Multiespectral visible - NIR compact cameras with large wavelength coverage and 10 spectral bands
SIL-Toucan VNIR multispectral cameras are specially designed to allow high integration of VIS/NIR multispectral systems.
These lightweight and very small footprint cameras split the image into 10 spectral bands: in a single capture (snapshot) the 10 images are obtained simultaneously.
Made by hybridization of a custom Bayer-like matrix on a commercial 4.2 MPx CMOS sensors, they allow extracting the spectrum on each point of an image.
In addition, the long wavelength range, the widest in its class, with spectral coverage 400-900 nm, confers them the ability to cover mopst of the applications with just one camera.
The high resolution of the sensor allows the Toucan to obtain high quality spectral images.
The technology Color Shades(R) is a unique manufacturing technique developed by SILIOS Technologies to produce multispectral pixelated filters. The SIL-Toucan multispectral cameras are type snapshot.
In our Polyespectral Imaging Application you can learn more on this technology, the features and advantages.
Key applications of the visible - NIR multispectral image systems
- color measurement
- recycling and waste sorting
- general sorting
- machine vision
- cosmetics
- agro-food
- space and earth observation
- biomedicine: endoscopy, microscopy,...
- autonomous vehicle: segmentation
- precision farming
- forestry
General specifications of the multispectral imaging sensors SIL-Toucan:
Typ. Spectral Range | 420 to 870 nm |
Spectral bands | 10 |
Bandwidth (FWHM avg) | 30 - 50 nm |
Array type | CMOS |
Optical interface | CS-mount (C-mount compatible with extra C-ring) |
Resolution (raw picture) | 2048 x 2048 (HxV; 4.2 MPx) |
Resolution (spectral pictures) | 512 x 512 (HxV) |
Pixel pitch | 5.5 um |
Max. frame rate | 65 Hz (aquisition) / 20 Hz (ColorShadesLab) |
Exposure time | 100 us to 5 s |
ADC | 10-bit |
Interface | USB3.0 |
Digital output | 10-bit |
Power supply | USB3.0 |
Dimension | 52 x 63 x 40 mm |
Weight | 180 g |
Spectral transmission:
SDK COLOR SHADES® LAB
This C++ & Python SDK, common to all SIL- cameras allows:
1) displaying the raw images, false color images, gray scale images or overlaid images with different indexation methods (such as "spectrum recognition")
2) normalizing the spectral channels
3) applying multispectral image corrections such as the crosstalk correction
4) extracting the hypercubes.
It runs with real time acquisition, but can also run with recorded single image or series of images (“replay mode”).
It is supplied free of charge with the camera.
If you don't need the large wavelength range or resolution of the SIL-Toucan, you might be interested in the low cost multispectral VNIR cameras SIL-CMS
Check here all our solutions in polyspectral imaging (hyperspectral and multispectral):
- visible-NIR (400-900 nm)
- SWIR (900-1700/2500 nm)