Scorpion Newsletter April 2004

New - Scorpion Competitive Vision Sensor Trade-In at 999.00 Euro

Oslo, Norway - 20. April 2004
Contact : Thor Vollset, Tordivel AS

Enjoy the benefits of a powerful Scorpion Vision System - Upgrade your vision sensor to a Scorpion Vision Sensor trade-in kit. The kit consists of a Scorpion Basic licence, an Imaging Source camera DMK 21F04 camera (VGA), a 8 mm lens and Unibrain Firewire PCI adaptor.

We accept to exchange vision sensors from Omron, DVT and Cognex. The Scorpion Basic license issued in return for your vision sensor, supporting two cameras and may be upgraded to unlimited camera connections and/or upgraded to a Scorpion Standard or Enterprise against an additional license fee.

Scorpion can normally coexist with other applications on a standard PC - this means that Scorpion can be installed on PCs already present in a production line.

Our complete pricelist is available at: Scorpion pricelist

Scorpion Supports 5.0 Megapixel Baumer Optronic Firewire Camera

Oslo, Norway - 1. April 2004
Contact : Thor Vollset, Tordivel AS

Scorpion Vision Software extends it superior support for Baumer firewire cameras with support for the Arc Series of high resolution cameras. The Interlaced ARC-HR50c with it's 2/3 CCD and 2560 x 1920 pixels extends Scorpion capabilities in high precision measurement with superb image quality and almost no camera noise.

  • IEEE1394a FireWire Interface.
  • Interlaced CCD color cameras up to 5 Mio Pixel including live preview mode as well as active Peltier cooling for long-term exposure time.
  • Progressive Scan CCD and CMOS cameras in color and monochrome up to 1.3 Mio Pixel.
  • First-class dynamics.
  • Outstanding image quality.
  • Excellent color reproducibility.
  • Binning and True Partial Scan (ROI).

The cooled Baumer ARC color cameras set standards for ambitious measurement, analysis and documentation applications in science, medicine and industry. 

More information about Baumer Optronic GmbH

Scorpion Vision Software - Distribution and support around the World

Scorpion Vision Software is gaining ground with new distributors in France, Germany, Netherlands and Taiwan.
More information - http://www.scorpion.no/?sectionId=202

Scorpion Events

Learn more about Scorpion Vision Software and Robot Vision at the following events:

Exhibitions

  • May 11 - 14, 2004, Control - Sinsheim, Germany -  Polytec - Halle 1, Stand 1226
  • June 15 - 16, 2004, Vision Solutions, Nijmegen, Netherlands - Geveke Industrial BV

2 Days Scorpion Introduction Course 

Free Scorpion Seminar 

Robot Vision Seminar

Robot Vision Workshop

Firewire Camera Winners February and March 2004

We are proud to announce the following winners of a Unibrain Fire-I Camera and a Scorpion Vision Software T-Shirt:

  • March 2004
    • Arne Wingefalk - Getrag AWD AB , Sweden
    • Sven Thorell - Lear Corp, Sweden
    • Pierdomenico Chiesa - Image S, Italy
  • February 2004
    • Fredrik Jaensson - ITT Flygt AB, Sweden
    • Joel Ronning - Get Control Inc, USA
    • Philip Thorns - Industrial Technology Systems Ltd, United Kingdom

To join the contest register at : http://www.scorpionvision.com/?sectionId=365

The contest i sponsored by Unibrain - The 1394 Innovator

News - Wireless Network Camera Support for Robot Vision

The AXIS 205 Network Camera is designed for businesses and home users who want a high quality product at attractive prices VGA resolution at 200 euros - we have used the Axis Camera Control to aquire real time images to Scorpion - new possibilities in Robot Vision and Surveillance.

More information : http://www.axis.com

Coming soon - Support for Allied Vision Marlin Camera

We are currently testing the new Allied Vision DirectX driver with the exciting Marlin Camera. The driver are scheduled to be released in May 2004.

Contact : Thor Vollset - +47 23 15 87 00

Free Scorpion Robot Vision Demo Kit

To promote Scorpion Robot Vision we give away our Scorpion Robot Vision Starter Kits for free - standard price 4500 euro. The kit comprises the following:

Scorpion Enterprise Software w/Imaging Source camera DMK 21F04, Calibration grid type CG-1, 4,5mm lens, USB 128Mb memory stick and a UniBrain Fire i camera. 

The offer is limited to one per company/location. The system must be interfaced to a robot and has to be used for Scorpion Robot Vision promotion for a period of minimum twelve months. 

More information contact : Thor Vollset

Robust Scorpion Robot Vision with TemplateFinder2

Picking valves directly from the box - easy to do with Scorpion and TemplateFinder2.

TemplateFinder2 robustly resamples, decimates multiple named templates to handles perspective, rotation and variations in illumination with speed - making it ideal for Robot Vision and OCR applications.

More information contact : Thor Vollset

Scorpion Support - 24 hours a day - 365 days a year

For questions about using Scorpion, check out the FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.

Do you have an inspection task? - submit a description of what you want to do and preferably a set of sample images to us. We will then do an assessment - give you some advice and maybe provide a skeleton solution using Scorpion. If you already have Scorpion installed, you can run this profile on your own computer.

To download Scorpion, example profiles, documentation, drivers etc. register at : Scorpion Download

We are committed to give you the best on-line support available.

Editor : Thor Vollset - thor@tordivel.com - + 47 23 15 87 00

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