Company
Sensor to Image GmbH is the specialist for imaging hardware as well for well known industrial vision products like cameras and framegrabbers, as also for custom and customized components.
Yesterday
The beginning of Sensor to Image Company goes back to the '80s (c't Framegrabber), a time when industrial image processing had still been in its infancy for lack of high-capacity computers.
Then in 1990 these beginnings also showed tangible results with the engineering office established by Werner Feith.
One of the first products included the image processing cards Snofru and Giseh which made it possible to evaluate a camera signal in a PC-dependent or even PC-independent manner and represent it as a live video. In 1992 the Cheops Bildverarbeitungs GmbH was established. Their aim was to push on with the development of modular PC image processing cards for industrial purposes. Further innovations included the frame grabber boards PictureBoy and Kairo which at that time offered excellent possibilities such as onboard image processing and digitalization of color cameras.
The arrival of the PCI technology in the world of PCs also had brought about image processing possibilities unattainable up to that time. Due to the data transfer rates in many cases still sufficient even today, more and more image processing tasks have been shifted onto the PC. From 1996 until today Sensor to Image has been supplying the necessary frame grabber of the Ramses series.
Today
Since the establishment of Sensor to Image GmbH in 1999, the successor of Cheops Bildverarbeitung, the trend again has been away from the PC and towards intelligent image processing systems. As early as in 1999 this was taken account of by the Single-Board computer Cleopatra. This component integrates two video inputs with CPU and various interfaces on one circuit board only. In addition, the embedded Linux µClinux has been used, which meant many conveniences for the user known so far only from the PC. The intelligent camera CANCam constitutes a further development of the Cleopatra-Boards, which integrates sensor, frame grabber and Linux-based evaluation computer on a minimum of space.
Besides the OS and design services we have today standard IP cores for CCD- and CMOS camera design, CameraLink, USB2 and GigE Vision connectivity solutions, which are used all over the world in industrial-, medical- and space-applications.
Parallel to the intelligent systems, Sensor to Image GmbH has developed digital camera systems for PCs right from the start, which in the future will also offer more and more evaluation possibilities within the camera itself. Moreover, the current development activities focus on a simple and efficient connection of the systems by means of upcoming standardized data transfer paths such as CoaXPress and maybe USB3 Vision.
All of our products are characterized by a high flexibility ensuring adaptation of the components to your requirements. Nearly every image processing application is different and calls for compatible components. Standard products are not always suited for this. This is what we are specialized in, and many years of developmental and practical experience make it possible for us to offer you the following:
Adaptation and new developments of image processing components Hardware and software engineering on a maximum level Thorough market knowledge in the field of image processing hardware Supporting you in obtaining a competitive advantage by means of image processing