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Steve Kinney

Steve Kinney is the director of training, compliance, and technical solutions at Smart Vision Lights. For more information, [email protected].

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Machine Vision

Lighting the Way for Machine Vision and Deep Learning System Success

Achieving success with vision systems relies on precise, controlled lighting that outshines ambient and suboptimal illumination.
Steve Kinney
January 10, 2025

Machine vision is vital for industrial automation, providing essential image analysis amid labor shortages. Effective implementation relies on precise lighting to ensure high-quality images, with different applications requiring specific setups, such as backlights for measurements and line scan lights for fast-moving materials.


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Vision & Sensors | Lighting

Image Sensor Breakthroughs Bring SWIR Imaging Mainstream

Hybrid Cu-Cu Direct Bond and Quantum Dot SWIR Developments Fuel Multispectral Imaging Growth
Steve Kinney
November 23, 2024

Due to advancements in sensor technology, shortwave infrared (SWIR) imaging is gaining traction in industrial applications. This growth is expected to drive a 28% annual increase in the machine vision market, enhancing food inspection, waste recycling, and agriculture.



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Figure 1: Machine vision systems today must adapt to increasing conveyor speeds while maintaining accuracy.
Vision & Sensors | Trends

Machine Vision Technologies Adapt for Higher Speeds, Evolving Needs

From the warehouse to the food production line, today’s high-speed imaging applications require more than just faster cameras.
Steve Kinney
June 3, 2024

The famous quote "Adapt or die" applies to businesses like Kodak and Blockbuster, which missed out on opportunities by not embracing new technologies. This concept also applies to industries like manufacturing and logistics today.


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Vision & Sensors | Vision

How Robotics Applications Benefit from Machine Vision Lighting Advances

Innovations in illumination create new opportunities in automotive manufacturing, food processing, and warehousing.
Steve Kinney
November 6, 2023

No matter the industry or application, all machine vision systems require light – whether visible or non-visible – to capture images. High quality output relies on high quality images, which require adequate lighting.


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Vision & Sensors | LIghting

Machine Vision Lighting Powers Industrial Automation Advances

Learn how lighting can optimize multispectral imaging, collaborative robots, and deep leaning applications.
Steve Kinney
July 3, 2023

Lighting represents a crucial consideration when designing and specifying a system, as it is fundamental to image quality. Understanding how lighting impacts the rest of the system lays the foundation for system success.


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Vision & Sensors | Lighting

Creative Illumination Techniques Enable Computational Imaging

Computational imaging can simplify certain problems that are difficult to solve with standard visual imaging.
Steve Kinney
January 2, 2023

Computational imaging technology has found its way into industrial automated inspection, where the creative use of illumination components has emerged as an enabling technology providing valuable imaging capabilities.


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Vision & Sensors | Lighting

Three Challenges In Machine Vision Lighting Today And How To Solve Them

With increased speeds, dynamic production lines, and advanced inspection processes, smart automated lightng is driving machine vision solutions.
Steve Kinney
May 1, 2022

One constant in the ever-evolving machine vision space is the need for high-quality, consistent lighting. New challenges in the design and specification of machine vision systems require an innovative approach to lighting selection.



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Vision & Sensors | Lighting

Simplify Deep Learning Systems with Optimized Machine Vision Lighting

Smart Lighting Improves Image Input Data for Effective Convolutional Neural Networks
Steve Kinney
July 8, 2021
“Garbage in, garbage out” serves as a simple reminder that successful machine vision systems must start with quality data. Current challenges require flexible machine vision systems and models that can keep up with the speed of technology.
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Quality assurance

LED Light Pulses Enter the Nano Realm to Keep Pace with High-Speed Imaging

A competent vision designer can optimize image capture at extremely high speeds.
Steve Kinney
May 4, 2020

Quality assurance during high-volume production operations, such as the inspection of consumer packaged goods (CPGs), is possible only through the application of high-speed machine vision systems.


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The Future of Machine Vision Imaging Systems

Beginning with the AIS's camera link standard, the industrial camera portion of the imaging system was standardized.
Steve Kinney
July 1, 2019

The world of machine vision imaging is largely performance driven. We’re looking for features on a part, finding edges, gaging, etc. 


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