Foresight Imaging Announces I-Color MV Frame Grabber and Video Streamer.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 Foresight Imaging announces the I-Color MV(TM) frame grabber A device that accepts standard TV signals and digitizes the current video frame into a single, bitmapped still image. Frame grabbers can be stand-alone devices that plug into a port on the computer or a function built into the video capture board or display adapter. and video streamer, the newest member of the I-Series(TM) of high accuracy, high performance imaging boards. Unlike color frame grabbers from other manufacturers that are based upon chip manufacturer's "reference designs," I-Color MV is based on the high performance I-Series architecture. This superior performance model, combined with the Foresight Imaging commitment to exceptional image accuracy, guarantees high speed video streaming and inspection-quality images for demanding machine vision applications. I-Color MV demonstrations are being conducted in booth #400 at The Vision Show East conference and exhibition from April 4-6 at the Hynes Convention Center The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston's Back Bay has 193,000 square feet (0 m) of exhibit space and can accommodate up to four concurrent events. in Boston. "We have customers in inspection and metrology markets that expressed their need for a color frame grabber with the power and accuracy of the I-Series. With I-Color MV, these customers have the flexibility of our independent, dual video data paths. I-Color MV can display YUV The color encoding system used for analog television worldwide (NTSC, PAL and SECAM). The YUV color space (color model) differs from RGB, which is what the camera captures and what humans view. 4:2:2 color video while processing either 8 bit monochrome data or full resolution color video. At the same time, I-Color MV provides a variety of machine vision and camera controls for integration in inspection applications," said Tony Molinari, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development. About I-Color MV I-Color MV delivers high accuracy video images and guaranteed high speed video streaming. I-Color MV accepts up to 4 video inputs from the following video sources and formats: composite color, S-Video, monochrome, 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. , PAL, RS-170, and CCIR See ITU. . Video digitization is 16 or 24 bits color and 8 bits monochrome. Color video formats include YUV 4:2:2 and 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). 8:8:8. Contributing to its high accuracy, I-Color MV features low pixel jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle of +/-2.0 ns and a signal-to-noise ratio The ratio of the power or volume (amplitude) of a signal to the amount of unwanted interference (the noise) that has mixed in with it. Measured in decibels, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR or S/N) measures the clarity of the signal in a circuit or a wired or wireless transmission channel. of 47 dB. Powered by high speed PCI bus mastering, scatter-gather technology, and double buffering, I-Color MV supports 120+ MB/second sustained PCI bus transfers to accommodate the most demanding video streaming applications. I-Color MV supports simultaneous real-time display via real-time transfer of images directly to display card memory or via image transfer over the VIP/VMI over-the-top bus to industry-standard display cards. Additionally, I-Color MV features independent, dual video paths so users can display one type of video format (i.e. YUV 4:2:2) and transfer another video format (i.e. 8 bit monochrome) for processing and measurement. For integration in machine vision environments, I-Color MV offers a variety of machine vision and camera controls including a strobe strobe n. 1. A strobe light. 2. A stroboscope. 3. A spot of higher than normal intensity in the sweep of an indicator, as on a radar screen, used as a reference mark for determining distance. interface, a dedicated high current digital output, a dedicated input trigger, sync I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output , camera integration control, eight general purpose digital I/Os, camera power, and more. Software Support As a member of the I-Series of frame grabbers and video streamers Streamers is a play by David Rabe. The last in his Vietnam War trilogy that began with The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones , I-Color MV is supported by IDEA(TM) (Imaging Development Environment for Applications) software development kit. IDEA supports both the I-Series and HI*DEF(TM) product families so that once an application is written with IDEA, users have support for all I-Series and HI*DEF boards without re-writing their software. Extensive example programs (with source code) for acquisition, video streaming, graphics overlays, and more are included with each I-Color MV board. Common Vision Blox, Image-Pro Plus, Optimas, and TWAIN drivers are available for higher-level application requirements. Pricing and Availability I-Color MV product shipments are expected in June 2000. Pricing is $1,196 in 100 piece quantities. About Foresight Imaging Foresight Imaging is a world leader in the design and marketing of high accuracy, high performance frame grabbers and video streamers for the machine vision, scientific and medical imaging markets. Foresight Imaging acquired technology assets from Imagraph Corporation, a subsidiary of Lumisys, Inc., in June 1999. For further information, visit www.foresightimaging.com or email info@foresightimaging.com. Foresight Imaging, Auto-SYNC, HI*DEF, I-Series, I-Color, and IMASCAN are trademarks of Foresight Imaging, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. All specifications are subject to change. Note to Editors: The product name HI*DEF contains an asterisk (*), which may not appear in all databases. |
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