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DALSAIPD Product Headquarters

700 Technology Park DriveBillerica, MA 01821

USA+978.670.2002

[email protected]

DALSA Corporate605 McMurray Road

Waterloo, Ontario, N2V 2E9Canada

www.dalsa.com vision solutionsindustrial POSITION | IDENTIFICATION | VERIFICATION | MEASUREMENT | FLAW DETECTION

servicing the machine vision industry for over 25 years

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Sherlock software offers experienced visionintegrators additional flexibility, together with arich suite of capabilities and options that canbe applied to the most challenging ofapplications. Sherlock provides advancedfunctionality in terms of scripting,customization and support for 3rd-party tools.

DALSA is committed to helping manufacturers improve product quality, lower costs and increaseproduction yields by providing automated machine vision solutions that meet the diverse needs of industry and end-user alike. Designed specifically for factory floor deployment, our innovative IPD VisionAppliances offer scaleable solutions that satisfy a wide range of application needs, from positioning robotichandlers to complete assembly verification.

DALSA has focused on providing machine vision components and solutions for

over 25 years. From industry-leading image sensors and cameras to vision

processors, software and IPD Vision Appliances, DALSA owns and offers the

widest range of machine vision technology and products in the world. With annual

sales approaching $200 million and more than 200,000 installed systems, you can

rest assured that DALSA’s technical leadership and proven success will be around

for the long-term

Designed for all usersIPD Vision Appliances are equipped with two distinct styles of applicationinterface to accommodate the differing needs and experience of end users.

Ready for any challenge

IPD Vision Appliances are available in a range of cost-effective models to satisfy a broad variety ofuser requirements. These include single 640 x 480 standard camera configurations to high-performance multi-camera models with 1600 x 1200 color resolution. In addition, IPD VisionAppliances support DALSA line scan technology to address challenging large format or cylindricalunwrapping applications.

Full Range of Vision Capabilities

iNspect and Sherlock provide a full suite ofvision tools and capabilities for performing thefollowing inspection tasks:

01. positioningGuide robotic handlers or adjust visiontools for part movement

02. identifyingIdentify product for verification or traceability

03. verifyingVerify parts for correctness, assembly or packaging

04. measuringMeasure parts for dimensional accuracy

05. flaw detectingCheck part surfaces for scratches and other defects

iNspect software allows experienced usersand 1st-time adopters alike to setup anddeploy solutions with little or no prior machinevision knowledge. iNspect’s logical setup isbuilt from the experience and algorithms thathave been put to the test over the course ofmany years.

iNspect Interface Sherlock Interface

Industrial Vision Solutions

servicing the machine vision industry for over 25 years

IPD Vision Appliances can accommodate a range of camera configurations – from single 640 x 480 standard camera configurations to high performance multi-camera models with 1600 x 1200 color resolution.

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For inspection on high-speed production lines, offline verification audits or

robot-guided pick and place, positioning tools are critical to successful

machine vision. Positioning tools, locators or pattern finders recognize and

determine exact position and orientation of parts. Results can be transferred

directly to material handling devices or used to position other tools required for

the inspection. We refer to this correcting for part movement as landmarking.

01. positioning

In this application, the black rectangle is found and its position used asa landmark for finding the position and angle of arrow buttons on a finalassembly. The position and angle of the arrows are found despitechanges in intensity, orientation, contrast, shading and shadows.

Pattern finding tools return a score for how closely they match the trainedmodel under varying conditions. Positioning tools are often used to verifyirregular shaped objects or features that are difficult to inspect withother tools.

A robotic arm transfers paint cans to afilling station. The pallet can be rotatedand paint cans might be missing ormoved out of position.

Geometric Positioning GUI

DALSA positioning tools locate eachcan. Verification tools check for missingcans or cans beyond the robot’s endeffector. The position measure istolerant to changes in can shape due tolens distortion. The system directs therobot to pick the cans in a pallet layerand to compensate for missing ormisplaced cans.

DALSA products provide robust positioningtools suitable for any kind of machine visionapplication. For reliability and performance intoday’s demanding manufacturingenvironments, DALSA provides superiorgeometric pattern finding capabilities that aretolerant to most industrial process variations.

case study

Empty paint cans are stacked in 6 layers of 56 cans on a pallet.

