Machine Vision Software

Machine vision (MV) is the application of computer vision to industry and manufacturing. Whereas computer vision is the general discipline of making computers see (understand what is perceived visually), machine vision, being an engineering discipline, is interested in digital input/output devices and computer networks to control other manufacturing equipment such as robotic arms and equipment to eject defective products. Machine vision systems are programmed to perform narrowly defined tasks such as counting objects on a conveyor, reading serial numbers, and searching for surface defects. Manufacturers favour machine vision systems for visual inspections that require high-speed, high-magnification, 24-hour operation, and/or repeatability of measurements. Computers do not 'see' in the same way that human beings are able to. Cameras are not equivalent to human optics and while people can rely on inference systems and assumptions, computing devices must 'see' by examining individual pixels of images, processing them and attempting to develop conclusions with the assistance of knowledge bases and features such as pattern recognition engines. Although some machine vision algorithms have been developed to mimic human visual perception, a number of unique processing methods have been developed to process images and identify relevant image features in an effective and consistent manner. Machine vision and computer vision systems are capable of processing images consistently, but computer-based image processing systems are typically designed to perform single, repetitive tasks, and despite significant improvements in the field, no machine vision or computer vision system can yet match some capabilities of human vision in terms of image comprehension, tolerance to lighting variations and image degradation, parts' variability etc.

Menzel deals with Following Software:

- Cognex Insight Vision System
- MVtec Active Vision Tools.
- MVtec Halcon.
- Menzel Mate plus Lite.

MVtec Active Vision Tools Software

Features:

Fast and accurate
Fully interactive, no programming required
Open programming interface for advanced applications
Automatic detection of more than 50 frame grabbers, including interfaces to IEEE 1394 [FireWire) cameras and Microsoft DirectShow devices
Flexible control of regions of interest (various shapes]
Automatic overlay of results and ROIs
Immediate feedback on the effect of tool parameterization
Interactive formulation of conditions to evaluate results
Integration into the production process via digital I/O and aerial interface
Logging of results to file
Instant processing of images from multiple cameras and frame grabbers

The Family of Tools -ActivAlignment- automatic alignment of ROIs to moving objects -ActivBarcode- extraction and decoding of common bar codes -ActivBlobFinder- robust blob extraction with multiple methods and post-processing -ActivDataCode- fast and robust reading of industry standard 2D codes -Activ Data View, -ActivFeature Histogram- display and inspection of alphanumerical results -ActivDecision- Interactive formulation of conditions to evaluate results -ActivFeatureCalc- calculation of more than 50 shape and gray value features -ActivFile- output of results to file.

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MVtec Halcon Machine Vision Software

What is MVtec HALCON? HALCON is the comprehensive standard software library with an integrated development environment (IDE) for machine vision thai is used worldwide. It leads to cost savings and improved rime to market: HALCON's flexible architecture facilitates rapid development or machine vision, medical imoging, and image analysis applications.

What is included? HALCON provides on extensive library of more than 1 300 operators with outstanding performance for blob analysis, morphology, pattern matching, measur ing, 3D object recognition, and binocular stereo vision.

Why MVtec HALCON? HALCON secures your investment by supporting the operating systems Windows, Linux, and Solaris. The full library can be accessed from common programming languages like C, C++, C#, Visual Basic .NET, and Delphi.

Image acquisition HALCON guarantees hardware independence by providing interfaces to more than 50 frame grabbers and hundreds of industrial cameras (analog, Camera Link, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, and GigE).

Speed HALCON is implemented for highest performance, e.g., by actively exploiting MMX and SSE2. The following runtime examples were measured using a byfe image of size 640 x 480 on an Intel Core 2, 2.4 GHz computer.

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Insight Vision Software.

Whether for single-point inspection tasks, or building an entire factory-wide network of vision systems, In-Sight Micro models are available to meet the cost and functionality of the application.
	General Applications
	In-Sight 1020	Entry-level system with limited tool set*, EasyBuilder interface only (640 x 480)
	In-Sight 1050	Entry-level system with limited tool set*, EasyBuilder interface plus spreadsheet flexibility (640 x 480)
	In-Sight 1100	Best price/performance system with complete tool library (640 x 480)
	In-Sight 1400	Fastest system (640 x 480)
	In-Sight 1403	High resolution system in Micro form factor (1600 x 1200)
	Color Applications
	In-Sight 1100C	Entry-level color system (640 x 480)
	In-Sight 1400C	Fastest color system (640 x 480)
	In-Sight 1403C	High resolution color system (1600 x 1200)
	ID Applications
	In-Sight 1110	ID reader-only version (640 x 480)
	In-Sight 1410	Fastest ID reader-only version (640 x 480)
	In-Sight 1413	High resolution ID reader-only version (1600 x 1200)

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MVtec HALCON 10

New Features of HALCON 10Powerful 3D visionNew surface-based 3D matching, multi-view stereo, 3D primitives fitting Multi-view stereo combined with surface-based 3D matching HALCON offers an outstanding amount of 3D vision methods - making it the only software you need for your application. HALCON 10 further strengthens your 3D vision power with new methods, such as the uniquely robust surface-based 3D matching. Furthermore, HALCON's new multi-view stereo enables you to use an unlimited number of cameras for 3D reconstruction. This compensates occlusions and guarantees robust robotics applications. Moreover, version 10 further improves HALCON's comprehensive calibration technology and introduces multi-view 3D calibration for any number of cameras. Finally, HALCON 10 is able to fit 3D primitives by analyzing 2 ½ D point clouds.

First class matching in any dimensionNew local deformable matching, faster 3D matching Local deformable matching HALCON is already well-known for premium matching technology both for 2D and 3D vision applications. Version 10 now introduces the new local deformable matching to even find objects with surface deformations. HALCON 10 also allows model generation for deformable matching methods from DXF files. Furthermore, HALCON's shape-based 3D matching is considerably faster, and now provides a fast pose refinement. Faster and smarterEfficient automatic GPU acceleration For highest performance, HALCON 10 provides an efficient automatic GPU acceleration based on the OpenCL standard. More than 50 operators already profit from this feature. In addition to this, HALCON's well-known automatic operator parallelization for multi-core processing has been extended and improved to further speed up the library in general. At the same time, HALCON 10 significantly reduces the main memory needed. To speed up classification applications, HALCON 10 now provides LUT-accelerated classification. Best basis for identification applicationsSmart text finder for OCR, autodiscrimination of bar code typesReading different bar codes in one call HALCON 10 provides the new smart text finder for robust and easy segmentation in OCR applications. Besides, it contains new and improved pre-trained fonts. For bar code reading, HALCON 10 supports an automatic training mode based on sample images, autodiscrimination of bar code types, and faster reading of composite codes. Simply faster development The HDevelop measure assistant measures distances between edges along a preselected line The ease of use of HALCON's integrated development environment was further improved. HDevelop now provides a new measure assistant, new tools for interactive ROI handling, for measuring image distances, and for obtaining gray-value profiles along lines and arcs. Developers now may also use global variables in HDevelop programs and can simultaneously open multiple program windows. Also besides HDevelop, HALCON 10 provides many new features for developers, such as new HALCON codelets for 1D measuring and line profiles, and a generic socket communication with external devices and applications. Further New Features

Broad range of new HDevelop application examples
3D matching with increased robustness in cluttered images
New HALCON operators for thread synchronization
Automatic generation of OCR classifiers from system fonts
Inverse selection with regular expressions
Numerous improved image acquisition interfaces
New "Solution Guide on Matching", covering all
2D and 2 ½ D matching methods

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