From compact area scan cameras to advanced line scan and multispectral imaging solutions, JAI offers a wide range of industrial cameras designed to meet diverse application needs.
Food inspection often requires seeing beyond what is visible to the human eye and that is where SWIR imaging can make a difference.In this new video, JAI Product Manager David Persson explains how SWIR technology can support food inspection applications by helping reveal moisture variations, foreign materials, bruising, contamination, and other details difficult to detect with standard visible-light imaging.
Unlike Bayer mosaic cameras, prism technology separates incoming light into dedicated spectral bands, enabling higher color fidelity, precise spatial alignment, and more accurate image data.And it goes beyond RGB. Multispectral prism cameras can combine visible and NIR imaging to reveal information that color imaging alone may miss.From food sorting and print inspection to electronics, life sciences, and material analysis, prism technology helps machine vision systems see more.
The quality of fresh produce cannot always be assessed from its appearance alone. While the visible image accurately reproduces the color and surface characteristics of the strawberries, the near-infrared image reveals additional information that is invisible to the human eye.Dark regions appearing in the NIR image may indicate bruising, moisture differences, internal damage, or early stages of deterioration before they become apparent in the visible spectrum. By combining visible and near-infrared imaging in a single acquisition, multispectral imaging provides a more comprehensive assessment of product quality and supports more reliable inspection and sorting.This capability makes multispectral imaging a valuable tool for food quality control, agricultural inspection, and automated sorting systems.
From material variations to moisture detection, SWIR imaging opens new possibilities in web inspection applications.In this new video, David Persson explains how SWIR technology can improve inspection performance in continuous web inspection processes by revealing details invisible to standard visible-light imaging.
Inspecting the fine structures of lead frames requires both high resolution and reliable imaging at production speeds. That’s where JAI’s Sweep 16K trilinear line scan camera comes in, providing the detail and color accuracy needed to identify small defects and support consistent quality control.
Modern quality inspection often requires more than a conventional color image. By combining visible (VIS) and near-infrared (NIR) imaging in a single camera, JAI's Fusion technology captures complementary information simultaneously through the same optical path.In this demonstration, the visible image is used to inspect the packaging artwork, print quality, and label information, while the NIR image looks through the packaging to reveal the product inside. This enables multiple inspection tasks to be performed in a single acquisition without additional cameras or mechanical complexity.Fusion technology simplifies multispectral inspection while improving throughput, alignment accuracy, and system integration for packaging, pharmaceutical, food, and industrial inspection applications.
The WAA-1300-GE-TEC is a high-performance industrial Visible + SWIR area scan camera that combines spectral sensitivity from 400 nm to 1700 nm with 1.3 MP resolution and frame rates of up to 90 fps. Integrated ThermoElectric Cooling (TEC) minimizes sensor noise and maintains temperature stability for consistent, high-quality imaging.
In this linear-stage demonstration, a plastic food package is inspected using a combination of white and NIR line illumination together with a prism-based RGB+NIR camera.
Learn how SWIR technology can help improve inspection accuracy, process reliability, and quality control in demanding semiconductor manufacturing environments.
In this video, JAI Product Manager David Persson shares how we approach camera design and what drives innovation across our portfolio.
Following the video "How to Setup GigE Camera", we take a deeper dive into network configuration and camera settings to help you get the most out of your system.