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PAINT CAN ‘PICK AND PLACE’

Positioning Applications

• Locating part position for material handling• Locating part feature for tool landmarking• Part counting• Part sorting• Verification of part or feature orientation

Edge Positioning ToolsFind and Verify Parts Precision Alignment Capabilities

Positional Checks on Assembly

Pattern Positioning Tools

PCB ALIGNMENT FOR PICK AND PLACE APPLICATION

AUTOMOTIVE PART ALIGNMENT FOR PRECISION MEASUREMENT

Edge positioning tools provide very fastlocation of objects that have well-definedstraight lines. They calculate the intersectionpoint between the horizontal and verticaledges along with the rotation.

Pattern positioning is better for complex imageswith irregular shapes, low contrast, or processvariations. These tools support patterns definedby pixel intensity or geometric shape.

Advanced tools in Dalsa’s Sherlock softwaresupport editing of the trained models thatpositioning tools look for. This has the benefit of eliminating noise or unimportant detail andimproving speed and robustness.

Model Editing

DALSA products provide a variety of positioning tools that range from simple edge finders tosophisticated pattern finding algorithms.

Selecting the appropriate positioning tool (or tools) for a specific application is typically based on thefollowing criteria:

• Part Features – high contrast unique features or complex similar patterns• Part Movement – XY only or with rotation • Part Appearance – pattern variation due to process or environment changes • Part Orientation – small rotation or 360° rotation• Line Speed

Reliability and Performance

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Identification encompasses a range of machine vision applications

that involve reading printed characters and decoding 1D or 2D

symbols on products. For traceability of production parts, verification

of product lots or grading of print codes, DALSA’s Identification tools

are designed for accurate results in the toughest of manufacturing

environments.

02. identification

2D Matrix codes are widely used across manyindustries for part traceability and processcontrol. The codes are popular for their smallfootprint, built-in error correction and largedata capacity.

DALSA 2D matrix algorithms provide decodingand grading of ECC 000, 050, 080, 100, 140 and200, QR. MicroQR and PDF 417 matrix codes.

DALSA OCR tools can read a variety of printed characters and symbols under equally challengingconditions. New font variations can be quickly trained and saved to a pattern data base. Similarityscores are provided for the character verification process to indicate match quality.

Engineered for IndustryDirect part marking of data matrix codes present manychallenges for industrial identification. With a range ofprinting methods available, from direct etching andstamping to laser scribing and peening, direct partmarking on metal, plastic and other materials offermanufacturers extensive printing flexibility together with variation in print quality.

DALSA meets this challenge by providing robustidentification tools that can handle the wide variation inprint appearance and part position. DALSA tools alsoprovide grading of printed codes that allows manufacturersto detect and correct deteriorating print quality.

case study

A Pharmaceutical company needs tolocate and read 2D product codes onround plastic containers after packaging.The code contains a product description,batch lot, and expiry date that must beverified for each product.

The company produces 450 containersa minute, in any orientation.

Containers are indexed betweenpockets of a conveyor, three pieces at atime across the field of view of three640 x 240 imagers connected to asingle VA40. After moving into the fieldof view, the products are held and spunto ensure that an image of the 2D codeis located and captured by the system.The cameras capture 25 images ofeach spinning container for the VA40 toprocess within a 150 ms allottedinspection window.

The application requires operatorvisualization for each inspected container.

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HIGH SPEED 2D READING

Identification Applications

• Work in process inventory management – verify parts as they navigate through the fabrication process • Cradle to grave part traceability• Product verification – assure 1D or 2D code matches printed text• Product identification and sorting• Date and lot code verification• Code Verification. Detect problems with the marking system for preventive maintenance.

2D Matrix Code Readers

2D CODE PRINTED ON PHARMACEUTICAL VIAL

2D CODE PRINTED ON UNDERSIDE OF PLASTIC BOTTLE

Date codes and lot codes printed on productsprovide critical expiration and traceabilityinformation. Products with unreadable codesbecome defective as consumers cannot verifyproduct quality.

Character or symbol recognition is common inmany manufacturing or production environments.

DALSA products include trainable ObjectCharacter Recognition (OCR) tools that canhandle the variation and diversity of mostprinting methods in use today.

OCR is based on pattern matching and so canbe applied to a diverse range of verificationapplications outside of character reading. Oftenmanufacturers will use OCR to build a library ofparts that can later be identified and sorted.

