Don Braggins, of the UK Industrial Vision Association (UKIVA) looks at the evolution of vision and its expanding application areas. IT IS NOT SO long ago that the UKIVA celebrated its own 10th anniversary, and so we have reviewed the evolution of vision and its applications with great interest. Two things are clear - the development in technology has improved every aspect of vision, and as it has done so, the range of applications has grown enormously. Technological developments have enhanced the entire vision process - from image acquisition to processing and measurement - bringing increases in speed, resolution, complexity and the accuracy of the measurements that can be made.
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