• Offer Profile
  • For over 28 years, MATRIX VISION has been developing industrial image processing components and customized solutions. Special emphasis is devoted to the commercialization of high-quality digital and smart cameras for various industrial sectors.

    Our services:
    • Highest quality standards and exceptionally long availability
    • Excellent value
    • Free hardware and software product demos
    • Comprehensive and personal service and support during all project phases with fast response times
    • Know-how transfer with the help of individual and interactive workshops and training sessions
    • Individual customization and development
Product Portfolio

  • Cameras

      • USB3 Vision cameras

      • USB3 Vision is the newest image processing standard introduced at the VISION 2012 in Stuttgart and published in February 2013.

        Why is a USB3 Vision standard important?

        Without standards every manufacturer does their own thing and many advantages customers learned to love with the GigE Vision standard would be lost. Like GigE Vision, USB3 Vision defines
      • a transport layer, which controls the detection of a device ("Device Detection"),
      • the configuration ("Register Access"),
      • the data streaming ("Streaming Data"), and
      • the handling of events ("Event Handling")
        • and establishes the interface to GenICam. GenICam again abstracts the access to the camera features for the user. The features are standardized (name and behavior) by the ”Standard Feature Naming Convention“ (SFNC). Additionally, it is possible to create specific features in addition to the SFNC to differentiate from other vendors ("Quality of Implementation"). In contrast to GigE Vision, this time the mechanics (e.g. lockable cable connectors) are part of the standard which all in all leads to a more robust interface.

        USB3 Vision is defined "on-the-wire" like all important standards. Everybody is familiar with the advantages of "on-the-wire" standards: USB sticks, USB mice or USB hard disks – just plug and play them.

        It will also be easier for producers of image processing libraries. As soon as the software supports USB3 Vision, it can be used with all USB3 Vision compliant cameras. Thus, the proprietary bindings between hardware and software manufacturers will be a thing of the past. For the customers there will be an easy to integrate and wide range of software.

          • USB3 Vision camera with e2v / Aptina sensors - mvBlueFOX3

            • Compact industrial camera with USB 3.0
            • High quality sensors from VGA up to 10 megapixels
            • Gray scale and color versions
            • Hardware preprocessing on-board (FPGA)
            • Image memory 256 MBytes
            • Excellent cost-benefit ratio
            • Also available as single-board-level version
            At the same time as the future USB3 Vision standard is published, MATRIX VISION introduces the mvBlueFOX3 camera family with a wide range of selected CMOS sensors. Look forward to higher resolutions, higher frame rates and compact size.

          • USB3 Vision board-level camera with e2v / Aptina sensors - mvBlueFOX3-M1

            • Compact industrial single-board camera with USB 3.0
            • High quality sensors from VGA up to 10 megapixels
            • Gray scale and color versions
            • Hardware preprocessing on-board (FPGA)
            • Image memory 256 MBytes
            • Excellent cost-benefit ratio

            The compact industrial camera mvBlueFOX3 is now available as a single-board model. Benefit from the new flexibility in combination with USB3 Vision cameras. The single-board model has the same hardware features as the standard version. I.e. large image memory for reliable image transfers, wide range of CMOS sensors, as well as camera-based smart features which reduce the load of the Host system.

          • USB3 Vision board-level camera with Sony CMOS sensors - mvBlueFOX3-M2

          • Compact industrial board-level camera with USB 3
          • High quality CMOS sensors
          • Gray scale and color versions
          • Hardware preprocessing on-board (FPGA)
          • Image memory 256 MBytes
          • Excellent cost-benefit ratio

            • The compact industrial camera mvBlueFOX3 is now available as a board-level model. Benefit from the new flexibility in combination with USB3 Vision cameras. The board-level model has the same hardware features as the standard version. I.e. large image memory for reliable image transfers, wide range of CMOS sensors, as well as camera-based smart features which reduce the load of the Host