Character and Object Readers Detecting Print Variation

CHARACTERS PRINTED ON CAST METAL PART

PRINTED DATE ANDLOT CODE ONPRODUCT LABEL

1D barcodes are commonly used on productsfor traceability and sorting. Machine visionverifies that the barcode matches the productthat it is printed on.

DALSA’s barcode product supports UPC,EAN, Code 39, Code 93, Code 128, Codabar,Interleaved 2 of 5, Pharmacode, BC412,Postnet, Planet, OneCode, RSS14 (Limited,Composite, Expanded)

1D Barcode Readers

PHARMACEUTICAL LABEL WITH RSS CODE

DOT PEEN 2D CODES ON PLASTIC LASER ETCHED 2D CODE ON METAL

BACKGROUND INTERFERENCE POOR CONTRASTCIRCULAR PRINTCONSUMER PRODUCT WITH UPC CODE

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Machine vision systems are widely used for the verification of parts,

assemblies and packaged goods. The range of verification applications are

generally so broad, they utilize the same tools for positioning, measurement,

identification and flaw detection. Verification is often combined with other

tasks, such as measurement of part dimensions or reading of product

barcode, to render 100% product inspection.

03. verification

Pop-top can lids are checked to verify thatthey are ‘top side up’ and have the pull ring inplace before they are joined to beverage cans.

The low contrast of this image might make fora difficult inspection, but DALSA’s geometricpattern tools are easily able to distinguish thepull ring from the background.

DALSA’s Vision Appliances are easy to set-upand simple to train. In the case of verification theprimary concern is with presence and correctnessof assemblies and parts. A trained machinevision system will evaluate a number ofcharacteristics such as brightness, shape,dimension, orientation and color to achievereliable inspection results.

Verification has many uses in the production andpackaging of products, and in automotive,electronics, pharmaceutical and medicalmanufacturing.

case study

Automotive manufacturers requireverification checks at every stage of theproduction process. Machine visionverification tools provide reliableautomation of mundane repetitive tasks:

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AUTOMOTIVE

Verification Applications

• Blister pack verification • Molded part verification• Solder joint verification • Bottle cap and safety seal verification• Print verification • PCB assembly verification• Cable wiring verification • Package verification• Feature (thread, hole, notch) verification

Aluminum Lid Verification

Machine Vision is used by the food industry toverify product content as well as processingand packaging.

Often, presence of product is detected bycolor as the position and extent of componentfoods vary too much to be reliably measured.

Food Verification Assembly Verification Using Color Package Verification of Water Aerators

Teeth Verification on Gear

Defects found at part assembly are easier and much less expensive to fix than in thefinished product. For example, a vision system prevents these two similar parts frombeing interchanged.

Part Verification

Ensuring that a correct type and quantity ofaerator heads are correctly packed into thiscrate would be much more challenging withoutcolor verification tools.

Color tools are often used to detect thepresence and order of parts on an assembly,such as the blue and red plastic componentson this medical instrument.

Software Capabilities

• Search and match tools to find parts and verify assemblies• Edge, corner, line, circle and line segment detection tools to find part “features”• Blob analysis tools for counting and dimensioning areas of similar color or contrast on the part• Counting tools to determine number of parts and indicate missing parts• Color tools to measure amount and location of colored elements such as automotive fuses,

wire, foodstuffs, and pills• Measuring tools for further qualifying parts and assemblies

Glue Bead Verification

Screw Presence Verification

Assembly Verification

Wheel Verification

Easy Set-Up and Trainability

VERIFICATION OF CORN KERNEL GRADE

VERIFICATION OF PACKAGE SEAL

NON-SYMMETRICALSYMMETRICAL

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Manufacturing requirements for measurement range from presence

verification to checking high-precision dimensional accuracy and geometrical

tolerances. Attention to the inspection environment and image quality is as

important as the vision algorithms themselves. DALSA sub-pixel

measurement tools, combined with the right optics and stable lighting,

provide the precision and repeatability to ensure manufacturing accuracy.

04. measurement

Manufacturers of medical instrumentsmeasure each part of the assembly processto strict tolerances. An incorrectly manufacturedpart could have dire consequences.

Selecting the correct resolution is critical todistinguishing the smallest feature formeasuring. In the application below, a DALSA1024 pixel line scan camera is used to imagedifferent sized horse shoes. In applicationswhere the part being gauged is large, imagesmay be sourced and combined from multiplecameras to perform measurements.

