MACHINE VISION

INFORMATION AND COMMMUNICATION EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Definition:

The automatic extraction of information from digital images

The technology and methods used to provide imaging-based automatic inspection and analysis

Short History

Started 80’s and 90’s In 1983 AUTOMATIX was introduced Victor Scheinman Automatix was the first user of Motorola

68000 microprocessor MICROSCAN company

4 common Applications

Measurement Counting Location Decoding

Measurement Check to specified tolerance

Counting

Look for number of parts Checking for features Missing pieces

Location

Locate position and orientation Check specified tolerances Find unique pattern to identify part

Decoding

Record information as historical data Track products, sort, validate data Verify correctness of data, format of data

Other applications

Automotive and Aerospace Electronics Validation Food, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods Medical and Scientific Semiconductor and Solar Vision-Guided Robotics

EMCCD CAMERAS USED FOR ULTRA-COLD ATOM RESEARCH

POINT GREY INTRODUCES CRICKET IP SECURITY CAMERAS

RETHINK ROBOTICS LAUNCHES SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR BAXTER ROBOT

SQB RELEASES QI FLASH CONTROL I FOR INDUSTRIAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS

MICROSCAN ANNOUNCES MINIATURE INDUSTRIAL BARCODE READERS WITH EMBEDDED ETHERNET

RESEARCHERS CREATE REMOTE TRAFFIC POLLUTION DETECTION CAMERA PROTOTYPE