          • Compact USB3 Vision board-level camera for embedded vision - mvBlueFOX3-3M

            • Compact board-level camera with USB 3 and high quality Starvis CMOS sensors (gray scale / color)
            • Easy integration into embbed systems with BFembedded Interface
            • Same API as desktop Linux or Windows
            • Camera features independant of the used embedded system
            • Hardware preprocessing onboard (FPGA)
            • 256 MByte integrated image memory
            • Excellent cost-benefit ratio

            The new board-level camera family mvBlueFOX3-3M combines flexibility, image quality, and performance with low cost. The cameras have a huge image memory and a powerful FPGA for onboard preprocessings as well as digital interfaces. With the BFembedded Interface there are many integration scenarios in different environments possible. In doing so you can connect the power supply, USB, and the digital I/Os using the connector. For this reason the board-level camera family is suitable for many applications in medicine, microscopy, traffic and industry.

          • Compact USB3 Vision board-level camera for embedded vision - mvBlueFOX3-5M

            • Compact board-level camera for USB 3 with high quality Sony Pregius and Starvis CMOS sensors (gray scale / color)
            • Easy integration into embbed systems with different USB interface options via BFembedded Interface
            • Same API for Linux or Windows
            • Integrated camera features independant of the used embedded system
            • Hardware preprocessing onboard (FPGA)
            • 256 MByte integrated image memory
            • Excellent cost-benefit ratio

            The new board-level camera family mvBlueFOX3-5M combines flexibility, image quality, and performance with low cost. The cameras have a huge image memory and a powerful FPGA for onboard preprocessings as well as digital interfaces. With the board-to-board connector there are many integration scenarios in different environments possible. In doing so you can connect the power supply, USB, and the digital I/Os using the connector. Beside the available interface options you can realize custom specific solutions and direct connections to embedded computers via the open BFembedded Interface. For this reason the board-level camera family is suitable for many applications in medicine, microscopy, traffic and industry.

          • USB3 Vision camera with Sony CMOS sensors - mvBlueFOX3-2

            • Compact industrial camera with USB 3
            • High quality sensors
            • Gray scale and color versions
            • Hardware preprocessing on-board (FPGA)
            • Image memory 256 MBytes
            • Excellent cost-benefit ratio
            • Available as single-board version

            The mvBlueFOX3-2 is the new USB3 Vision family for the new sensor generations. MATRIX VISION's smallest camera offers higher resolutions and frame rates as well as camera based smart features, which reduce the load of the host system.

          • USB 2.0 single-board camera with housing - mvBlueFOX-IGC

            • Compact industrial camera series with Gigabit Ethernet
            • CCD & CMOS high quality sensors
            • Gray scale, color, NIR (near infrared)
            • Hardware preprocessing on-board (FPGA) for reducing the CPU load of the host
            • Highest resolution ADC
            • Image memory 64 MB for a reliable image transfer

            Variants:
            • Compact protection class POE-IP67C
            • Protection class IP67 (POE-IP67, POE-IP67AL)
            • Industrial connection concept (POE-I)
            • Extended Temperature (ET)
            • Power over Ethernet (POE)
            • PLC inputs

            The Gigabit Ethernet camera mvBlueCOUGAR-X is compliant to the GigE Vision® and GenICam™ image processing standards. The latest building blocks are used in one of the smallest yet rock solid housing in our industry. The camera is optimized for both machine vision tasks, relying on high frame rates combined with low latency image transport and on the other hand the images can be precisely optimized for viewing applications in life science and medical applications, where the utmost realistic image quality in terms of shades in gray scale and color fidelity, combined with best sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio are required.

        • GigE Vision cameras

        • GigE Vision is an industrial image processing standard first published in 2006. To be compliant to Dual-GigE and 10 GigE interfaces, the standard was upgraded in 2012.

          Why is a GigE Vision standard important?

