June 26, 2023 (Emeryville, CA) – Hinalea Imaging has added a new hyperspectral camera to its award-winning family. The Model 4455 is an Extended SWIR camera that covers the 1200-2100 nm spectral range, making it useful for the detection and classification of chemicals and other materials that remain unseen with near-infrared (NIR) or typical shortwave-infrared (SWIR) systems. The Model 4455 is designed to image 225 spectral bands at a resolution of approximately 15 nm (FWHM).

The Model 4455 joins the growing Hinalea lineup, which now includes cameras from UV to XSWIR. “At, Hinalea, we see things differently,” said CTO Alexandre Fong. “Our cameras use proprietary Fabry-Perot technology that can capture a complete high-resolution datacube across the Extended SWIR spectral range in seconds, and without the unwanted image uniformity challenges seen with other technologies.” Cameras can be programmed to scan a subset of bands between 1200 and 2100 nm. The ability to dynamically control the sensor based on the application and object to be imaged optimizes data capture and data-processing efficiency.

The Model 4455 XSWIR camera can be ordered now for shipments commencing later in 2023. A data sheet for this product can be downloaded here.

May 26, 2023 – Emeryville, CA – Vision Systems Design Magazine has chosen Hinalea Imaging as a 2023 Innovators Award Winner. The winning product entry was a first-of-its-kind multi-sensor workstation used for continuous flow synthetic chemistry in microreactors.

The workstation combines hyperspectral imaging (visible-near-infrared and shortwave infrared) and Raman spectroscopy along with an RGB camera. The overall configuration of the system allows each sensor to use the same microscope objective for easy sequential imaging of the same location. The combination of these three imaging technologies in one system had not been commercially available, which was a factor in the judging.

Judges for the 2023 Vision Systems Design Awards included executives from Proctor & Gamble, Industrial Vision Systems, PVI Systems, and Artemis Vision.

Hinalea Imaging produces a range of hyperspectral imaging cameras from the UV to Extended SWIR spectral ranges. In addition, Hinalea’s microscope adapters make medical/biological imaging applications possible at very high spatial and spectral resolutions.

About Vision Systems Design

Published in 1996, Vision Systems Design is a global resource for engineers, engineering managers, and systems integrators that provides comprehensive global coverage of vision systems technologies, applications, and markets. Vision Systems Design’s magazine, website (www.vision-systems.com), email newsletters, and webcasts report on and analyze the latest technology and business developments and trends in the nationwide machine vision and image processing industry.

About the Vision Systems Design 2023 Innovators Awards

The Vision Systems Design 2023 Innovators Awards program reviews and recognized the most innovative products and services in the vision and image processing industry. Criteria used in the Innovators Awards ranking included: originality, innovation, impact on designers, systems integrators, and end-users; fulfilling need in the market that hasn’t been addressed, leveraging a novel technology; and increasing productivity.

Hinalea Imaging is delighted to announce the launch of its Model 4450 shortwave-infrared (SWIR) hyperspectral camera. The Model 4450 is the next generation in its series of award-winning intelligent imaging solutions. The SWIR range from 1000-1700 nm is of particular importance for chemical species identification and other applications where spectral signatures are not detectable by human vision.

The Model 4450 combines high spectral and spatial performance and affordability in a compact size. “Most currently available hyperspectral cameras in the SWIR range tend to be costly, large, and have significant power requirements,” said Alex Fong, Hinalea’s CTO. “Our technology lends itself to compact and economical solutions.”  Hinalea’s proprietary FPI technology also enables unprecedentedly fast data acquisition when benchmarked against other hyperspectral designs including real-time rendering and classification.

The Model 4450 comes with an integrated 100 mm focal length motorized lens with a field-of-view (FOV) from 31 to 35 degrees. Other lens options are also available upon request.

The 4450 is available for pre-order now; a datasheet can be downloaded here.

AUGUST 3, 2022 – Hinalea Imaging, a provider of intelligent hyperspectral imaging solutions, announced today that it has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Pro-Lite Technology, a leading supplier of specialized photonics instruments, solutions, and services.

Hinalea and Pro-Lite have already been working together in the UK for the last year. The agreement will bring Hinalea’s award-winning hyperspectral technology to Pro-Lite and its affiliates in continental Europe.

“We are delighted to be joining forces with Pro-Lite,” said Kevin Lynch, Hinalea’s European Sales lead. “Their deep subject matter experience and reach is second-to-none. This agreement between our two companies will further accelerate the adoption of our intelligent imaging solutions across Europe.”

