Monday, 2 July 2012

Machine Vision Magazines

I searched a lot and found out that only three machine vision magazines are available.

1. Vision Systems Design



  • Magazine articles are crisp in nature
  • "White paper" section needs registration.
  • Back volumes are available from  September 1996.
  • If we register ourselves then we can get the Digital/Print issue free of cost. Registration process seems to less cumbersome.


 Link: http://www.vision-systems.com/index.html

2. Imaging and Machine Vision Europe 

 

  • From the home page go to "feature" section (http://www.imveurope.com/features/)   to find back  volumes. They are available from April 2006 onwards. It is an bimonthly (once in two months).
  • Sections like 'Webcast' and "white paper" need registration.
  • The layout is good. 
  • Articles are little bit lengthy.
Link : http://www.imveurope.com/

3. Inspect 

  • Without registration, I was able to download PDF files from 'White paper' section .  I have to register myself to get the same content from other magazines.
  • Publication  started from 2009 onwards.
  • It is bimonthy magazine with an additional special issue magazine. So totally seven issues per year. It costs around 54 euro per year subscription.
  • It is available in English as well as German. It is published by Wiley & Sons .
  • They have a print circulation of 20000. Germany consumes 70% of the printed copies.
  • Looking into the archives, need registration. I thing one get a PDF version of the book after registration.The registration is very simple. It asks for your name, a password and CAPTCHA to ensure registration done by humans only. 
  • Archives are from year  2009 onwards. Year 2011 is not available. Why?