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Our Company Through the
Years
World Video started in the 1960s by
building video monitors for the broadcast and television
industries. Our custom capabilities started back in the
1960s when NASA approached us to build specialized field
sequential monitors for the Apollo Space Missions. Built to
NASA specifications, these monitors provided the means to
view color images from space and the moon landings. World
Video created a variety of customized and custom designed
video monitors, many for the growing computer industry
including large screen video projectors.
With the introduction of the
MicroImage Video Systems division in 1983, World Video took
a new direction. Moving away from video monitors, new sales
would be special video camera systems designed for
microscope use. After the introduction of the cameras,
MicroImage Video Systems quickly realized there were other,
highly specialized video processing products that could work
well with these systems and set on a course to create
designs that would fulfill the needs and solve problems for
our clients. It wasn’t long after these products were
introduced that people started requesting feature additions
and custom variations.
Engineering and Design
Capabilities
All of our video processing
products are designed in-house. We design our own printed
circuit boards using our in house PCB CAD system. These
products incorporate the latest FPGAs, CPLDs,
microcontroller and interface logic. We have been using
programmable logic for over 25 years and have built up a
considerable arsenal of IP (Intellectual Property) which can
be used to the customers' advantage. Our product software is
developed in-house and is proprietary, insuring the
confidentiality of our products as well as any product
designed for our customers. MicroImage Video Systems can
design video products for standard definition (NTSC, PAL,
RS170, RS343, etc.) and high definition as well as many
non-standard & computer formats. Interfaces can be digital
or analog.
While MicroImage Video Systems can
and has designed completely custom products for our
customers, many times we can accommodate the requirements
with only custom or altered software and firmware to our
existing boards which are designed to be programmable and
highly flexible. For the customer, this can mean a
significant reduction in up-front costs and time, especially
for small production runs. MicroImage Video Systems will
evaluate proposed product specifications to see if one of
our standard boards already in production can meet the
requirements of the customers.
In addition to our commercial
product line, we have developed literally dozens of video
products for specialized applications. Our reputation for
quality products as well as our engineering expertise has
encouraged many companies to approach us to engineer and
manufacture innovative video products to be utilized within
or in conjunction with their products. The list of these
specialized video products is voluminous, however following
is a small example of what we have developed:
- A video converter for military
jets to adapt new cameras to an older, existing system
- A two camera video mixer that
allows one camera image to be shifted for alignment with
the other image
- Video test signal generators
for flight displays and video rearview mirrors
- A system to mix an infrared
camera with an image-intensified camera and provide
electronic image alignment capabilities
- A very small RS170 sync
generator and black reference
- Surveillance products for the
HSA New York Port Authority for use in the traffic
tunnels in New York City
- A multi-camera, real time
machine vision system for the automated inspection of
potatoes
- A non-contact video micrometer
for a commercial saw blade manufacturer
- A video system to
automatically detect animals crossing highways
- Video test signal generator
for the automatic calibration of a video system
- A measurement product for
printing systems with depth gauge data on screen
- A video based measurement
system for printing plate alignment with additional
system text displayed on screen
- A video overlay for clinical
testing that allows several sets of data to be displayed
on screen
- Early innovations in video
based court arraignment systems
- Many more systems that are
either fully custom designs or derivatives based on our
existing products
What We Can Offer You
We have the knowledge and
experience to interface our customer data needs with video.
Examples include object measurement, visual proximity
alarms, visual stress measurement, weather instrumentation
data overlay on video, environmental data overlay on video
and test data such as time, date, elapsed time, voltage,
current, power, speed, rpm, temperature and pressure.
General text such as project name, customer name, test name
and environment can be displayed on the video image. Having
all of this information available on screen, in real time
with the video can greatly aid in interpreting test results
and provides a very strong correlation between what is
happening and the instrumentation data.
MicroImage Video Systems has
specialized capabilities that few others can match. We know
our capabilities well and will gladly quote on system
requirements. We will also advise the customer when we feel
the system requirements are outside of our core
capabilities, and where possible, recommend alternate
sources.
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