“Hinalea’s technology offers a different proposition to the more established line-scanning based hyperspectral imaging systems,” said Robert Yeo, Director of Pro-Lite. ”We look forward to working with Hinalea in support of their goal to bring intelligent and affordable hyperspectral imaging to the market.”

Post agreement, Hinalea imaging solutions will be available through Pro-Lite in the UK, France, Spain, Portugal, and Germany.

Hinalea Imaging, a leading provider of intelligent hyperspectral imaging solutions, announced today the launch of its new VNIR Model 4200C Hyperspectral Camera. Building on its award winning of portfolio hyperspectral imaging solutions, the 4200C offers portability and application flexibility without compromising on spectral and spatial performance.  The 4200C is ideal for a wide range of applications, from food quality and safety to industrial inspections. With 300 spectral bands spanning the VNIR range, and a spectral resolution of 4 nm (FWHM), users can identify specific components and materials. “From the very beginning Hinalea’s objective has been to make hyperspectral imaging the new standard in inspection technologies by significantly reducing the cost of our platforms and making them easier to use,” said Hinalea’s VP of Engineering, Alexandre Fong. “We do that by leveraging our innovative core hardware development and incorporating advanced and customized machine learning tools into intuitive user interfaces in order to address even the most complex and challenging applications,” continued Fong. “The 4200C represents an important milestone because we’ve taken our extensive experience in spectral imaging technologies to develop a powerful camera that is small and light enough for just about any application while meeting a price level that is unmatched in the industry.”

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ June 4, 2020 — Hinalea Imaging, a leading international solutions provider of hyperspectral imaging technology, announced today that they have entered into a research program to investigate the prognostic value of skin findings associated with COVID-19 infection, using Hinalea’s advanced hyperspectral imaging system.

COVID-19 infection has been associated with a variety of rashes, some of which resemble frostbite and have been referred to as ‘COVID toes.’ Frostbite is an ischemic phenomenon, caused by lack of blood supply to the digits for a prolonged period of time. Whether these rashes are in fact ischemic remains to be determined, due to the paucity of data from biopsy and other invasive assessments. COVID-19 patients have also been observed to deteriorate abruptly approximately one week after the onset of symptoms due to severe, widespread clotting within the blood vessels. Any relationship between ischemic-appearing skin findings and this ischemic cause of multi-organ failure remains unknown. Yet another complication of COVID-19 infection that could result in rashes as well as widespread ischemia is vasculitis (inflammation of the blood vessels). Due to the invasive nature of biopsies and the rapidity with which death occurs in fulminant cases, hyperspectral imaging may provide a more effective way to assess rashes for ischemia and help differentiate dysfunctional clotting from vasculitis, which may benefit from different treatments.

The program seeks to develop a non-invasive and rapid method to assess skin findings for ischemia; categorize rashes based on spectral signatures; and correlate different rash subtypes with clinical outcomes.

Principal investigator Dr Raja Srinivasan, Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said, “Hyperspectral imaging is a wonderful tool for analyzing COVID-19 rashes. It combines the power of spectroscopy with digital imaging to identify subtle wavelength differences that are not observable by the human eye.” Continued Dr. Srinivasan, “The high spectral and spatial resolution achievable with the Hinalea imager will hopefully provide a calibrated and reproducible method for assessing rashes across a wide range of skin pigmentation. The identification of spectral signatures that correlate with different pathologic mechanisms would further demonstrate the value of hyperspectral imaging as a tool for virtual biopsy, providing key information for medical decision-making without the invasive and time-consuming nature of traditional tissue biopsy.”

The project will start in June 2020 at two designated hospitals in Maryland and New York. Data will be collected from up to 200 critically-ill COVID-19 patients.

“Imager portability and ease of use is extremely important for this program because the data will be collected in a busy, time- and space-constrained clinical environment ” said Alex Fong, Vice President of Engineering at Hinalea. “In a truly transformative development, Hinalea has developed the only hand-held hyperspectral imager in the world that is capable of contact measurement. For the user, it is as easy as point-and-click.”

New product features assorted lens options to match field-of-view and working distance requirements for laboratory and industrial applications

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ August 6, 2018 — Hinalea Imaging, a leading international solutions provider of hyperspectral imaging technology, announced today the launch of a new Model 4200 Wide-Field Hyperspectral Camera, building on its successful product line of innovative intelligent hyperspectral imaging solutions.

The new Model 4200 is ideal for a wide range of laboratory and industrial applications, ranging from basic scientific and biomedical research to many industrial uses. While enabling a variety of use cases, the instrument can identify specific components and materials as well as verification of product quality/identification of defects (color matching, trueness and uniformity). This new and highly configurable system allows users to precisely tailor the instrument to their specific needs, while utilizing Hinalea’s innovative technology capable of single-step capture of images with dynamically-defined spectral bands at high spatial and spectral resolutions.

