• CCD Lenses and CMOS Lens Assemblies

Understanding CMOS Image Sensors

CMOS Camera Lenses & Motion Detection: How Modern Optics Power Machine Vision, Security, Research & Beyond CMOS camera lenses have rapidly evolved into powerful, versatile imaging tools used across security, industrial, scientific, and consumer applications. With high-resolution sensors, fast processing, and advanced features like motion detection and real-time streaming, [...]

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CCD Vs. CMOS – Which Is Best?

Today’s two main types of image sensor technology are used in digital camera technology: CCD and CMOS. Both have their benefits and cons, but which one is ultimately better? Let’s examine each technology to find out. […]

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CMOS/CCD Lenses In Biotechnologies

Technological advancements have left their imprints on almost every industry across the globe — from healthcare to so-called legacy industries (retail, construction, and hospitality). The biotechnology industry is no exception. One of the recent technological breakthroughs in the world of biotechnology has been the integration [...]

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Time-Of-Flight Cameras

New and expanding ideas of how we look at things is growing almost at an exponential pace. Engineers, scientists and designers are always looking for ways to see things we’ve never seen before. One piece of this emerging technology is what’s known as Time-of-Flight (ToF) cameras. The easiest way of [...]

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CMOS Imaging Technology

How Advanced CMOS/CCD Lens Technology Drives Modern Mobile Imaging Why industrial-grade lenses—not megapixels—define true image performance The explosive growth of smartphone photography did not happen simply because manufacturers packed more megapixels into tiny devices. The real catalyst has been the rapid advancement of low-power, high-precision CMOS imaging modules, supported [...]

Optical Encoders Improve Zoom Accuracy

Photographers understand the need for zoom lenses on their cameras as do operators of cameras in commercial applications. Consider the camera phone with its digital or optical zoom – or in some cases, both. What are the differences in the zooms? An optical zoom changes the effective focal length [...]

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What’s Better? CMOS or CCD?

The debate continues on which is best; CMOS or CCD sensors. In today’s cameras, CMOS lenses are more typically used as they allow for a more complex imaging effect and for the shooting of 1080p video. Traditionally, CCD sensors had been believed to have captured and produced higher-quality images with [...]

Pathogen Movement Measured by CMOS Cameras

Technology plays a role is so many aspects of our lives and now researchers are using imaging technology to examine the pathogen that causes “African sleeping sickness” also known as trypanoosmiasis. This epidemic takes the lives of more than 30,000 annually and can also infect and kill entire herds [...]

What’s New: New Line Up of Photographic Lens Assemblies Ideal for Large Format CCD Imaging Applications

New Line Up of Photographic Lens Assemblies Ideal for Large Format CCD Imaging Applications Universe Kogaku (America), Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of lenses, assemblies, and accessories, announces a complete line of off-the-shelf, manual photographic lenses with various focal lengths, which are an economical alternative for large format CCD [...]

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What’s New: EL1025IR and 2516-CIR

What's New: EL1025IR and 2516-CIR EL1025IR and 2516-CIR: 25mm CCD Lenses Universe Kogaku America adds to its existing line of C-mount lenses, 2 new 25mm lenses for imaging applications in the Infra-red light spectrum. Available in format coverage of up to16mm with a brightness ratio of 0.95, these lenses [...]

What’s New: Pinhole CCD Lens Assemblies

Pinhole CCD Lens Assemblies Minimize Space Requirements for Wide-Angle Viewing Two sub-miniature "Pinhole" CCD Lens Assemblies, minimize space requirements for wide-angle, black and white viewing in covert security and compact imagining applications. Universe provides complete value-added and custom design capabilities, including technical support, prototypes, and shorter long production runs. [...]