Automated cameras

Leutron Vision’s PicSight gigabit-ethernet and modular cameras are fitted with a fully integrated socket enabling motorised lenses with C or CS mountings to be connected directly to the system, allowing them to automatically zoom, focus and adapt an image to different object sizes.

Using three H-switches for the aperture, depth of field or the focus, the operator is able to select either a positive or negative operating voltage, which can then correspond to two directions of movement, such as zooming in and out, depending on the function required.

The potentiometer positions of the three functions can be read precisely by an analog to digital converter and evaluated by the software. Thus, the user is given full control over the motorised zoom lens and, using the corresponding software, can use auto-focus and auto-iris functions.

The modular nature of the camera concept enables cameras to be quickly tailored to the specific needs of each user. Application engineers have a selection of 28 types of sensor to choose from, either CCD monochrome or colour, ranging from VGA resolution up to 1628 x 1236 (UXGA) pixels, or CMOS with resolutions of up to more than five million pixels.

Image transmission is possible via a number of digital interfaces such as gigabit-ethernet, Camera Link or USB 2.0. A variety of different sensor, interface and processor modules can combine as desired, to produce as many as 300 different types of cameras, both conventional and smart.