With the Model 4200, users benefit from:

• Contiguous, high-resolution imaging – The Hinalea system is the only staring hyperspectral system on the market that can scan the whole VIS-NIR spectrum with high spatial and spectral resolutions.
• Wavelength selectivity – The Hinalea™ system can be programmed to scan only a subset of bands, and this subset can be dynamically controlled based on the object to be imaged.
• Affordability – Hinalea’s proprietary technology and manufacturing adaptation is based on a semiconductor fabrication process which makes the Model 4200 accessible to more users at never-before seen price points.  Configurable scans can be much faster with generally smaller data sets, saving customers time and money.

Features and benefits include:

• Staring Hyperspectral Imaging – No mechanical scanning is required, resulting in a lower-cost, reliable system.
• True Hyperspectral Imaging – Unlike color-filter arrays, with the Hinalea Model 4200, there is no tradeoff between the number of spectral bands and effective spatial resolution.
• Customizable – Hinalea works with selected, strategic partners to optimize the performance criteria for specific applications and will also consider OEM models.

“Hinalea’s Model 4200 Wide-Field Hyperspectral Camera further expands the universe of applications we can address with our intelligent hyperspectral imaging solutions at a price level considerably less than other tunable cameras of inferior performance,” said Hinalea’s Director of Hyperspectral Imaging Alexandre Fong, “Hinalea’s innovative technologies are poised to create a dramatic shift in the market making intelligent  Hyperspectral  Imaging widely available and  improving all aspects of life.”

About Hinalea Imaging

Hinalea Imaging, a division of TruTag Technologies, Inc., is a technology solutions provider that develops complete hyperspectral imaging solutions both directly and on behalf of strategic partners to address specific problems across a variety of industries, including medical diagnostics, precision agriculture and the quality assurance of food and consumer goods. As part of its solution offering, Hinalea developed the world’s first high-resolution, handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera, which was awarded the SPIE Best Camera and Imager Prism Award in 2017. Learn more at www.HinaLeaImaging.com.

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EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ June 16, 2018 — Hinalea Imaging, a leading international solutions provider of hyperspectral imaging technology, announced that the Company will launch its Model 4200 Wide-Field Hyperspectral Camera at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) in Valencia, Spain on July 22-27, 2018. Hinalea Imaging will be exhibiting in Pavilion 5, Booth 4.

IGARSS 2018 is the 38th annual symposium of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS). IGARSS is now one of the largest international events in remote sensing and provides an ideal forum for researchers and professionals to obtain up-to-date information about the status of Earth Observation technologies.

Hinalea Imaging has introduced their new Model 4200 hyperspectral camera which features various lens options to match field of view and working distance requirements for laboratory and industrial applications. This new configurable system enables users in both research and industry to precisely tailor the instrument to their needs, while utilizing Hinalea’s innovative technology capable of single-step capture of images with dynamically-defined spectral bands at high spatial and spectral resolutions.

The Hinalea system is the only front-staring band sequential hyperspectral system on the market which can scan the whole VIS-NIR (400 – 1000 nm) spectrum with high spatial and spectral resolutions at an affordable price point. The Model 4200 can also be programmed to scan only a subset of bands, and this subset can be dynamically controlled based on the object to be imaged. Resultant scans can be shorter with generally smaller data sets, saving customers time and money.

In addition, Hinalea will exhibit and demonstrate the easy-to-use handheld Model 4100H, a high precision camera with a built-in illumination source that captures high-resolution snap-shot images, yielding a spectrum at each pixel for the visible through near-IR (400 – 1000 nm) wavelength range in up to 550 bands. The portable Model 4100H can be used for nearly any application and features a fully programmable wavelength selection with fast data capture and no trade-off between spatial and spectral resolution.

“Once again our outstanding product development team has listened to customers and developed and created a valued-added solution to help them be successful,” said Kevin Lynch, Hyperspectral Imaging Sales Director, EMEA & APAC of Hinalea Imaging. “The 4200 is a demonstration of our firm commitment to long-term customer partnerships and joint product development across the hyperspectral imaging value chain.”

About Hinalea Imaging

Hinalea Imaging, a division of TruTag Technologies, Inc., is a technology solutions provider that develops complete hyperspectral imaging solutions both directly and on behalf of strategic partners to address specific problems across a variety of industries, including medical diagnostics, precision agriculture and the quality assurance of food and consumer goods. As part of its solution offering, Hinalea developed the world’s first high-resolution, handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera, which was awarded the SPIE Best Camera and Imager Prism Award in 2017. Learn more at www.HinaLeaImaging.com.

