Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
The Vision-System-on-Chip, developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Division Engineering of Adaptive Systems EAS, Dresden, is the core of a modular system solution consisting of powerful camera hardware and flexible algorithms that enable especially high image rates and short response times at low power consumption. The approach combines the image capture directly with the image processing. Computationally intensive processing steps for feature extraction are executed under software control directly on the Vision-System-on-Chip. The quantity of data output can thereby be reduced to a minimum. The integrated components of our »software-defined smart camera« make it possible to not only select the actual image processing algorithms but also individually modify parameters such as precision, resolution and scanning rate to the respective requirements.
Based on the Vision-System-on-Chip an image processing system has been implemented at vosla GmH for the quality assurance of light bulbs. The purpose is to carry out in the final inspection the localization and measuring of very small defects on the glass bodies as well as in the paint application in the final inspection.