2014年7月28日-加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省列治文市 –作为全球领先的创新型高性能数码相机设计与制造企业，Point Grey今天宣布推出Blackfly® USB3 Vision™相机系列，进一步扩充了其现有的紧凑型低成本Blackfly GigE Vision® PoE相机产品线。

FLY-U3-13S2是Blackfly® USB3 Vision™相机系列中的首款产品，其The first available Blackfly BFLY-U3-13S2 models are based on color and monochrome versions of the popular Sony ICX445, a 1/3" EXview HAD global shutter CCD featuring 3.75 micron square pixels and capable of 1288 x 964 resolution at 30 FPS. This combination of sensor format, resolution and frame rate have resulted in widespread adoption of this sensor in a variety of applications including 2D and 3D metrology, electronics and semiconductor inspection, microscopy, and automated license plate recognition.

基于广受欢迎的Sony ICX445 1 / 3” EXview HAD 全局快门CCD传感器的彩色和黑白版本，像素尺寸3.75微米，能在30 FPS的帧率下实现1288×964的图像分辨率。传感器格式、分辨率和帧率的结合，使得该传感器能广泛应用于二维和三维测量、电子及半导体检测、显微镜和自动车牌识别等多种应用领域。

Blackfly相机的外形尺寸仅为e Blackfly measures just 29x29x30 mm in size and offers a host of unique features, including temperature, power, and status monitoring; a powerful image processing pipeline for color interpolation, look up table, and gamma; a 16 MByte frame buffer for retransmitting images; and USB3 Vision support. like all Point Grey USB 3.0 cameras, the Blackfly uses a proprietary USB 3.0 link layer and frame buffer-based architecture for optimal performance and reliability, and comes with a 3-year warranty.

只有只有29mm×29mm×30mm，但其却能提供诸多独特功能，包括温度、电源和状态监控；强大的图像处理机制，能实现彩色插值、查找表和伽玛校正；用于图像重发的16 MB帧缓存器；支持USB3 Vision接口标准。如同Point Grey的所有USB 3相机一样，Blackfly系列相机使用专有的USB 3链路层和帧缓存器架构，以实现最佳性能和可靠性，并提供3年质保期。

““With the introduction of the compact and low-cost Blackfly USB3 Vision camera line, we provide an easy interface transition to customers,” says Michael Gibbons, Director of Sales and Marketing at Point Grey. “FireWire users will benefit from the widespread availability of USB 3.0 on today’s PCs and laptops without having to install additional interface cards, while USB 2.0 users will achieve higher bandwidth and improved reliability. And analog camera users will be motivated by Blackfly’s compact form factor and sensor options to make the move to digital. ”有了紧凑型低成本Blackfly USB3 Vision相机产品线，我们能够为客户提供一种简易的接口转换方案。”Point Grey销售和市场营销总监Michael Gibbons表示，“FireWire用户将受益于今天PC和笔记本电脑上USB 3接口的广泛可用性，而不必安装额外的接口卡；而USB 2.0用户将获得更高的带宽和改善的可靠性；模拟相机用户也将受到Blackfly相机紧凑外形和传感器选择的吸引而转换到数字相机。”

BFLY-U3-13S2M售价为395美元/299欧元，您现在即可从Point Grey、Point Grey的分销商和网上商店（针对北美、澳大利亚和欧盟客户）订购这款产品。此外，Point Grey还计划在2014年内推出分辨率从VGA到500万像素的多款Blackfly USB3 Vision相机产品。