BOULDER, CO -September 12, 2019—Imatest, a global image quality testing solution provider is pleased to announce Imatest 5.2. With this new Imatest release, the Imatest team adds several new features to provide better analysis tools and new options. (more…)

BOULDER, CO -September 4, 2019—Imatest, a global image quality testing solution provider, and Furonteer, an automation equipment manufacturer, are finalists for the Best Validation/Simulation Tool Award provided by AutoSens, a forum for Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) technologists. (more…)

Boulder, Colorado, August 30, 2019—Imatest, a global provider of image quality testing solutions, now offers a Modular Test Stand (MTS) that enables you to produce superior cameras while significantly reducing time spent in the lab.

“The Modular Test Stand is an easy-to-use platform that facilitates precise setup and repeatable camera positioning for consistent imaging tests,” says Henry Koren, director of engineering at Imatest. “And it is configurable so it accommodates your camera system.” (more…)

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Introduction

A camera’s Dynamic Range (DR) is the range of tones in a scene that can be reproduced with adequate contrast and good signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Camera DR is often limited by flare light, which is stray light in the image, primarily caused by reflections between lens elements. Flare light reduces DR by fogging images; i.e., washing out detail in dark areas. It is the primary reason that the DR of cameras (which include lenses) is poorer than that of image sensors, which can be up to 150dB (30 million:1) for recent HDR (high dynamic range) sensors.

In the past 2 years we’ve learned that flare light in test chart images could, in theory, be mistaken for the image of the test chart, resulting in exaggerated DR measurements. The situation became real in mid-2019, when we started seeing actual images where this error occurred. By studying these images, we have developed techniques to guard against exaggerated Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) measurements caused by flare light. We describe these techniques here. (more…)

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Imatest and Furonteer Reduce Camera Instrinsic Calibration Time

Imatest and Furonteer partnered in early 2019 to provide high throughput production machines for geometric calibration of single and multicamera devices.

 

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BOULDER, CO – JUNE 25TH, 2019 — Imatest, a global image quality testing solution provider, partnered with Furonteer, an automation equipment manufacturer, in early 2019 to provide production machines for geometric calibration of single and multicamera devices. (more…)

Imatest attended the P2020 meeting on May 13 and 14, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Paul Romancyzk, PhD., Senior Imaging Scientist, and Rob Sumner, Lead Engineer, represented Imatest. Paul co-led the discussion on Color Separation within the Image Quality for Machine Vision subgroup.

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