Lights, Camera, Action!

Lighting plays an important role in vision systems. For the highly capable cameras to “see” the defects and for the software to identify them, lighting needs to be perfect for the conditions.

There are numerous variables that determine which lighting will be the most suitable for your application. Each situation is unique and needs to be looked at and assessed before making a decision.

Some of the lighting variables that need to be considered are color, intensity, diffusion, distance, size of the region of interest, inspection process, environment and there are many more.

Sometimes an off the shelf lighting option will work just fine but at other times custom lighting will be needed. Talking to an expert in the field will help narrow down options. Sudeep used Advanced Illumination lighting on a fingerprinting project and was able to work with them to get the lighting he needed according to his specification.

So the next time you’re in the mood for some special lighting give us a call or drop us an email and we’ll see what we can do for you.

- Parm