Innovative High Resolution Imaging Techniques Applied to the

Innovative, High Resolution Imaging Techniques Applied to the Inspection of Parcels and Packages

Introduction • Speaker: Dany Longval, Vice President Worldwide Sales • Responsible for product vision and strategy at Lumenera Corporation • Over 25 years in the imaging industry • Voice of Lumenera’s vision technology blog www. lumenera. com/blog

Lumenera Overview Lumenera is a leading developer and manufacturer of high performance digital cameras as well as custom and OEM imaging solutions for industrial, scientific, surveillance and astro applications worldwide. Company Strengths: • Field tested SDK • Over 160, 000 cameras installed worldwide • Proven, robust, common API and drivers • Stable, ruggedized, reliable high performance digital cameras • Superior color reproduction – we do color well! • Committed to its employees, the community and the environment • Plug-and-play cameras that are up and running in minutes • Product innovation and expertise • Flexible OEM and custom solutions tailor made to fit your application • Reduced cost of ownership

What is Parcel Inspection? • Sorting, measuring, identifying and handling millions of parcels per day using automatic inspection systems • Automation is vital to modern postal and parcel sorting

Why Parcel Inspection? • Time and cost are a highly critical factors • Volume is increasing at a rapid pace with consumers shifting their habits towards online purchases • High expectations of timely and quality service

Benefits – Order management • Automatic invoicing • Parcel tracking • Eliminates manually exchanging data among separate order management, logistics tracking, shipping and customer service systems • Real-time visibility into corporate data prevents costly data entry mistakes

Benefits – Quality assurance • Detection of deformations, defects and broken items • Archival of images for evidential purposes

Benefits – Cost optimization • Optimum loading profiles of freight containers • Optimum labor force needed to process the parcel flow

Challenges • While bar codes have simplified retail scanning, parcel sorting equipment must deal with much more challenging conditions and targets

Parcel Dimensions • Variations in parcel height make it challenging to capture a focused image

Lower light intensity • Reducing lens aperture to give a larger depth of field reduces the amount of light through the lens, making it hard to capture a clear image at high speed

Positioning • Parcels or packages are irregularly strewn on a conveyor belt • Identify and measure individual parcels even when many are closely bunched

Poor Labelling • Variation in the package labelling • Require extensive real-time processing to compensate for rotation and skew as well as missing, obscured, or damaged areas before performing optical character recognition

Innovative Solutions • The emergence of new technologies can help in addressing the challenges of parcel inspection systems

High Performance Image Sensors • High sensitivity and high dynamic range provided by high-end image sensors allows superior speed and image quality • CCD and CMOS sensors offer unique strengths and weaknesses providing advantages for different applications • CCD sensors traditionally used for high-quality imaging

High-Resolution Imaging • Capture full field of view to identify parcel defect and parcel dimensioning • Enough details to read barcode and perform optical character recognition • Resolution of 11, 16 and 29 megapixel readily available today in affordable systems • All accomplished with one camera

Integrated Lens Control • Motorized lens control to adapt to different package geometry • Automatically adjust aperture to match level of light • Automatically adjust focus to accommodate different package height • Affordable DSLR consumer lenses

High-Speed Imaging • High-speed sensors and data interfaces to sustain the high flow of information • CMOS sensors historically used for high-speed imaging or cost-sensitive applications • Frame buffer memory to ensure reliable data transfer with no loss of images

Simple Integration • Robust API, common across multiple camera models, allows customized camera selection to match specific requirements • Gig. E and Gig. E Vision are popular interfaces • Provide upgrade path to USB 3. 0 which is emerging quickly as the interface of choice

Lumenera’s Lg 11059 • High resolution CCD sensor with global shutter • 11 megapixel full frame (35 mm) sensor for superior image quality • Superior sensitivity and dynamic range • Reliable Gig. E interface • Canon EF mount lens with full motorized lens control

Questions? Thank you for attending today’s presentation. Dany Longval, Lumenera Corporation dany. longval@lumenera. com www. lumenera. com