Sensor Review: Volume 4 Issue 4
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The international journal of sensing for industryTable of contents
Knowledge‐based vision software for car industry
Image analysis software developed by Manchester University's Wolfson Image Analysis unit has contributed to a major successful application by one British company and is providing…
A user friendly optical weld seam tracker
The Israeli company Elco has established a robotics company dedicated to the development of intelligent arc welding robot systems. It has sold its first system to a US robot…
Enhanced electron microscope imaging aids inspection
Fraser SimA new digital image processing system for slow scan devices such as scanning electron microscopes has overcome current difficulties in inspecting components such as photoresist…
Distance sensing uses automatic focusing technology
Primarily a distance sensor, the Honeywell Visitronic HDS‐23 also has potential in some applications as a simple line imager.
Ford uses vision in assembly machine
Vision systems are achieving the ultimate respectability by adoption in the motor car industry. This linescan application checks bolts going into an assembly machine at Ford…
Speech recognition for computers in industry
Jon UptonSpeech data entry for computers offers many advantages — this article considers the vocabulary and training needed for its potential to be reached.
Prospects for speech synthesis in industry
Tom ScharfThis article looks at the developments that made customised speech synthesis possible and the potential applications.
Speech control of robots
Marek OkulewiczThe voice recognition system described in this paper is intended to replace a teaching pendant in industrial robots. It allows faster and more convenient programming.
Developments in synthetic speech
R.W. GreenVoice synthesis is developing well beyond gimmickry to the stage where it must not sound synthetic. The author describes how current development activities are making use of…
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- Professor Kean C. Aw