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The range includes both cameras and board level modules with depth computation via a next generation Intel ASIC. Two USB-powered depth cameras with housings, the D415 and D435, are available, with dual depth sensors for up to 90 fps depth stream and up to 1280 x 720 resolution active stereo depth. The D435 differs from the D415 in that it has global shutter rather than rolling shutter IR cameras for better capture of fast moving scenes. It also has an additional 20 degree field of view to capture a wider view of the environment.

The Intel® RealSense™ Depth Module D400 Series provides a turnkey solution for rapid product development and integration for VR, Robotics, and any market where depth matters. This modular approach provides the flexibility to address the needs of many different market segments. In particular it brings 3D perception capabilities to the growing embedded vision sector, with modules optimised for embedded power and performance.

The core of the system, the unique Intel® RealSense™ Vision Processor D4, uses advanced algorithms to process raw image streams from the depth cameras and computes high resolution 3D depth maps without the need for a dedicated GPU or host processor. By freeing up bandwidth from the host processor, it leaves more CPU time for vision processing or alternatively reduces the performance requirements of the host system.

The benefits of GenICam compliance

Adding the transport layer to bring GenICam compliance makes it much easier to integrate the extensive capabilities offered by RealSense™ technology into industrial vision systems and take advantage of other machine vision software. The new GenTL is currently available for Intel PC platforms, with ARM platforms following shortly.

It is available at no extra cost within CVB 2018 Image Manager, for use with STEMMER IMAGING’s Common Vision Blox hardware-independent machine vision development software, or Teledyne DALSA’s Sherlock. The GenTL can also be purchased for use with other analysis tools capable of grabbing images via Genicam/GenTL such as MVTec Halcon.

CVB 2018 Image Manager is the core component of Common Vision Blox (CVB) and offers exceptional functionality in image acquisition, image handling, image display and image processing. It features powerful core 3D capability to handle point clouds and pre-existing calibrations as well as the display of 3D data. A new tool called CVB Match 3D allows a point cloud to be compared to a template point cloud, returning the 3D transformation between the two. It can be useful for 3D positioning systems and also for calculating the differences for quality control applications.

RealSense™ integration support

In addition to being able to provide RealSense components, as well as CVB and other software such as Teledyne DALSA Sherlock, STEMMER IMAGING brings in-depth knowledge of using the RealSense™ SDK. This includes expertise in extracting depth data from the camera and using the interpretation of this data in embedded applications on Intel and ARM platforms. Extensive experience in 3D applications support in general also helps with the acceleration of RealSense™ integration.