Area or Line Scan CamerasDALSA offers a range of area andline scan cameras with its VisionAppliances to suit almost anymeasurement application.

Selecting the right optics andlighting to achieve a clear imagewith minimal distortion is anotherimportant consideration for non-contact measuring.

case study

A ribbon of coiled metal enters a high-speed press where parts are stamped,bent or folded with every punch of thepress. The presses run at a top speedof 660 strokes per minute, creating 2parts with every stroke.

A dual camera VA41 Vision Applianceis used to inspect 2 parts at a time foran effective throughput of 1320 partsper minute.

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METAL CONNECTOR INSPECTION

Software Capabilities

• Positioning (search) tools to accuratelylandmark measurements on moving parts

• Calibration tools to remove camera distortionand translate sub-pixel measurements locallyor globally into real world units

• Preprocessing tools to manipulate orenhance the camera image to highlightfeatures to measure

• Edge finding tools to accurately find edgetransitions on parts for gauging

• Shape finding tools to locate distinct shapeslike corners on parts

• Geometric fitting tools to fit lines, angles,arcs and circles to edge points

• Caliper tools to measure between edge points

• Math tools to create custom measurementsthat span multiple cameras

• Laser tools for measuring height on partsdetermined by angle of projected laser lines

• Bead tool to measure thickness anduniformity of adhesive beads or similarapplications

Critical Thresholds for Medical Imaging

GLAND INSPECTION

STAPLE INSPECTION FILL LEVEL MEASUREMENT 3D PROFILE MEASUREMENT CONNECTOR INSPECTION 1024 X 1200 LINE SCAN IMAGE

For general manufacturing needs, machine vision measurement provides a fast, highly accurate andcost-effective way to assure product quality and customer satisfaction

Productivity Improvements for a Multitude of Applications

Imaging for Measurement Accuracy

The Automotive industry has many applications thatrequire online and offline measuring systems.

Using DALSA measurement solutions, productionquality can be monitored at any stage in the bodyshop. Results can be sent to the factory enterpriseand documented for step-by-step quality control.

Gauging for Quality Control

BEAD INSPECTION

Frontal Camera View

Measurements are being held to +/-0.0002 at speed. Each camerauses an IPD designed collimated backlight. The VB interface reads outdimensions in thousandths of an inch.

Measurement Applications

• Presence/absence• Dimensional accuracy – geometrical tolerances• Thickness and uniformity of parts

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Flaws–such as contamination, scratches, cracks, discoloration and

burn marks–are small changes in the appearance of a product that

might indicate defects. Flaws are usually random, so machine vision

looks for pattern changes, changes in color or texture, or for a

particular type of connected structure.

05. flaw detection

Connected line patterns indicate surface scratches or cracks. Machinevision differentiates these from the irregular patterns associated with goodquality tiles.

Defects like these can be further graded as acceptable or unacceptableaccording to feature characteristics such as area, length, direction and brightness.

Tiny contamination marks on the instrument surface aresegmented from the background using high resolutionDALSA cameras and diffuse illumination.

DALSA surface flaw tools are able to adjust for naturaldiscoloration of surface coatings to extract true defects.

Line scan cameras are commonly used tounwrap cylindrical surfaces, such asautomotive parts, for inspection.

In this application, many inspections areperformed to ensure that the valve surface isfree of cracks and that all gaskets and filtersare correctly installed and defect free.

Dot-matrix barcodes and lot numbers are printed along edges of rolled mylar. The ink-jet printer canfail to print dots, print extra dots, or put down too much ink causing the dots to merge and potentiallycontaminate the product with wet ink.

Configuration

Strobed ring and spot lights illuminateparts as they are inspected. Therelevant defects are found andreported along with images on theoperator interface.

Vision Appliances Support Critical Component Integration

DALSA Vision Appliances allow easyintegration of critical components like lighting.Surface flaws are often hard to detect, even byhumans. Often they are low-contrast andrandom in their patterns. Proper lighting mustbe used to “amplify” flaws if they are to bedetected by the machine vision system. Insome cases multiple types of lighting areneeded to show all classes of flaws.

case study

The customer manufactures cold-formed, steel coupling rings. Machinevision finds seam defects on the outersurface and missing threads on theinner ring.

Two networked VA40 VisionAppliances connected to 5 VGAcameras are used to ensure 360°inspection at 80 parts per minute.

