PECM Issue 27 2017 | Page 103

Measurement & Monitoring Stereoscopic Depth Sensor Gets Even More Accurate About one year ago, Nerian Vision Technologies introduced the SP1 stereo vision system, which is an innovative sensor solution for 3D depth perception. The SP1 is an embedded system that con- nects to two industrial cameras, which are placed at different viewing positions. Similar to human vision, the SP1 is able to infer the depth of the 3D scene, by comparing the images from both cam- eras. This system is based on a programmable logic device, a so-called FPGA, which provides the neces- sary processing power to perform all image p