Petko Dinev, president and CEO of Imperx, presents the new Bobcat line of cameras. Bobcat is a platform from which cameras can be built to take advantage of programmable functions, multiple AOIs, common GUI, and automatic exposure/gain control.; Bobcat cameras; custom design; imperx; vision systems design; Dieter Gellrich, at Kappa, introduces the Zelos CCD camera series, available in different platforms and interfaces. Christine Rose describes the company?s philosophy of ?unique for everyone? and its custom design capabilities.; custom design; kappa opto-electronics; vision systems design; Zelos CCD camera; Gerhard Holst, the head of science and research at PCO, presents the benefits of the new scientific or sCMOS image sensor in a prototype camera. The benefits include low noise, high resolution, 100 frames/s speed, and excellent quantum efficiency.; pco; sCMOS sensor; vision systems design; Michael Engel and Jan-Erik Schmitt of Vision Components introduce the company as the developer of the smart camera and demonstrate applications. Erik Marquardt, at FiberVision, shows this technology implemented in the Nanosmart solution.; fibervision; nanosmart; smart camera; vision components; vision systems design; Kerry Van Iseghem, a founder of ISG, introduces the capabilities and products of his company, which is a custom camera design services firm. ISG offers camera platforms ranging from low to high end to help customers throughout the world.; camera design services; imaging solutions group; vision systems design; Jean-Philippe Roman, PR manager, demonstrates augmented reality technology for manufacturing at the AVT booth, and Paul Kozik, business development manager, describes the new Guppy Pro FireWire camera and the Prosilica GX GigE Vision camera.; allied vision technologies; augmented reality; prosilica; vision systems design; Ray Berst, president of Components Express, talks about the company?s Bitmaxx family of products, including cabling that extends Camera Link and FireWire distances, and a Power-over-Ethernet splitter.; Bitmaxx; camera link; components express; firewire; vision systems design; Martin Klottig, marketing manager for the camera lens division at Carl Zeiss, describes the capabilities and options of the ZF, ZF-IR, ZE, and telecentric industrial lenses offered by the company.; carl zeiss optics and lenses; vision systems design; Markus Middlecamp, product manager for vision technology at LINOS, a member of the Qioptiq Group, shows several areas of competence including Fetura, a vision metrology system for precise, fast offline measurements, and the newest lenses.; lenses; linos photonics; metrology system; sensors; vision systems design; Mark Williamson, sales and marketing director at Stemmer Imaging, introduces the company and its services, highlighting what customers can expect from Stemmer. He also demonstrates several systems that take advantage of GigE Vision technology.; GigE Vision; stemmer imaging; vision systems design; Steve McSherry, director of business development at Lumenera, describes the strengths of the company, including off-the-shelf, custom, and OEM camera designs, and introduces the Lg235c GigE camera, a 16-MP USB camera, and an 11-MP GigE Vision camera.; GigE Vision; lumenera; USB camera; vision systems design; Sam Lopez, European sales manager, demonstrates products from Matrox Imaging, including Design Assistant 2.2 smart camera software, Iris GatorEye IP67 GigE camera, and Supersight industrial computing platform.; Computing; matrox imaging; smart camera; software; vision systems design; Daniel Seiler, technical communicator at IDS, introduces the new, very small uEye XS USB camera with smart features and the HDR high-dynamic range sensor that enables new applications.; IDS; uEye XS USB camera; vision systems design; Steve Geraghty, director of DALSA industrial products, introduces the BOA smart camera, which is a small, intelligent vision system designed for industrial applications.; boa smart camera; dalsa; vision systems design; John Jennings, chief commercial officer, and Henning Tiarks, team leader of product management components, present the new, very small Basler ace GigE camera.; basler; gige camera; vision systems design; Vlad Tucakov, director of sales and marketing at Point Grey, shows several new products: a prototype USB 3.0 camera, the Flea3 GigE and FireWire camera, the Gazelle Camera Link camera, and the Grasshopper Express FireWire camera.; camera link; firewire; point grey research; vision systems design; Bradley Weber, director of applications engineering at PPT Vision (Bloomington, MN, USA), shows a demo of three different smart cameras inspecting different features on a perpetually moving model.; vision systems design ppt vision smart cameras; Spectrum Illumination president Dave Muyskens (Montague, MI, USA) describes the company?s newest product, the Tripod Modular Lighting System, which is a simple, low-cost spotlight that can be configured in multiple ways for numerous applications.; vision systems design spectrum illumination led lighting system; David Park with BA Logix presents EdgeMax, an advanced digital algorithm that delivers higher resolution at faster speeds than competing algorithms. BA Logix was founded by a Tufts University professor and Allied Minds, an investment firm.; Algorithm; ba logix; edgemax; vision systems design; Doug Erlemann, business development manager for cameras at Baumer, describes the capabilities of the new TZG01 3-D time-of-flight camera with 176x144 pixels. Applications for the camera include palletizing and robotic bin-picking.; vision systems design baumer TOF camera bin-picking; John Merva, executive vice president of Advanced illumination (Rochester, VT, USA), describes his company and its capabilities. He also presents many new LED lighting products, including a line incorporating surface-mount, high-brightness LEDs.; vision systems design advanced illumination LED lighting; Shaun Saber, vice president of sales/marketing at Active Silicon (Chelmsford, MA, USA), displays new boards working with cameras from Sony and Adimec, including a PCI Express-based board.; vision systems design active silicon PCI express board camera; TBS