IMAGING SOLUTIONS
Inspection quality, built in
High-quality products deserve high-quality inspection solutions. For precision and reliability at every stage of production, without the complexity.
Inspection as you’ve never seen it
Whether it’s achieving consistency across inconsistent subjects, or overcoming reflections on glossy surfaces. Canon’s combination of dynamic auto-focus lenses, larger sensors, and fast processors can deliver.
Canon’s all-in-one solutions are readily available and easier to scale. All while delivering measurable quality. From resolution (MTF) and signal-to-noise ratios, to distortion and colour accuracy: achieve high-quality imaging in the toughest environments, even low light.
And with Canon’s robust SDK software, get greater control over how you image your subject.
Where do you want inspection quality built in?
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Analysis
Analyse an event or behaviour to understand what’s happening on a macro scale.
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Identification
Inspect inconsistent subjects using dynamic autofocus for consistent quality images.
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Quality Control
Identify imperfections easily across many diverse subjects with high accuracy.
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Appraisal
Confirm a subject matches the master product, meaning standards are maintained.
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Maintenance
Ensure machinery remains in the best working order with smart, adaptive features.
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Verification
Match subjects against an imaging database to trigger automated actions.
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Testing
Ensure products continuously meet design and engineering specs and regulations.
Where Canon inspection has made a real difference
We’ve helped many businesses deliver incredible products across categories and conditions. And while they’ve each had different requirements, the Canon team has always found a solution.
“How Canon cameras are changing the world of manufacturing inspection.”
The trinity of technology: the best of imaging quality brought together
The lens. The sensor. The processor. Each element inspired by nature, bringing the beauty of imaging, innovation, and intelligence together.
The elements behind each Canon inspection solution
Canon has been a pioneer for imaging and manufacturing since 1933, and is committed to producing world-class products. Each widely available from retailers for added flexibility.
Inspection FAQs
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Canon’s new compact APS-C or full-frame professional mirrorless cameras produce a much higher level of image quality. In terms of sensitivity, their higher resolution gives you the ability to capture a larger area without losing essential details. They also deliver faster speed through Canon’s uniquely integrated approach to innovation.
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In three ways, Canon:
- Design and manufacture the sensor and processor to work together
- Integrate every lens to enhance performance
- Give users the freedom to capture an image whichever way they choose, before using Canon’s SDK to simply transfer the data to a third-party analytics programme.
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- Built-in quality: no need to learn the science of imaging and spend time building/outsourcing parts of an image capture solution
- Scalability: easier and faster to scale camera or multi-camera inspection solutions
- Quicker deployment: readily available off-the-shelf solutions, allowing faster implementation
- Cost simplicity: all-in-one solutions that are easier to manage and predict
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Depending on the surface inspection challenge you’re facing and the cost/performance parameters you work within, Canon provides a range of solutions - from ‘fully integrated’ to ‘lens-only’. They all offer the best balance of resolution, sensitivity, ruggedness, weight, and automation.
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Canon’s difference is that their SDK offers this in the most open way:
- Wired: EDSDK for Windows, Mac, Linux (Raspberry Pi OS), on ARM/Linux (Ubuntu OS), on ARM and Intel. The EDSDK is also provided as ‘C’ library, so it can be integrated with industrial applications.
- Wireless: CCAPI for various operating systems including but not limited to: Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Linux. Additionally, CCAPI is a Web API that can be accessed using HTTP.
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Through a combination of unique Canon imaging innovations, such as:
- Dynamic and memory based autofocus
- Image stabilisation
- A range of lenses that can handle a variety of working distances
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Canon Professional Services act as your imaging specialists, offering their expertise so that you can focus on the business of production.
Partnering with Canon is as simple and reliable as the quality of their inspection solutions, thanks to their:- Test-before-you-purchase loan kit
- Global support
- Product availability
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No problem. With the new Birger mount, Canon lenses can easily be integrated into your industrial camera systems.