Camera assembly for a printing press

A camera assembly for use in scanning a paper substrate of a printing press, acquiring an image and processing the image, said assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a camera positioned within said housing;
• and
• image processing hardware positioned within said housing and including at least one FPGA.

A camera assembly for use in scanning a paper substrate of a printing press, acquiring an image and processing the image, said assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a camera positioned within said housing;
• a light source positioned within said housing;
• a microprocessor;
• and
• image processing hardware positioned within said housing.

A camera assembly for use in scanning a paper substrate of a printing press, acquiring an image and processing the image, said assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a scanner positioned within said housing;
• a light source positioned within said housing;
• image processing hardware positioned within said housing and including an FPGA;
• and
• a digital communication interface positioned within said housing.

A camera assembly for use in scanning a paper substrate of a printing press, acquiring an image and processing the image, said assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a CCD area scanner positioned within said housing;
• a strobe light source positioned within said housing;
• a microprocessor within said housing;
• and
• image processing hardware positioned within said housing, wherein said image processing hardware includes at least one FPGA.

A camera assembly for use in scanning a paper substrate of a printing press and determining color register error, said assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a camera positioned within said housing for acquiring images of the substrate;
• a light source positioned within said housing;
• an optics assembly positioned within said housing;
• and
• image processing hardware positioned within said housing for processing the acquired images and determining any color register error.

A camera assembly for use in scanning a paper substrate of a printing press, acquiring an image and processing the image, said assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a scanner positioned within said housing;
• and
• image processing components positioned within said housing wherein said components includes a microprocessor and an FPGA.

A method of determining color register error on a printing press, said method comprising:

• providing a camera assembly having mounted therein a scanner and image processing hardware for acquiring an image of a paper substrate of a printing press;
• processing the image with the image processing hardware to determine any color register error;
• and
• transferring the color register error information externally of the camera assembly.

A method of determining color register error of a printing press, said method comprising:

• scanning a paper substrate at a desired location with a camera assembly having mounted, within a housing, a scanner and image processing hardware to obtain an image;
• processing the image with the image processing hardware to determine a color register error;
• and
• transferring the error information externally of the camera assembly to effect color registration of the printing press.

A camera assembly for use in scanning a paper substrate of a printing press, obtaining an image, and processing the image all within the assembly, the printing press having a sideframe and the paper substrate have an extremity, said assembly comprising:

• a housing dimensioned so that said housing is mountable at the extremity of the paper substrate without interference from the sideframe of the printing press;
• a camera positioned within said housing;
• a light source positioned within said housing;
• an optics assembly positioned within said housing;
• and
• image processing hardware positioned within said housing.