SAN JOSE, California — March 17, 2008 — JAI released the AG-7000, a new intensified (ICCD) camera for low-light applications. The AG-7000 combines a high performance Gen III Ultra intensifier tube with a small, interlaced CCD camera offering standard RS-170 analog video output for easy connectivity to monitors and image acquisition cards. With its compact size of 45 mm (H) x 51 mm (W) by 87 mm (L), the AG-7000 is one of the smallest intensified cameras in its class. The camera’s Gen III Ultra tube, which is fiber-optically coupled to a large 2/3” format CCD, delivers outstanding low-light sensitivity, capable of resolving images at 1 x 10-6 lux at the face plate, and 1 x 10-4 lux through an f1.4 aperture.
Full auto-gating is provided to automatically protect the sensor against bright environments and enable the camera to be safely used in a variety of day/night applications.The AG-7000 is also equipped with an integrated 3-axis lens controller for use with motorized lenses. Operators can use a software-based graphical user interface (GUI) to remotely control the focus, zoom, or iris settings on standard motorized lenses.
Camera and lens control is also available via RS-232 serial commands.In addition to its small size, the AG-7000 requires very little power to operate – only 2.2 watts under typical usage and temperature conditions. It has also undergone more rigorous vibration testing than most ICCD cameras, to better ensure that it will stand up to real-world application environments. Targeted uses for the AG-7000 include a wide range of night vision applications in the defense, and homeland security markets, as well as selected applications in the fields of oceanography, medicine, scientific research, and industrial automation.
The AG-7000 is available now. Contact JAI for pricing information.
About the JAI Group
JAI is a manufacturer of high quality, industrial-grade cameras for the machine vision, transportation, military, aerospace, homeland security, medical and scientific markets.JAI provides the broadest camera offering of any industrial camera manufacturer in the world.
JAI’s product line features both CCD and CMOS technologies, spatial resolutions from VGA to multi-megapixel, progressive scan and interlaced format, and sensitivity to light levels as low as .00001 lux.Camera offerings include both monochrome and color, capture rates from real-time to over 1,000 fps, and a wide variety of physical interfaces including Camera Link and the new GigE Vision Gigabit Ethernet standard.Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, JAI has subsidiaries in Japan, the US, the UK and Germany.
The JAI Group has annual sales of more than USD 70 million and employs 235 people worldwide.JAI has two primary businesses: Camera Solutions and Traffic Solutions. Camera Solutions is a component supplier that designs, manufactures and markets CCD and CMOS camera solutions primarily for the ITS, medical and industrial machine vision markets. JAI cameras help improve customer businesses in a variety of ways, whether by improving quality and accuracy, lowering costs, increasing yields, or simply enabling better service.The Traffic Solutions business unit is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of specialized traffic systems.
Solutions are based on JAI-developed hardware and software, which is often integrated with third-party products.