Lumenera Corporation is a manufacturer of digital imaging cameras located in Ottawa, Canada. Lumenera is a wholly owned subsidiary of Roper Industries

Roper Industries

Roper Industries is a diversified industrial company that produces engineered products for global niche markets. The company is headquartered in Sarasota, Florida.Roper provides a wide range of products and services to customers in over 100 countries...

  . In 2007 the company had approximately 70 employees.

The Lumenera website lists the company's core competencies as "digital bus technologies such as USB 2.0 and Ethernet" and "digital imaging hardware and software built around CMOS and CCD based imagers."

Products

Lumenera products include digital cameras for use in the following applications:

• Scientific (microscopy
  Optical microscope
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  ) cameras.
• Industrial or factory automation cameras.
• IP camera
  IP camera
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  s for video surveillance.
• Astrophotography
  Astrophotography
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  cameras.
• Custom camera development.

News coverage

• 2006 Roper Industries acquisition.
• 2006 OCRI (Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation) technology company of the year.
• 2005 Partnership with ObjectVideo