European Machine Vision Association

The EMVA was founded on May 24th, 2003 in Barcelona as an Association of European and National Machine Vision Associations. The EMVA website provides a wealth of hands-on information on machine vision: from technology trends, application examples and company profiles to press releases, job opportunities or book recommendations. In 2007, NeuroCheck GmbH became the 100th member of the Association.
 

Automated Imaging Association

The AIA is the global machine vision industry’s trade group, representing more than 290 member companies from 26 countries. Founded in 1984, membership spans component manufacturers through to academic institutions and research groups. AIA was organized specifically to promote the use of image capture and analysis technology.
 

Wikipedia on machine vision

The Wikipedia website contains a wealth of information on machine vision, particularly the components and processes involved as well as typical applications and useful reading.
 

UK Industrial Vision Association

The UKIVA's primary objective is to promote the use of vision technology by manufacturing industry in the UK, including the automatic interpretation of other forms of electronic imaging such as infra red, x-ray and high speed video.
 

IVS - Industrial Vision Systems Limited

IVS' machine vision systems are some of the most innovative and advanced solutions on the market today, successfully deployed by many Top 100 automotive, pharmaceutical, electronics, printing/packaging and food companies around the world.
 

NeuroCheck GmbH

NeuroCheck GmbH is synonymous with innovative image processing systems and its NeuroCheck software is the market-leading visual inspection integration platform for all branches of industrial manufacturing and all application areas of image processing.
 

Industrial Image Processing:
Visual Quality Control in Manufacturing

Written by Christian Demant, Bernd Streicher-Abel and Peter Waszkewitz, this is the definitive book on automatic visual inspection, covering industrial and machine vision solutions. In contrast to other digital image processing books on the market that string together isolated algorithms and formulas, this volume show how the various methods work together in real-world applications. A demo version of the NeuroCheck software, together with comprehensive image material enables the reader to experiment on real-world images from industrial production.

Available from Amazon US, Amazon UK and Amazon Germ anywhere more information, including excerpts, is available.