NEWS FROM THE FIELD

How Biometrics Will Change 21st Century Communications

Biometrics will play a major role in different industries, from medicine, science, robotics, engineering, manufacturing and all areas of vertical enterprise businesses.

Smartphones, in particular, help enable these services. Imagine an eye exam conducted by scanning your iris with your iPhone. Or an android app that can measure the effectiveness of a pill through a biometric chipset that dissolves when digested.

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Growth of IP Video Surveillance Services & Systems Market 2018 Forecasts in New Research Report

The video surveillance market has undergone a drastic change over the past decade. The technological advancement and dropping in the cost of the video surveillance equipment allows the monitoring to be done in the most efficient way. A surveillance camera is becoming an effective tool for the government agencies for discouraging crime. The shift from analog cameras to IP cameras, which offer high resolution along with better image quality, is a major driver in the video surveillance market. The market is likely to witness a large growth in IP video surveillance by 2018. The analog business is still efficient in many countries like China, and the Philippines; but IP is the new trend with a lot of potential; and it is likely that the increased adoption of IP cameras will back off the analog camera sales/market in future.

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Innovation in Video Surveillance Tech at a Crossroads: Part 1

Over the past decade, there has been a seismic shift in the evolution of video surveillance. What was once a relatively simple configuration of coaxial cable running from cameras to closed circuit television monitors and VCRs has been revolutionized by network connectivity and ever-increasing image processing power.

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The Time is Right for Biometric Technology

Analysts and experts agree that with the launch of Apple's latest iPhone, not just fingerprint, but also voice and facial recognition are about to become the de-facto forms of web authentication.

As more and more of the average consumer's daily life moves from the physical, offline realm to the digital, online virtual world, more and more pressure and strain is loaded on the traditional password and, as the typical person now requires 11 unique passwords for everything from online banking to social media on any given day, the stress is about to become too much.

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Product Spotlight

LUMeNERA'S HIGH-SPEED USB 3.0 CAMERAS SUITABLE FOR SURVEILLANCE APPLICATIONS

The Lt225 and Lt425 cameras feature innovative, large CMOS sensors with a fully electronic global shutter that captures excellent quality, high-speed images with zero blur, solving the motion artifact limitation found with traditional CMOS technology. Excellent image quality coupled with fast frame rates make the Lt225 and Lt425 cameras ideal for surveillance applications. The USB 3.0 interface further enhances the solution by providing both power and data to the camera for single cable operation. The Lt225 and Lt425 cameras provide a reliable and constant stream of serialized, high resolution images to applications for frame by frame processing.

Some applications only require a lower frame rate for image delivery and many cameras can only deliver higher frame rates which can cause unnecessary overloading of the computer as the software needs to discard unused frames. The Lt225 and Lt425 cameras support a user selectable frame rate setting directly in the camera thus offloading the processing requirements of the host computer.

Product Highlights & Features for Lumenera's USB 3.0 Cameras:

• 2 and 4 megapixel color, mono, NIR enhanced
• Very high frame rates up to 170 fps at full resolution
• ROI support for even faster frame rates
• Blur-free global shutter CMOSIS sensor
• Built-in image processing and frame memory buffer for reliable image delivery
• Low noise and high sensitivity
• USB 3.0 provides higher resolution images and faster frame rates than GigE.
• USB 3.0 cameras can now be deployed up to 100 m (300 ft) from the host computer with the use of USB3.0 optical extenders 

For more information on Lumenera's USB 3.0 cameras please click here.

Publication

Lumenera is Featured in Leading Publication Traffic Technology International

Traffic Technology International chose to showcase Lumenera's new CMOS sensor technology. The following is a snippet of the feature article:

Emerging high-speed video technology is enabling a new generation of video-based automatic license plate recognition (ALPR that will be more affordable to install and far easier to maintain. Innovation in CMOS image sensor technology has led to the introduction of high definition sensors (up to 4 megapixel resolution), that can operate at speeds of 100 to 200 frames per second (fps). To put things in perspective, this is about twice the resolution and speed of a high-definition television. These new CMOS sensors offer light sensitivity that is close to that of a CCD sensor, but at a much faster frame rate. They also have the ability to freeze-frame high-speed objects such as moving vehicles, thanks to a built-in electronic global shutter – an innovation for CMOS sensors.

