COPENHAGEN – 23 October 2025 – JAI today announced the launch of three new models in its Apex Series of 3-CMOS R-G-B prism-based industrial area scan cameras. The new 5.1-megapixel models expand the Apex family, which already includes 1.6- and 3.2-megapixel versions, to a total of 10 different camera models. The new models feature CoaXPress, Mini Camera Link, and 5GigE Vision interfaces, complementing the existing 10GigE Vision and USB3 Vision options.
The new models—AP-5100T-CXPA, AP-5100T-MCL, and AP-5100T-5GE—are built around three Sony Pregius S IMX548 backside-illuminated sensors. They deliver 3 × 5.1 megapixels at up to 75, 55, and 32 frames per second, respectively, providing both exceptional resolution and high-speed performance for demanding machine vision color applications.
Like the existing Apex cameras, the new models employ JAI’s advanced prism-based imaging technology. Precision-engineered hard dichroic prism filters with steep spectral cutoffs split incoming light into red, green, and blue channels, which are captured by three precisely aligned CMOS sensors. This method virtually eliminates color crosstalk and delivers truer, more saturated images with superior spatial precision—revealing even the smallest details.
In addition to the features already available in the Apex line —such as pixel binning, single/multi-ROI, automatic level control, sequencer control, in-camera color space conversion, and channel-independent exposure control, the new models add in-camera chromatic aberration correction to minimize lens-induced distortions, plus JAI’s powerful Xscale function for sub-pixel image scaling. Unlike conventional binning, which is limited to whole-pixel combinations (e.g., ×2, 2×1, or 2×2), Xscale supports floating-point values. This enables users to combine both whole and fractional pixels to create “virtual” pixels of precisely the size required, offering unmatched flexibility in balancing pixel size, resolution, sensitivity, and signal-to-noise ratio.
With four opto inputs and four opto outputs, the cameras integrate seamlessly into complex inspection systems. This makes it possible to create advanced triggering schemes to coordinate multiple cameras, light sources, or motion control devices, ensuring precise synchronization for each illumination step in multi-spectral workflows.
Designed for demanding industrial environments, the new Apex cameras feature rugged housings with high shock (50G) and vibration (3G) tolerance, as well as an operating temperature range of -5°C to +45°C ensuring consistent, reliable performance even under harsh conditions.
These new cameras are targeted at demanding machine color vision tasks where best-in-class color differentiation and image accuracy is needed, including display inspection, MLCC/PCB inspection, food inspection, pharmaceutical quality control, as well as print and wafer inspection.
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