


IDS: shaping the future since 1997
IDS is a leading manufacturer of digital industrial cameras with various interfaces. Whether in an industrial or non-industrial setting: the products assist companies worldwide in optimizing processes, ensuring quality, driving research, conserving raw materials, and serving people. The combination of quality “Made in Germany”, long-term availability, and exceptional ease of use makes IDS cameras unique. Based on many years of experience, the company develops and manufactures all products aiming to provide customers with the best user experience in the vision market.
Digitalization: new concepts for machine vision
In addition to its successful CMOS cameras, IDS expands the portfolio with vision app-based cameras. The novel image processing platform IDS NXT is freely programmable and extremely versatile. Visionary thinking and modular concepts enable customers to realize innovative and individual applications.
3D: the future of robot vision
With Ensenso 3D cameras, IDS offers a solution for 3D image acquisition that provides impressive precision, speed and cost-effectiveness. They are offered with fully integrated housing, modular design or integrated data processing. The Ensenso selector on the IDS website helps to find the right model for your application.
Quality: made in Germany
IDS is an owner-managed, independent family business with branches and representative offices in the USA, Asia and Europe. A third of the more than 280 employees work in hardware and software development or application technology. IDS cameras are developed exclusively in Germany, where they are produced in a sustainable way, and sold all over the world.
IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH develops high-performance, easy to-use USB, GigE and 3D cameras with a wide spectrum of sensors and variants. The almost unlimited range of applications covers multiple non-industrial and industrial sectors in the field of equipment, plant and mechanical engineering. Recently, the company expanded its portfolio with novel vision app-based cameras.
Since its foundation in 1997, IDS has developed into an independent, ISO-certified family business with more than 280 employees. The headquarters in Obersulm, Germany, is both a development and production site. With branches in the USA, Japan, South Korea and UK as well as offi ces in Europe, IDS is represented internationally.