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Henning Tiarks

Chief Product Officer of Allied Vision and the TKH 2D Vision Group, a machine vision industry executive formerly with Basler AG.

Oct 15, 2026

6:30
If we look at the bigger picture of machine vision, what are some of the technology shifts happening right now that you're paying attention to? And why do you think this is maybe the moment for those? Why should we be paying attention also?
6:45
No, I think it's happening, and you're totally right, things are happening at the same time.
6:49
I think we do look into who's driving that industry.
6:52
You always have the sensor manufacturers that continue to become faster, higher resolution.
7:00
Nowadays also more specialized.
7:02
So there was the race for higher resolution, high speed.
7:05
And now we see specialized sensors, for example, for applications like night vision.

9 MINS LATER

16:18
What kinds of problems can it solve that a standard visible light camera cannot?
7:15
What are the advantages of these QDAI-based cameras and what does this signify for LightVision's traditional spectral imaging portfolio?
7:24
I think first of all, for us, it's like we need to innovate in the area of SWIR because we are by far the market leader.
7:32
We have a long experience here, and I think our customers expect us to deliver the broadest and the most innovative portfolio here.
7:39
So we have been actively looking into many options and then found QDI Systems, which is a Netherlands startup, very dynamic, very capable in designing that kind of sensors.
7:52
And for us, we were driven especially by new fields of application.
7:56
So for us, the drone market is very important and very interesting.
8:00
In the drone market, you need lightweight solutions and also affordable solutions.
9:46
What has been the market's reaction to this strategic move?

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