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EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ June 13, 2018 — HinaLea Imaging, a leading international solutions provider of hyperspectral imaging technology, announced that the Company will participate in the International Association of Spectral Imaging (IASIM) 2018 Conference, June 17-20 held at the Washington Athletic Club in Seattle, Washington.

The biannual IASIM conference will gather speakers, contributors, attendees and exhibitors from areas covering all aspects of spectral imaging (microscopic, macroscopic, remote sensing) and a large variety of spectroscopic techniques. It will include three days of scientific sessions, with oral and poster presentations on spectral imaging research and applications.

HinaLea Imaging will exhibit and demonstrate the easy-to-use, handheld Model 4100H, a high-precision camera with a built-in illumination source that captures high-resolution snap-shot images, yielding a spectrum at each pixel for the visible through near-IR (400 – 1000 nm) wavelength range in up to 550 bands. The portable Model 4100H can be used for nearly any application and features a fully programmable wavelength selection with fast data capture and no trade-off between spatial and spectral resolution.

In addition, HinaLea Imaging will give a brief presentation on its products and services; and share with the industry the development of their miniature Fabry-Pérot interferometer (FPI) based hyperspectral imaging technology in a poster presentation titled, “Development of a Hand-Held High Resolution Hyperspectral Imaging Camera”. This technology, which was originally developed to read the company’s optically-encoded particles, has been adapted to create the first high performance front staring true hyperspectral imaging camera in a handheld, self-contained, ultra-compact form factor.

“We are proud to be a part of IASIM 2018 Conference,” said Alexandre Fong, Director of Hyperspectral Imaging for HinaLea Imaging. “We’re looking forward to meeting with our colleagues in this exciting technological growth area and discussing how we can expand the range of potential applications for high-performance hyperspectral imaging.”

About HinaLea Imaging

HinaLea Imaging, a division of TruTag Technologies, Inc., is a technology solutions provider that develops complete hyperspectral imaging solutions both directly and on behalf of strategic partners to address specific problems across a variety of industries, including medical diagnostics, precision agriculture and the quality assurance of food and consumer goods. As part of its solution offering, HinaLea developed the world’s first high-resolution, handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera, which was awarded the SPIE Best Camera and Imager Prism Award in 2017. Learn more at www.HinaLeaImaging.com.

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The State of Hawaii welcomes TruTag and its HinaLea Imaging division to the Hawaii Pavilion

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ May 29, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leading security and technology solution provider, announced today that their TruTag® product identity and HinaLea™ Imaging products will be on display at the Hawaii Pavilion booth #2449 at the BIO International Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, June 4-7.

The BIO International Convention is hosted by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. The BIO International Convention provides access to global biotech and pharma leaders, exposure to industry thought-leaders with over 1,500 education sessions, and networking opportunities with 16,000+ attendees from 74 countries.

The Hawaii Pavilion represents Hawaii Life Sciences, a network of collaborators bringing together life science companies, research organizations, entrepreneurs and supporters building the life sciences industry in Hawaii. It is organized by the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), and the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC). TruTag Technologies is headquartered in Kapolei, Hawaii, 20 miles from Honolulu.

TruTag Technologies will showcase its on-dose product quality and authentication solution. TruTag has developed a customizable, high-security solution that provides absolute certainty of a product’s identity and enables unparalleled product diagnostics to combat counterfeiting and unauthorized diversion. TruTag microtags (TruTags®) can be safely added to most solid oral dosage form (SODF) drugs without modifying the manufacturing process already in place.

TruTag’s HinaLea Imaging division also will demo its fully autonomous high-resolution Model 4100H hyperspectral spectral imaging camera. The Model 4100H is a high precision camera with a built-in illumination source that captures high-resolution snap-shot images, yielding a complete spectrum at each pixel for the visible through near-IR wavelength (VNIR) range within two seconds without trade-offs between spatial and spectral resolution.

“We are proud to contribute to the economic development of the beautiful state of Hawaii where TruTag is headquartered and to work with Hawaii Life Sciences to share the industry benefits of TruTag’s product security solution and HinaLea’s quality-inspection system,” said Barry McDonogh, Senior Vice President of Business Development at TruTag Technologies.

About TruTag Technologies, Inc.

TruTag Technologies, Inc. is a leading security and technology solution provider serving businesses and governments around the world. TruTag has the most advanced precision-fabricated, cGMP nano-porous silica manufacturing operation in the world for a variety of applications and security solutions, including product identity for food, medicine, secure labels and documents. The company’s highly-specialized nano-porous silica particles extend to precision drug delivery systems for the biopharmaceutical industry. TruTag’s nano-fabrication technology platform is complemented by its advanced hyperspectral imaging solutions, which can be applied to a broad array of market applications from medical diagnostics to machine vision.

