VISIBLE

WELDING

Ultra-Dynamic-Range Video

 

 

Visible Welding was founded by Steven Edelson to create the ultimate video camera for the ultimate lighting challenge, Arc Welding.

Over the last 20 years, Mr. Edelson has started a number of low-tech and high-tech companies.  He is a recognized expert in technology commercialization and has consulted to multinationals and startups alike.  

Although he is an electrical engineer with 10 patents in video and imaging, developing the Ultra-1 arc welding cameras required more than electronics.  It required a multi-disciplinary video approach that combined techniques in

·         Optics

·         Camera Electronics

·         Real-Time Video Image Processing and

·         Video Compression, Storage and Display

To bring these together he has had the help of an impressive group of experts.   In addition to proudly listing their qualifications, below, we take this opportunity to publicly thank them for all the help they’ve given over the years.   It is a “kitchen cabinet” that anyone would be proud of. “… quite a bit of help from our friends!”

 

 

Optics and Camera Design

Dr. Ellen Cargill

Former VP Product Dev. Polaroid Camera Division

Camera Sensor Electronics

Dr. Michael Aronson

CEO, Rumble Development

Camera Systems

Dr. Makato Usami

Exec with well-known Japanese camera company

Image Processing and Compression

Dr. Klaus Diepold

Professor, Munich University of Technology (TUM)

Image and Color Perception

Leon Levinson

Retired Photographic Expert

Industrial Camera Business

John K. Cool

CEO, Power-Plus Engineering

Advanced Windows Programming

Dan Brandenburg

Space-Coast Award Winner

 

 


Dr. Ellen Cargill,  Former VP Product Development, Camera Division Polaroid

  • Expert, Camera Design
  • More than 50 cameras designed, both film and digital
  • Her designs sold 10s of million units and, in her words, “billions of dollars”
  • PhD, Optical Science, U of Arizona,

 

 


Dr. Michael Aronson,  CEO, Rumble Development

  • Founder of 3 electronics companies
  • Designer of camera electronics
  • Over 30 camera designs including web cam and cell-phone cameras
  • More than 5 million cameras manufactured from his designs
  • Holder of 4 patents
  • PhD, Physics, Harvard

 

 


Dr. Makato Usami, Executive with well-known Japanese camera company

  • 10 years as video camera designer
  • 3 years as product manager for machine vision and medical imaging
  • 2 years as product manager for Internet / Ethernet cameras
  • Holder of over 20 patents in camera design and image handling

                                                              

 


Dr. Klaus Diepold, Professor, Munich University of Technology (TUM), Germany

  • Expert in Visual Computing, Visual Quality und Information Security
  • 10 yrs Active Member of MPEG Committees (video compression standards)
  • Book Author “Understanding MPEG 4 – Technology and Business Insights”
  • Holds Chair for Computing of Electrical Engineering Department
  • Board Member, Center for Digital Tech. & Management (multi-univ. program)
  • Holder of 5 patents in video and image processing
  • PhD Electrical Engineering, TUM

 

 


Leon Levinson, Retired Chief Scientist, Technicolor Corp.

  • Expert on film and digital photography and color perception
  • 22 yrs as scientist at Technicolor
  • Consulted to a long list of clients including NASA (moon landings) and USAF (classified satellites)
  • Invaluable font of knowledge on arcane photographic issues long forgotten by young “whipper-snappers”

 

 

 


John K. Cool, P.E.  CEO Power-Plus Engineering

  • Founder of 3 Hi-Tech Companies
  • Former VP of Calcomp imaging division
  • Holder of multiple patents in video imaging

 

 


J. Daniel Brandenburg  Awards for Work on Waves and Propagation

  • 2007 US Coast Guard Award for Technology for Boating and Water Safety
  • 2007 Office of Patent and Trademark Office Society
  • 2007 Society of Exploration Geophysicists
  • 2007 US Air Force Science Awards
  • 2006 and 2007 Intel Computer Science Grand Awards

 

 


Special Thanks to:

Dr. Dorin Aiteanu and his Students at

The Institute of Automation of the University of Bremen   http://www.iat.uni-bremen.de

 

Their work on the Terebes project (http://www.iat.uni-bremen.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=147)

served as an inspiration.  In fact several of their historic images served as placeholders on our website until our work advanced to capture our own samples.  These images did not have proper attribution, an oversight for which we sincerely apologize.    Thank you Dr. Aiteanu.

 

 

 

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