Pixelshift is often used in industrial cameras and microscopes to improve resolution and overall image quality. Piezo stages are essential for this technique.

The quality testing and inspection industry has high requirements for cameras and microscopes. The higher the resolution of an image, the more details can be examined and thus inspection results improve. Shorter inspection cycles also play a pivotal role. Here, like almost everywhere else, time is money.

The manufacturers of industrial microscopes and integrated cameras constantly update their product lines to meet these demands. But just putting in more powerful image sensors is not enough. More and more microscope cameras also use a technique called Pixelshift. Thanks to this method, standard resolutions of image sensors like, e.g. CMOS, CCD and FPA, can be increased multiple times. The color quality significantly improves as well.