TruTag Technologies has been recognized by the SPIE Prism Awards, the Edison Awards, Fast Company, R&D 100, and was selected a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum as one of the most influential technology companies in the world. Learn more at www.TruTags.com.

About HinaLea Imaging

HinaLea Imaging, a division of TruTag Technologies, Inc., is a technology solutions provider that develops complete hyperspectral imaging solutions both directly and on behalf of strategic partners to address specific problems across a variety of industries, including medical diagnostics, precision agriculture and the quality assurance of food and consumer goods. As part of its solution offering, HinaLea developed the world’s first high-resolution, handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera, which was awarded the SPIE Best Camera and Imager Prism Award in 2017. Learn more at www.HinaLeaImaging.com.

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EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ April 17, 2018 — Hinalea Imaging, a leading international solutions provider of hyperspectral imaging technology, will present its fully autonomous high-resolution Model 4100H hyperspectral camera at the SPIE Photonics Europe Exhibition on April 24-25 at the Strasbourg Convention and Exhibition Centre in Strasbourg, France.

SPIE Photonics Europe is the only European cross-disciplinary optics and photonics event covering the most significant photonics technologies—from digital optics to quantum technologies to attosecond science. Topics covered in the conference include 3D printed optics, photonic glasses, optical biopolymers, and unconventional optical imaging.

Hinalea Imaging will be located in Hall RHIN at Booth B510, where the easy-to-use, handheld Model 4100H will be demonstrated. The Model 4100H is a high-precision camera with a built-in illumination source that captures high-resolution snap-shot images, yielding a spectrum at each pixel for the visible through near-IR (400 – 1000 nm) wavelength range in up to 550 bands. The portable Model 4100H can be used for nearly any application and features a fully programmable wavelength selection with fast data capture and no trade-off between spatial and spectral resolution.

The Model 4100H was awarded the SPIE 2017 Prism Award for Photonics Innovation in the Imaging and Cameras category and was recognized as the first device to capture and process a full multi-megapixel hyperspectral data cube without the need for external processing. Hinalea’s intelligent imaging solutions address specific problems across a variety of industries, including medical diagnostics, precision agriculture, biomedical imaging, machine vision and more.

“Portability and especially a hand-held hyperspectral system, that includes a light source, data storage, and an on-board screen, is no longer The Holy Grail,” said Kevin Lynch, Sales Director, Europe of Hinalea Imaging. “Our goal is to remove major barriers of adoption and unleash the full value of hyperspectral imaging with an affordable, compact, and easy-to-use spectral imaging solution for a wide array of critical applications.”

About Hinalea Imaging

Hinalea Imaging, a division of TruTag Technologies, Inc., is a technology solutions provider that develops complete hyperspectral imaging solutions both directly and on behalf of strategic partners to address specific problems across a variety of industries, including medical diagnostics, precision agriculture and the quality assurance of food and consumer goods. As part of its solution offering, Hinalea developed the world’s first high-resolution, handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera, which was awarded the SPIE Best Camera and Imager Prism Award in 2017.

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EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ April 10, 2018 — Hinalea Imaging, a leading international solutions provider of hyperspectral imaging technology, will present its range of products at the SPIE Defense & Commercial Sensing Exhibition April 17-19 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Hinalea Imaging will be located in Halls A-E – Stand 1524, where it will showcase its suite of hyperspectral imaging cameras.

Hinalea Imaging will also be a part of the Industry Events at SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing where Alexandre Fong, Director of Hyperspectral Imaging will present on the topic of “Spectral Imaging in Precision Agricultural Management: Potential for Crop Health Monitoring and Pathogen Detection,” scheduled for Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 1:15pm EST at the Industry Stage on the show floor.

“We are excited to present our portfolio of hyperspectral imaging solutions to the SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing audience,” said Michael Bartholomeusz, PhD, Chief Executive Officer of TruTag Technologies. “We recently launched Hinalea Imaging as a new business unit of TruTag Technologies and put a capable team together to focus strictly on advancing our hyperspectral imaging technology. This enables us to provide innovation solutions to our customers in a variety of industries including medical diagnostics, precision agriculture, machine vision, remote sensing, and more.”

“Cost and a means to interpret information have been the major barriers to adoption of hyperspectral imaging, and our goal is remove such obstacles in order to finally unleash the full value of the technology. We are uniquely positioned to meet the increasing need for affordable, compact, and easy to use spectral imaging solutions for a wide array of critical applications,” said Alexandre Fong, Director of Hyperspectral Imaging at Hinalea Imaging.

