Hyperspectral imaging sensors

Hyperspectral imaging can be used for applications ranging from process monitoring to moving webs of product across conveyor lines to food safety and quality control where precise colour measurement is critical to the application.

Headwall’s Hyperspec VIS family of integrated hyperspectral imaging sensors for the 380 to 825 nm spectral range provides the foundation for using hyperspectral imaging to achieve spectral sensing and chemical imaging.

The imaging spectrometer family is built on a totally reflective concentric, f/2.0 optical design and optimised for imaging in harsh environments. All Hyperspec instruments are based on Headwall’s aberration-corrected, imaging design which features the company’s original, high-efficiency holographic diffraction gratings.

In order to minimise stray light and aberrations, transmissive optical components are not used within the imaging spectrometer. This platform is further enhanced by a telecentric optical input design which enables improved spectral and spatial imaging.

The Hyperspec VIS imaging spectrometer is available in four configurations, each model providing different capabilities to support application requirements such as frame rates, dynamic range, region of interest binning, price and more.