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NEWS FEATURE

Lumenera Partners with Cognex to Bring VisionPro Software to CCD Digital Cameras

The popular 11 megapixel Lg11059 camera was recently integrated with Cognex Corporation's VisionPro software, allowing for increased features and options for processing images.

This software allows users to build powerful vision systems. Those currently using VisionPro software will now have access to Lumenera's innovative Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) CCD camera with its unique Canon-integrated lens control.

The integration of the Lg11059 digital camera with VisionPro is ideally suited for Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), electronic assembly, automotive and other applications where high resolution, high dynamic range and low noise are needed such as semiconductor inspection.

This new partnership will simplify vision system integration by merging the Lg11059 digital camera and VisionPro software proficiently to provide plug-and-play installation and streamlined product technical support.

For more information on the Lg11059 please click here.

LUMENERA IMAGING BLOG - LATEST POSTS

CMOS Sensor Technologies – Can They Help with Traffic Congestion?
Many of us share in the same daily frustration of sitting in slow moving traffic as we make our way to and from work. I believe that we can thank rapid population growth and urbanization for bringing about a rise in traffic that has outpaced road capacity, resulting in the loss of productive working hours, environmental pollution, wasted fuel and precious energy resources. Fortunately for all of us, new technologies are greatly improving the solutions available, each bringing their share of benefits and drawbacks.
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Keep Your Eyes on the Road
Transportation infrastructures incorporate an amazing amount of imaging technology, which can be found in the sophisticated equipment working silently along our roads and highways. Imaging technology has become an integral component of Intelligent Transportation Systems, serving as an extra set of eyes on the road, improving our safety and contributing to a problem-free and pleasant driving experience.
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TAC ANNOUNCEMENT

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UPDATES

New: Windows 8 Compatibility
Lumenera’s industrial USB device drivers are fully compatible with the latest Windows 8, 32 and 64-bit operating systems. Lumenera's download center provides customers with the most current versions of our software releases. Visit our website here for the latest USB Drivers / Downloads.

New LuCam Software 6.3.0
A new release of LuCam Capture Software is now available for download. The latest version of LuCam software provides support for variable frame rate in the Lt425 and Lt225 models, subsampling on the Lt cameras and support for the High Dynamic Range mode on the Lt cameras. It also provides updates for all other Lumenera camera models.

Lumenera SDK 6.3.0
The new release of Lumenera SDK 6.3.0 provides updates to the .NET framework to improve support for 64-bit projects.

Knowledge Base Solutions
Lumenera's Knowledge Base Solutions is a secure portal that provides you with technical support materials and articles. To access these valuable technical documents please contact the Technical Assistance Centre (TAC) team using [email protected].

team updates

Lumenera Hosts Family Fun-Day Appreciation Event

At Lumenera, we pride ourselves on being a social company. We have an excellent Social Committee who plan and organize monthly events ranging from family skating to employee boat cruises. We also share in each other’s personal and professional accomplishments at monthly "All Staff" meetings, focused on maintaining an excellent corporate culture.

This summer, the social committee organized a family fun-day event at our head office in Ottawa.

Featured Above: Lumenera President, Huw Leahy takes employees and their children for a tour of the manufacturing area to see first-hand how our cameras are made.

The family fun-day event was complete with bouncy castles, inflatable sides, games and of course our favorite carnival treats like cotton candy and popcorn. Thank you to the Lumenera social committee for organizing a great event.

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Lumenera Green Initiative Updates

Lumenera launched a Green initiative in 2010 and has remained committed to this campaign since that time to help improve the environment and local community.

We are committed to promoting a “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” attitude within our culture and believe that every effort made by its employees counts.

A new initiative recently undertaken is the launch of the Green payroll. In an effort to support a paperless environment, we are pleased to announce that the production and distribution of paper pay stubs and HR forms has been discontinued. Employees now use a secure online system to retrieve their pay records and submit forms such as vacation requests. This initiative not only saves the cost and time associated with tracking and distributing pay stubs and paper forms, it also reduces the amount of paper and ink used for printing them. This is an ongoing initiative with long-term green benefits.

An ongoing effort that was one of the first undertakings of Lumenera's Green Committee is the tree planting program. For every Lumenera website visitor who completes the contact us form, Lumenera will plant one tree. Providing information is completely voluntary. Since the initiative started Lumenera has planted over 3,000 trees. Thank you to everyone who participated.

For a full list of initiatives click here.