Cognex Corporation
Cognex Corporation is the world’s leading provider
of vision systems, vision software, vision sensors
and surface inspection systems used in
manufacturing automation.
Cognex is also a leader in industrial ID readers.
Cognex vision helps companies improve product
quality, eliminate production errors, lower
manufacturing costs, and exceed consumer
expectations for high quality products at an
affordable price.
Typical applications for machine vision include
detecting defects, monitoring production lines
guiding assembly robots, and tracking, sorting
and identifying parts.
Contact:
Cognex Headquarters
Cognex Corporation
One Vision Drive Natick, MA 017602059
E-mail: Support_Details
Internet: www.cognex.com
Machine Vision Software
Vision software from the world leader
VisionPro® has been set free. Now you can get the
world’s top vision software with its robust tool library
-no matter what camera or frame grabber you use-even
nontraditional sources such as such as 3D profilers,
thermal cameras and Xray imagers.
That means all applications benefit from this
broadbased, industrialgrade tool set from Cognex.
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Proven in more than 500,000 installations worldwide,
the VisionPro tool library spans all vision needs …
from geometric object location and inspection to
identification and measurement.
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Combined with flexible and powerful PC-based
development, VisionPro makes it faster than ever
to create and deploy solutions for the most
challenging machine vision applications.
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VisionPro also supports Microsoft® 64-bit operating
systems to meet the demands of larger cameras and
greater pixel depth. VisionPro software’s
framework enables users to switch seamlessly
between 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
National Instruments
National Instruments is a global company headquartered in
Austin, Texas . NI has 4,000 employees around the globe
and direct operations in 40 countries. For 30 years National
Instruments has developed, produced and sold high-quality
components for computer-based measurement and automation.
NI products are used in numerous industries such as aerospace,
automotive, telecommunications, engineering, research and
education, medicine, pharmaceuticals, packaging, printing, food
and beverages and the textile industry. Products for industrial
image acquisition and processing are an integral part of National
Instruments' portfolio.
Contact:
National Instruments
Konrad-Celtis-Str. 79
D-81369 München
Tel. +49 (0) 89 7413130
Calling from the US: (800) 531-5066
Email: info.germany@ni.com
Internet: www.ni.com/camera
Machine Vision Software
National Instruments' software is used in a broad range of
application areas. Typical tasks include inspection of surfaces
and dimensional accuracy, identification, verification, classification
and sorting as well as robot vision, x-ray, and positioning.
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Vision Builder AI is a configurable software enablingeven users with little experience to develop machinevision applications within a very short time. VisionBuilder AI is an open and flexible software. Programming structures can be chosen freely and the functionality, consisting of numerous algorithms, is scalable.
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Vision Development Module adds vision algorithms to the functionality of programming languages LabVIEW, .Net, VB, C, C++, etc.). This enables users to program machine vision applications in a familiar development environment and benefit from its flexibility and modularity.
MVTec Software GmbH
MVTec Software GmbH is a leading international manufacturer
of software for machine vision used in all demanding areas
of imaging: semi-conductor industry, web inspection, quality
control and inspection applications in general, medicine,
surveillance etc. MVTec is the developer and vendor of the
standard software products HALCON and ActivVisionTools.
MVTec is the only software manufacturer worldwide purely
developing standard software for machine vision. Furthermore,
MVTec builds customized software solutions - from consultancy,
studies, and prototypes up to integrated products. MVTec's
innovative work is driven by a commitment to be the number one
supplier for sophisticated technologies in machine vision. The
services and products are distributed worldwide by MVTec's
extensive network of more than 30 established distributors.
Contact:
MVTec Software GmbH
Neherstr. 1
81675 München
Germany
Voice: +49 (89) 457 695 0
Fax: +49 (89) 457 695 55
E-mail: info@mvtec.com
Internet: www.mvtec.com
Machine Vision Software
- HALCON is the comprehensive standard software with
an integrated development environment (IDE) for
machine vision that is used worldwide. It leads to
cost savings and improved time to market:
HALCON's flexible architecture facilitates rapid
development of machine vision, medical imaging,
and image analysis applications. HALCON
provides outstanding performance and a
comprehensive support of multi-core platforms,
MMX, and SSE2. It serves all industries by a
library of more than 1400 operators for blob
analysis, morphology, pattern matching, measuring,
identification, and 3D vision, to name just a few.
HALCON secures your investment by supporting a
wide range of operating systems and providing
interfaces to hundreds of industrial cameras and
frame grabbers, including GenICam, GigE Vision,
and IIDC 1394.
- ActivVisionTools is the outstanding result of MVTec's
expert knowledge in machine vision: a quick and
efficient application creator with an easy-to-use
graphical interface.By directly supporting digital I/O
boards and interfaces to hundreds of industrial
cameras and frame grabbers, including GenICam,
GigE Vision, and IIDC 1394, ActivVisionTools is
integrable into any production process.
ActivVisionTools' open software architecture is
extensible and scalable to always fit your needs.
Several tools such as ActivAlignment,
ActivBarcode, ActivBlobFinder, ActivDataCode,
ActivMeasure, ActivOCR, are based on the
established HALCON library.