Hinalea Imaging’s current line of hyperspectral cameras includes:

• Model 4100H: A handheld, high-precision hyperspectral imaging camera with a built-in illumination source that captures high-resolution snap-shot images, yielding a spectrum at each pixel for the visible through near-IR (400 – 1000 nm) wavelength range for up to 550 bands.
• Wide-Field Camera: configurable hyperspectral imaging camera system with a wide variety of lens choices to match field of view and working distance requirements for industrial and research applications. It enables single step capture of images with dynamically-defined spectral bands at high spatial and spectral resolutions in the visible through near-IR (400 – 1000 nm) wavelength range for up to 550 bands.

Hinalea Imaging’s international team will be present at the booth to meet and inform customers about the Company’s latest innovations as well as the existing range of proven, high-quality products for industry and research.

About Hinalea Imaging

Hinalea Imaging, a division of TruTag Technologies, Inc., is a technology solutions provider that develops complete hyperspectral imaging solutions both directly and on behalf of strategic partners to address specific problems across a variety of industries, including medical diagnostics, precision agriculture and the quality assurance of food and consumer goods. As part of its solution offering, Hinalea developed the world’s first high-resolution, handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera, which was awarded the SPIE Best Camera and Imager Prism Award in 2017.

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New Business Unit Provides Intelligent Hyperspectral Imaging Solutions

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ March 13, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leader in product authentication and brand security solutions, today announced the launch of its new Hinalea Imaging business unit.

Hinalea Imaging is a technology solutions provider that develops complete hyperspectral imaging solutions both directly and on behalf of strategic partners to address specific problems across a variety of industries, including medical diagnostics, precision agriculture and the quality assurance of food and consumer goods.

“Over the last several years, we have amassed significant experience coupling state-of-the-art hyperspectral imaging engines with classification and machine learning algorithms to solve problems for our product identity business. It has become apparent that this expertise can be leveraged far beyond its original intended use. With this in mind, we are excited to announce that we are spinning-off Hinalea as a new business unit,” said Michael Bartholomeusz, Chief Executive Officer of TruTag Technologies.

Hinalea has already become a technology leader in the hyperspectral imaging market, developing the world’s first high-resolution, handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera, the model 4100, which was awarded the SPIE Best Camera and Imager Prism Award in 2017. Hinalea plans to follow up on this success by launching the 4300 series later this year, which will add flexibility to expand the range of applications for its technology. The new 4300 series will include interchangeable optics and new illumination options while retaining the innovative design and ease of use that has become a trademark of current products.

To support the business growth, Hinalea recently added three richly experienced executives: Alexandre Fong (Director of Hyperspectral Imaging), Janette Wilson (US Sales Director) and Kevin Lynch (European Sales Director).

Hinalea is also investing heavily in its technical team in 2018 with a view to building a complete user ecosystem to provide functionality and utility to its customer network.

“Cost and a means to interpret the information have been the major barriers to adoption of hyperspectral imaging, and our goal is remove such obstacles and finally unleash the full value of that technology,” said Alexandre Fong, Director of Hyperspectral Imaging.

About TruTag Technologies

TruTag Technologies, Inc. is a leading security and technology solution provider serving businesses and governments around the world. TruTag has the most advanced precision-fabricated, cGMP nano-porous silica manufacturing operation in the world for a variety of applications and security solutions, including product identity for food, medicine, secure labels and documents. The company’s highly-specialized nano-porous silica particles extend to precision drug delivery systems for the biopharmaceutical industry.

TruTag Technologies has been recognized by the Edison Awards, Fast Company, R&D 100, and was selected a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum as one of the most influential technology companies in the world. Learn more at www.TruTags.com.

About Hinalea Imaging

Hinalea Imaging, a division of TruTag Technologies, Inc., is a technology solutions provider that develops complete hyperspectral imaging solutions both directly and on behalf of strategic partners to address specific problems across a variety of industries, including medical diagnostics, precision agriculture and the quality assurance of food and consumer goods. As part of its solution offering, Hinalea developed the world’s first high-resolution, handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera, which was awarded the SPIE Best Camera and Imager Prism Award in 2017.

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EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ January 23, 2018 — TruTag Technologies, a leading technology company in the hyperspectral imaging space, announced today that it will exhibit at SPIE Photonics West, January 27 – February 1, 2018 at The Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. TruTag’s handheld hyperspectral imager won the Prism Awards for the best new imaging and camera innovation in 2017.

