Page 5 - Machine Vision Presentation

Machine vision applications use two types of sensors to convert photons to electrons for digital processing;
charge-coupled device (CCD) and complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensors. Both

sensors convert light (photons) into an electrical charge (electrons) using an intricate 2-D array of photo-
detectors (pixels).

Imaging sensor technology is used within many manufacturing processes including vision inspection, quality

control, robotics, wire bonding and down-hole applications. It is also used for object detection, recognition
and collision avoidance systems in next-generation autonomous vehicles, robotics and drones. In addition,

machine vision plays a major role in artificial intelligence applications such as facial recognition.

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