Point Grey’s Grasshopper3 USB3 vision CMOS camera features enhanced NIR imaging

RICHMOND, CANADA: Point Grey announced the addition of a new 4.1 megapixel CMOS model with improved near-infrared response to the Grasshopper3 family of high quality, high resolution USB 3.0 cameras.

The new Grasshopper3 GS3-U3-41C6NIR model is based on a monochrome version of the extremely fast CMOSIS CMV4000-3E12 device, a 1" global shutter CMOS sensor featuring 5.5 micron square pixels and 2048 x 2048 pixel resolution running at 90 fps.

This sensor uses a 12 µm substrate layer that has increased thickness to enhance sensor response between 750 nm and 1000 nm in the near-infrared region of the optical spectrum. Increased sensitivity in this region will benefit applications such as open road tolling in traffic systems, fruit and vegetable inspection, ophthalmology, eye tracking, or failure analysis in industrial applications.

Like all Point Grey USB 3.0 cameras, the Grasshopper3 uses a proprietary USB 3.0 link layer and frame buffer-based architecture for optimal performance and reliability. The Grasshopper3 uses an advanced image processing pipeline to enable look up table, gamma correction, pixel binning and USB3 Vision support.