Engine Videoscope   Mission   The Engine VideoScope Project was set up in 1995 with the goal to design and implement a first generation digital video platform for acquiring and analysing cyclic processes in and around internal combustion engines.     Project Partners   AVL (AVL List GmbH) 8020 Graz, Hans-List-Platz 1 INFA (Institute of Flexible Automation), Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstr. 25-29, 1040 Wien     People   Herbert Wagner (AVL) Peter Werlberger (AVL) Karl Fürst (INFA) Herbert Hufnagl (INFA) Walter van Dyck (INFA) Johann Oberleitner (INFA) Jürgen Pretschuh (INFA)     Features (from 1997)   Designed for 32bit OS Microsoft WindowsTM   Progressive-scan sensors (RGB and greyscale)   Triggered image acquisition with exposure tolerances as low as 0.1° crank angle even at high engine speeds   Minimum exposure time as short as 60µs   Fully digital frame transmission from camera to PC w/o compression   Integrated user-interface for testbed-preparation, online-inspection, image-processing, and presentation     Key Applications   Injection Phenomena, e.g. spray development, droplet distribution, wall impingement, wall wetting, nozzle leakage   Combustion Phenomena, e.g. flame propagation, knocking, flame quenching, rich mixture zones, ignition spark   Mechanical Phenomena, e.g. belt vibrations, valve rotation, valve train oscillation, torsional vibration     Related Documents and Publications   Product brochure AVL 513D Engine VideoScope - Advanced Digital Video Technology for Visual Engine Research, AVL List GmbH, Doc.ID 513D-0996-E (For an up-to-date product description, please visit http://www.avl.com/visiolution - AVL VisioScope)   D. Schmidradler, W. van Dyck, J. Oberleitner, G. Zeichen: Engine VideoScope Software: A Common User Interface for Online Inspection, Data Management, and Image Processing; Presentation: SPIE Conference, Boston USA; 11-04-1998 - 11-05-1998; in: "Proceeding of SPIE - Machine Vision Systems for Inspection and Metrology VII", Vol.: 3521 (1998), pp 131 - 140.           view all publications