The difference between industrial cameras and ordinary cameras

Time:2023-09-21

1. The shutter time of the industrial camera is very short, which can capture fast-moving objects: for example, stick the business card on the fan blade of the electric fan, rotate it at the maximum speed, and then capture an image with the industrial camera, and still be able to clearly distinguish the font on the alias card. It is impossible to achieve such an effect when shooting with a normal camera.

2. The image sensor of industrial cameras is progressive scanning, while the image sensor of general cameras is interlaced, or even interlaced. Progressive scan image sensors are difficult to produce, yields are low, shipments are small, and only a few companies in the world can provide such products, such as Dalsa, Sony, and they are expensive. The price of million-level progressive scan CCDs ranges from RMB 4,000 to RMB 30,000, and there are many technical parameters, and only by using progressive scan image sensors can it be possible to clearly capture fast-moving objects.

3. The shooting speed of industrial cameras is much higher than that of general cameras: industrial cameras can shoot ten to hundreds of pictures per second, while general cameras can only shoot 2-3 images, which is too different.

4. Industrial cameras output raw data, and their spectral range is often wider, which is more suitable for high-quality image processing algorithms, such as machine vision applications. The general camera (DSC) takes pictures, its spectral range is only suitable for human vision, and after MJPEG compression, the image quality is poor.

Keywords: The difference between industrial cameras and ordinary cameras