New Scale awarded US patent for reduced-voltage linear motor system
Piezoelectric micro motor and miniaturized drive circuit enable tiny motion systems that operate directly from 3V battery power
Micro-Scale Smart Actuator Modules for Imaging Systems
Technical paper Presented at Actuator 2012 by David Henderson, New Scale Technologies – Micro-scale smart actuator modules have recently been commercialized for imaging systems. These smart actuators enable “plug and play” integration, rapid prototyping and faster times to market.
Focus: Industrial strength lens motion with smart phone sensibilities
Article published in Electronic Products – Technology developed for today’s smart phone cameras is being extended for use in non-consumer applications. In this article we discuss how and why phone camera focus systems evolved from voice coil motors to piezo motion systems, and what that means for designers of embedded imaging systems for non-consumer applications.
Endoscopic Laser Scalpel for Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
Technical paper Presented at SPIE Photonics West BiOS conference 2012 by Snehal Patel, Milind Rajadhyaksha, Stefan Kirov, Yongbiao Li and Ricardo Toledo-Crow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)
New Scale’s miniature linear motion systems head to orbit on recently launched satellite
Piezoelectric closed-loop motion modules are integral to the Dynamic Ionosphere CubeSat Experiment (DICE) satellite funded by NSF
Adding automated focus to biometric, medical, and industrial micro cameras
We all are familiar with the consumer digital cameras that are in our pockets, mobile phones and personal computers. Thanks to incredible advances in microelectronics, CMOS image sensors and optics, most of us have a very good camera within reach most of the time.
Now these tiny cameras are inspiring product engineers in “non-consumer” applications—such as biometric identification, medical and diagnostic devices, and machine vision—to make even greater products. In fact, markets for these new applications are projected to grow faster than consumer camera markets over the next few years.
In this article we discuss sensor and lens requirements, compare the M3-F focus module to voice coil motors and stepper motors, and talk about image processing, digital signal processing and other system considerations.
Stationary-fiber rotary probe with unobstructed 360° view for optical coherence tomography
Technical paper in Optics Letters by Shoude Chang, Erroll Murdock, Youxin Mao, Costel Flueraru and John Disano, Inst. for Microstructural Sciences, Nat’l Research Council Canada
Benefits of New Scale’s miniature M3-F focus modules are proven in next-generation machine vision, biometric ID and medical systems
Precision piezoelectric lens motion modules are now in production in camera systems from leading OEMs in key markets; more than 50 additional OEMs have completed qualification of camera systems to begin production in 2011- 2012
Compact M3-F focus module now with >2M cycle lifetime, new repeatability specs
New Scale Technologies’ piezoelectric lens motion system delivers best-in-class performance for high-resolution miniature cameras in biometric, medical, machine vision and other applications
New Scale Technologies engineer receives NASA Board Award
New Technology Report describes high-torque piezoelectric rotary motor for fiber positioning in spectrometer for ground-based telescope
