of image taps allows the system to output any combination of image planes, including processed data, to a commercially available digital frame grabbers. Several external triggering modes enable image acquisition to be synchronized with external events. Optional analog video output adds high resolution progressive scan RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). , NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. , or PAL video output simultaneous to the camera's native digital output. The MS2100-RGB represents a new generation of high-quality color digital imaging and is available now. DuncanTech, Inc. manufactures and markets a family of advanced digital cameras for industrial, agricultural and medical applications. Interested parties can contact Judy Duncan at 530/888-6565 or email at jduncan@duncantech. |
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