          Consumer interfaces like USB 2.0 has no standard and for this reason one big disadvantage: Each manufacturer provides its own proprietary driver. As soon as a user decided to work with one specific manufacturer it was difficult to change the manufacturer without any software adaptions. For this reason the image processing GigE Vision was introduced for the Ethernet consumer interface. GigE Vision defines
        • a transport layer, which controls the detection of a device ("Device Detection"),
        • the configuration ("Register Access"),
        • the data streaming ("Streaming Data"), and
        • the handling of events ("Event Handling")
          • and establishes the interface to GenICam. GenICam again abstracts the access to the camera features for the user. The features are standardized (name and behavior) by the ”Standard Feature Naming Convention“ (SFNC). Additionally, it is possible to create specific features in addition to the SFNC to differentiate from other vendors ("Quality of Implementation").

          Users even have the liberty to choose the software. As soon as an image processing library supports GigE Vision, it can use all kind of GigE Vision compliant cameras. This leads to a wide range of easy-to-integrate software.

          This is a major reason why the market share of GigE Vision solutions is better than the share of USB 2.0 solutions.

              • Dual Gigabit Ethernet industrial camera - mvBlueCOUGAR-XD

                • Extreme compact industrial camera series with Dual Gigabit Ethernet
                • CCD & CMOS high quality sensors
                • Gray scale and color versions
                • Hardware preprocessing on-board (FPGA)
                • Highest resolution ADC (CCD)
                • Image memory 256 MB
                MATRIX VISION introduces the Dual Gigabit Ethernet camera family mvBlueCOUGAR-XD - the smallest in its class. The large, powerful FPGA allows preprocessing steps inside the camera directly to reduce the CPU load of the host system. For the first time, it is possible to use a high-speed-buffer mode which writes images faster in the camera's memory as they are transferred.

          • USB 2.0 cameras

          • Small, handy and cost-effective - these are the main characteristics of USB 2.0 industrial cameras. USB cameras have become integral parts in the area of medicine and microscopy.

            We offer a wide range of different variants. Whether with or without housing, as board-level or single-board, with or without digital I/Os - we offer the suitable camera for your application.

              • USB 2.0 camera - mvBlueFOX

                • Compact industrial camera series with USB 2.0
                • High quality gray scale and color CMOS sensors
                • 8 Mpixels on-board memory
                • Hardware LUT 10 bit to 8 bit
                • High dynamic range (HDR) for certain sensors
                The mvBlueFOX-IGC module is a fully featured compact single-board camera with housing perfectly targeted for space and cost sensitive OEM applications. A superior image quality in combination with a very high frame rate make the camera ideally suited for embedded applications. The driver in combination with the FPGA represents a perfect team which reduces the PC load to a minimum.

              • USB 2.0 board-level camera - mvBlueFOX-MLC

                • Compact industrial camera series with USB 2.0
                • High quality gray scale and color CMOS sensors
                • 8 Mpixels on-board memory
                • Hardware LUT 10 bit to 8 bit
                   
                The mvBlueFOX-MLC module is a fully featured compact board-level camera perfectly targeted for space and cost sensitive OEM applications. A superior image quality in combination with a very high frame rate make the camera ideally suited for embedded applications. The driver in combination with the FPGA represents a perfect team which reduces the PC load to a minimum.

            • Embedded Vision

            • It does not matter, whether space limitations like in mobile devices are present or not or special tasks require innovative image processing solutions with local intelligence. Embedded Vision solutions enjoy a steadily growing popularity. Especially performance improvements of single-board computers like Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard, ODROID, etc. additionally boost this trend and make it possible to implement a variety of inspection and identificaion applications.

              Embedded Vision systems offer a lot of advantages. They are

              • small,
              • cost-effective, and
              • efficient.

              For this reason, they are an effective image processing alternative besides the classic PC-based image processing systems and intelligent cameras.

