2006 Industrial Camera Press Releases

Combined Technology Offers Seamless Solution

The Vision Show 2006, Boston, MA - May 10, 2006 - Lumenera Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of high performance digital cameras and imaging solutions, and MVTec, a leading manufacturer of software tools for machine vision, today announced they have integrated their technologies for use in machine vision applications.

The software integration combines Lumenera's complete line of industrial megapixel cameras with MVTec's powerful Halcon 7.1 software. Lumenera's family of USB 2.0 cameras offer a wide variety of speed and resolution from VGA through 11 megapixel - to satisfy a broad range of applications. Adding MVTec's software now provides a complete imaging solution for machine vision applications where high accuracy and detail such as OCR and OCV, bar coding, and defect analysis is required.

"We are very pleased that our industrial customers can now take advantage of MVTec's flexible software" stated Greg Bell, VP Business Development, Lumenera Corporation. "Our OEMs and Integrators are more aggressively seeking integrated solutions to ensure total quality in the production process. This integration will meet those critical business needs and open new markets for Lumenera and MVTec alike."

This driver integration is now complete and available for use in your application.

About Lumenera
Lumenera Corporation, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, is a leading developer and manufacturer of high performance digital cameras and custom imaging solutions. Lumenera cameras are used worldwide in a diverse range of industrial, scientific and security applications.

Lumenera solutions provide unique combinations of speed, resolution and sensitivity in order to satisfy the most demanding digital imaging requirements. Lumenera customers achieve the benefit of superior price to performance ratios and faster time to market with the company's commitment to high quality, cost effective product solutions. For further information about Lumenera, please visit www.lumenera.com or call 613-736-4077. To receive Lumenera press releases as they are issued, contact us at marketing@lumenera.com.

High Quality USB 2.0 CMOS Camera for Industrial Applications

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – February 6, 2006 – Lumenera Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of high performance digital cameras and imaging solutions, today announced the release of a new high definition USB 2.0 digital camera aimed at industrial markets. The high resolution Lw290 camera is based on a new 1080P HD sensor - ideal for high quality industrial, machine vision, military and medical imaging.

The Lw290’s 16:9 HD format, 2.0 megapixel CMOS sensor delivers 20 frames per second at full 1920x1080 resolution. Higher frame rates are available at lower resolution, with full sub-window control and live focusing modes. This high performance camera offers unique characteristics such as higher dynamic range (>60dB) and low blooming for greater image detail and superior quality images. As with the entire line of Lumenera cameras, no framegrabber is required. This USB 2.0 based camera provides simple plug-and-play integration with any DirectShow application. On-board processing delivers outstanding image quality, sensitivity and value for a variety of industrial applications. This camera is available in both board level (Lw290) and enclosed (Lw295) versions, is offered with both color and monochrome capability and is fully supported by the Lumenera Software Developer’s Kit with an application programming interface compatible with C++ and Visual Basic.

“These new 16:9 HD format cameras provide the additional horizontal resolution requested for many industrial applications.  With 2.0 megapixel color and monochrome variants, the Lw290 compliments Lumenera’s line of superior quality cameras,” stated Greg Bell, VP Business Development, Lumenera Corporation. “Look for a CCD variant on Lumenera’s USB 2.0 and Ethernet platforms early in Q3/06 - providing even higher performance.”

The Lw290/Lw295 cameras are now shipping.

About Lumenera
Lumenera Corporation, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, is a leading developer and manufacturer of high performance digital cameras and custom imaging solutions. Lumenera cameras are used worldwide in a diverse range of industrial, scientific and security applications.

Lumenera solutions provide unique combinations of speed, resolution and sensitivity in order to satisfy the most demanding digital imaging requirements. Lumenera customers achieve the benefit of superior price to performance ratios and faster time to market with the company's commitment to high quality, cost effective product solutions. For further information about Lumenera, please visit www.lumenera.com or call 613-736-4077. To receive Lumenera press releases as they are issued, contact us at marketing@lumenera.com.