Neptec Design Group
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Machine Vision |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, ON, Canada |
Key people | Paul Nephin (CEO) |
| Products | SVS, LCS, TriDAR |
Number of employees | 80 |
| Website | www.neptec.com |
Neptec Design Group Ltd. is an Ottawa based, Canadian vision systems company, providing machine vision solutions for space, industrial, and military applications. Privately owned and founded in 1990, Neptec is a NASA prime contractor, supplying operational systems to both the Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs. Starting in 2000, Neptec began expanding its technology to include active 3D imaging systems and 3D processing software. This work led directly to the development of Neptec's Laser Camera System, which is an operational system used by NASA to inspect the shuttle's external surfaces during flight. Building on Laser Camera System technology, Neptec has also developed a 3D imaging and tracking system designed for automated on-orbit rendezvous, inspection and docking. The TriDAR combines a high precision, short range triangulation sensor with a long range LIDAR sensor into the same optical path.