                • Compact USB3 Vision board-level camera for embedded vision - mvBlueFOX3-3M

                  • Compact board-level camera with USB 3 and high quality Starvis CMOS sensors (gray scale / color)
                  • Easy integration into embbed systems with BFembedded Interface
                  • Same API as desktop Linux or Windows
                  • Camera features independant of the used embedded system
                  • Hardware preprocessing onboard (FPGA)
                  • 256 MByte integrated image memory
                  • Excellent cost-benefit ratio

                  The new board-level camera family mvBlueFOX3-3M combines flexibility, image quality, and performance with low cost. The cameras have a huge image memory and a powerful FPGA for onboard preprocessings as well as digital interfaces. With the BFembedded Interface there are many integration scenarios in different environments possible. In doing so you can connect the power supply, USB, and the digital I/Os using the connector. For this reason the board-level camera family is suitable for many applications in medicine, microscopy, traffic and industry.

                • Compact USB3 Vision board-level camera for embedded vision - mvBlueFOX3-5M

                  • Compact board-level camera for USB 3 with high quality Sony Pregius and Starvis CMOS sensors (gray scale / color)
                  • Easy integration into embbed systems with different USB interface options via BFembedded Interface
                  • Same API for Linux or Windows
                  • Integrated camera features independant of the used embedded system
                  • Hardware preprocessing onboard (FPGA)
                  • 256 MByte integrated image memory
                  • Excellent cost-benefit ratio

                  The new board-level camera family mvBlueFOX3-5M combines flexibility, image quality, and performance with low cost. The cameras have a huge image memory and a powerful FPGA for onboard preprocessings as well as digital interfaces. With the board-to-board connector there are many integration scenarios in different environments possible. In doing so you can connect the power supply, USB, and the digital I/Os using the connector. Beside the available interface options you can realize custom specific solutions and direct connections to embedded computers via the open BFembedded Interface. For this reason the board-level camera family is suitable for many applications in medicine, microscopy, traffic and industry.

                • USB3 Vision board-level camera with e2v / Aptina sensors - mvBlueFOX3-M1

                  • Compact industrial board-level camera with USB 3
                  • High quality sensors from VGA up to 10 megapixels
                  • Gray scale and color versions
                  • Hardware preprocessing on-board (FPGA)
                  • Image memory 256 MBytes
                  • Excellent cost-benefit ratio

                  The compact industrial camera mvBlueFOX3 is now available as a board-level model. Benefit from the new flexibility in combination with USB3 Vision cameras. The board-level model has the same hardware features as the standard version. I.e. large image memory for reliable image transfers, wide range of CMOS sensors, as well as camera-based smart features which reduce the load of the Host

                • USB3 Vision board-level camera with Sony CMOS sensors - mvBlueFOX3-M2

                  • Compact industrial board-level camera with USB 3
                  • High quality CMOS sensors
                  • Gray scale and color versions
                  • Hardware preprocessing on-board (FPGA)
                  • Image memory 256 MBytes
                  • Excellent cost-benefit ratio

                  The compact industrial camera mvBlueFOX3 is now available as a board-level model. Benefit from the new flexibility in combination with USB3 Vision cameras. The board-level model has the same hardware features as the standard version. I.e. large image memory for reliable image transfers, wide range of CMOS sensors, as well as camera-based smart features which reduce the load of the Host

                • USB 2.0 board-level camera - mvBlueFOX-MLC

                  • Compact industrial camera series with USB 2.0
                  • High quality gray scale and color CMOS sensors
                  • 8 Mpixels on-board memory
                  • Hardware LUT 10 bit to 8 bit
                     
                  The mvBlueFOX-MLC module is a fully featured compact board-level camera perfectly targeted for space and cost sensitive OEM applications. A superior image quality in combination with a very high frame rate make the camera ideally suited for embedded applications. The driver in combination with the FPGA represents a perfect team which reduces the PC load to a minimum.