SPIE Photonics West is the world’s largest annual event for the photonics, laser and biomedical optics industries. Thousands of scientists, engineers, and executives will convene at the most comprehensive technical conference and exhibition spanning biophotonics for brain research and healthcare, lasers for research and advanced manufacturing, sensors and camera systems, imaging and displays, communications and optoelectronics, plus the core optical components that enable many of today’s consumer products.

At Booth #65, visitors will have the opportunity to learn how the world’s first affordable, high-resolution, handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera can be utilized to solve many of today’s medical imaging, machine vision and quality inspection industry challenges. TruTag Technologies Model 4100 is a rugged, handheld instrument with a built-in illumination source. Ideal for field and factory use, it captures a 2D snapshot image of an object, and the spectra at each pixel in the visible from 450 to 850 nm in up to 400 bands in 1 nm steps. Users can pan and zoom the image via the color touch screen display and even view a video of the entire hypercube. TruTag’s hyperspectral imager is the first device to both capture and process a full multi-megapixel hyperspectral datacube without the need for external processing. It dramatically improves upon existing multispectral imagers, which trade off spectral resolution for spatial resolution. A visible-near IR (450 to 1,100 nm) version will be available shortly.

TruTag will also exhibit at SPIE Photonics West BiOS Booth #8343 which takes place January 27-28 in the Moscone Center’s West Hall.

About TruTag Technologies, Inc.

TruTag Technologies Inc. is a leading technology company in the hyperspectral imaging space. TruTag developed the world’s first high-resolution, handheld autonomous hyperspectral camera which was awarded the SPIE Best Camera and Imager Prism Award in 2017. TruTag’s hyperspectral cameras provide spectrally-tunable multi-megapixel hyperspectral data from 450 nm – 1000 nm with embedded object identification for the medical imaging, machine vision and quality inspection industries.

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EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ October 3, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, a leading hyperspectral camera provider, announced today their partnership with Photonics Media on an online, real-time webcast titled, “Mobile Hyperspectral Imagers: Implementations and Applications,” to be presented on October 10, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern.

This webcast will provide a snapshot of the state of the art in the field. The major architectures for hyperspectral imagers will be reviewed together with a performance trade-off matrix that can assist users in selecting the appropriate product for their application. A case study on a recent implementation of an autonomous, high-resolution, cost-efficient hyperspectral camera will be provided, and a number of applications spanning medical imaging to agriculture and anti-counterfeiting will also be discussed. The webcast will conclude with an outlook on some of the exciting new technologies that are expected to continue to transform this imaging modality and move it into the domain of the consumer.

This webinar will be useful for technologists and system integrators looking to integrate hyperspectral cameras into their systems. Specifically, companies who have not been able to utilize this technology due to its high cost or large engineering effort required to process and integrate hyperspectral cameras may especially benefit from this presentation.

Some of the areas will be covered will include miniaturization and commercialization of tunable filter elements, which until now were only available for scientific or high-end applications; the challenges and opportunities of compressed sensing for data reduction in autonomous applications; and some remaining challenges and opportunities to further drive performance and reduce costs.

To participate in the live webcast, please register here.

About TruTag Technologies, Inc.

TruTag Technologies, Inc. is a leading security and technology solution provider serving businesses and governments around the world. TruTag has the most advanced precision-fabricated, cGMP nano-porous silica manufacturing operation in the world for a variety of applications and security solutions, including product identity for food, medicine, secure labels and documents. The company’s highly-specialized nano-porous silica particles extend to precision drug delivery systems for the biopharmaceutical industry. TruTag’s nano-fabrication technology platform is complemented by its advanced hyperspectral imaging solutions, which can be applied to a broad array of market applications from medical diagnostics to machine vision.

TruTag Technologies has been recognized by the SPIE Prism Awards, the Edison Awards, Fast Company, R&D 100, and was selected a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum as one of the most influential technology companies in the world. Learn more at www.TruTags.com.

©2017 All rights reserved. TRUTAG and TRUTAGS are registered trademarks of TruTag Technologies, Inc.

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EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ February 9, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions, today announced that it has won the SPIE 2017 Prism Award for Photonics Innovation in the Imaging and Cameras category for their new Hyperspectral Imager. Considered the Oscars of the Photonics Industry, the Prism Awards were developed to recognize innovative scientific products, processes, software, devices, materials, systems, instruments, and technologies that are newly available in the open market. Past winners include Dolby Systems, Hamamatsu Photonics, Intel and Corning.

TruTag’s battery-operated Handheld Hyperspectral Imager was recognized as the first device to capture and process a full multi-megapixel hyperspectral data cube without the need for external processing, dramatically improving upon existing multispectral imagers, which trade off spectral resolution for spatial resolution. It is the first fully-autonomous, cloud-connected device that delivers multi-megapixel images at 400 colors and allows the user to select acquisition wavelengths and offers real-time processing for object identification and characterization.  Commercial applications for the TruTag Hyperspectral Imager include machine vision, medical imaging and Smart Farming.

“Receiving the Prism Award is a validation of the hard work the TruTag team has put forth in satisfying the commercial need for low-cost high-performance hyperspectral imagers and we are honored to be a part of this prestigious group of award winners,” said Hod Finkelstein, Chief Technology Officer of TruTag Technologies.  “We believe that with the introduction of these imagers, numerous potential applications for high-resolution hyperspectral imaging will emerge in fields as diverse as biomedical imaging, smart agriculture and machine vision and we look forward to partnering with leaders in these fields to bring our leading-edge imaging technology to market.”

Winners were announced at the 9th annual Prism Award gala held during Photonics West in San Francisco.

About TruTag Technologies

TruTag Technologies, Inc. is a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions. The TruTag® platform addresses the $1 trillion global challenge of counterfeit, diverted and adulterated products that impacts the pharmaceutical, life sciences, art and collectibles, food, electronics, industrial, and consumer goods industries. TruTag is able to extend the Internet of Things (IoT) to a plethora of new, non-web-connected objects and products with its microscopic edible memory devices, which are read using its handheld imagers.  TruTag’s hyperspectral imaging expertise is also applicable to a broad array of market applications.

TruTag Technologies has been recognized by the Edison Awards, Fast Company, R&D 100, and was selected a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum as one of the most influential technology companies in the world. Learn more at www.TruTags.com.

©2017 All rights reserved. TRUTAG and TRUTAGS are registered trademarks of TruTag Technologies, Inc.

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TruTag’s Handheld Hyperspectral Imager recognized as one of the best photonics products on the market at the “Oscars of the Photonics Industry”

EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA ─ February 9, 2017 — TruTag Technologies, Inc., a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions, today announced that it has won the SPIE 2017 Prism Award for Photonics Innovation in the Imaging and Cameras category for their new Hyperspectral Imager. Considered the Oscars of the Photonics Industry, the Prism Awards were developed to recognize innovative scientific products, processes, software, devices, materials, systems, instruments, and technologies that are newly available in the open market. Past winners include Dolby Systems, Hamamatsu Photonics, Intel and Corning.

TruTag’s battery-operated Handheld Hyperspectral Imager was recognized as the first device to capture and process a full multi-megapixel hyperspectral data cube without the need for external processing, dramatically improving upon existing multispectral imagers, which trade off spectral resolution for spatial resolution. It is the first fully-autonomous, cloud-connected device that delivers multi-megapixel images at 400 colors and allows the user to select acquisition wavelengths and offers real-time processing for object identification and characterization.  Commercial applications for the TruTag Hyperspectral Imager include machine vision, medical imaging and Smart Farming.

“Receiving the Prism Award is a validation of the hard work the TruTag team has put forth in satisfying the commercial need for low-cost high-performance hyperspectral imagers and we are honored to be a part of this prestigious group of award winners,” said Hod Finkelstein, Chief Technology Officer of TruTag Technologies.  “We believe that with the introduction of these imagers, numerous potential applications for high-resolution hyperspectral imaging will emerge in fields as diverse as biomedical imaging, smart agriculture and machine vision and we look forward to partnering with leaders in these fields to bring our leading-edge imaging technology to market.”

Winners were announced at the 9th annual Prism Award gala held during Photonics West in San Francisco.

About TruTag Technologies

TruTag Technologies, Inc. is a leader in product authentication, brand security, and data intelligence solutions. The TruTag® platform addresses the $1 trillion global challenge of counterfeit, diverted and adulterated products that impacts the pharmaceutical, life sciences, art and collectibles, food, electronics, industrial, and consumer goods industries. TruTag is able to extend the Internet of Things (IoT) to a plethora of new, non-web-connected objects and products with its microscopic edible memory devices, which are read using its handheld imagers.  TruTag’s hyperspectral imaging expertise is also applicable to a broad array of market applications.

TruTag Technologies has been recognized by the Edison Awards, Fast Company, R&D 100, and was selected a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum as one of the most influential technology companies in the world. Learn more at www.TruTags.com.

©2017 All rights reserved. TRUTAG and TRUTAGS are registered trademarks of TruTag Technologies, Inc.

Media Contact

TruTag Technologies
Paula Page
+1.650.279.3881
paula@paulapagepr.com