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ROLLED STEEL RING INSPECTION

Flaws in the manufacturing process can oftenbe detected by color or texture change. Forthese applications, defective product must bedifferentiated from normal process variation.

Color and Texture Flaw Detection

Printed material, such as labels on packages,are often vulnerable to print and structuralflaws such as scuffs, folds, flags and tears.DALSA software is quick to learn and detectthese process defects.

Label or Print Flaws

Flaw Detection Applications

• Surface scratch and crack detection• Break in uniformity of texture• Discoloration• Burn detection• Label Inspection

Software Capabilities

• Edge and segment finders for crack and scratch detection• Color measurement and monitoring tools for detecting discoloration • Texture analysis tools used to detect changes in visual texture, usually caused by flaws,

process problems, or mismatched parts• Label inspection tools for detecting print or application flaws (statistical differences) • Burn detection using a large “ramp” edge detector

Split image showing flaw detection on textured tile inspection

Image showing contamination spots on a medical instrument

Automotive Valve Inspection

UNWRAPED IMAGE INSPECTED

IMAGE SHOWING CONTAMINATION SPOTS ON MEDICAL INSTRUMENT

VALVE BEING IMAGED

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Administration

Operator access is an important considerationin factories. iNspect provides the capability torestrict or lockout unauthorized users.

For highly controlled manufacturingenvironments like Pharmaceutical, it is alsorequired to log access and any changes madeto the system. iNspect offers the ability to logaccess and change information to a securedrive on the company network.

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machine vision made simpleThis breakthrough software represents years of experience developing solutionsfor the factory floor. We’ve taken all of our knowledge and developed a userinterface that abstracts the complexity of machine vision to render a practicalinspection tool. For the first-time, new and experienced users alike have thecapability to quickly setup and deploy machine vision to a wide range ofmanufacturing tasks.

iNspect software

Set-up in 5 easy steps

Run your application andsave the setup to be loadedon power-up.

01Connect

02Sensor

03Apply Tools

04Integrate

05Inspect

Connect either locally with a keyboard and mouse orremotely via network.

Adjust sensor, select singleor multiple cameras, adjusttrigger, set lights and adjustexposure.

Using the icon driven toolpalette, apply the toolsneeded for the inspection

Setup I/O and informationexchange between system,network and 3rd partycontrollers.

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Label Inspection Made Easy

Included with iNspect is iLabel, an applicationdesigned to be used by someone familiar witha packaging line, but not necessarily machinevision. iLabel is quick to setup and rapidlyverifies the placement, quality (including print)and correctness of labels on bottles, boxes,cans and other ridged, packaged goods.iLabel also provides the capability to read andverify product barcodes.

iLabel can inspect labels from 1” to over 10” insize and is capable of inspections speeds inexcess of 300 labels per minute.

iLabel allows users to setup fine ROIprocessing areas for detecting very smallmanufacturing defects.

Factory Integration

iNspect supports digital I/O, serial andEthernet communications for interfacing 3rdparty equipment, operators and the factoryenterprise. Compatible protocols, such asModbus, Profibus and Ethernet/IP, providestandard languages for connectingcomplementary factory devices. DALSA IPD isproud to be an encompass partner ofRockwell Automation.

iNspect offers a Visual Basic API for advancedusers wishing to develop custom operatorinterfaces. The standard operator interfaceprovided with the product is available invarious languages such as English, Chinese,French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.

iNspect offers a complete set of toolsthat can be applied to a wide range ofapplications and industries. Advancedcapabilities allow users to develop script-like formulas for solvingchallenging inspection tasks.

CAP VERIFICATION

POSITIONING SURFACE FLAW DETECTION

BEAD MEASUREMENT PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

LABEL INSPECTION ON PACKAGE

iNSPECT

PROVIDES

LOGGING OF

IMAGES AND

INSPECTION

RESULTS

iNspect Features

• Multiple cameras and image sizes • Emulator for offline development• Same interface for set up and runtime • Support for custom local interfaces• Access control • Direct connect to 3rd party interfaces• Solution switching via l/O or network • Image logging and playback• FREE updates

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Many of the tools provide graphical feedbackthat allows you to tune the algorithm to matchyour application needs.

the choice among integratorsSherlock is advanced machine vision software that can be easily configured toresolve a wide variety of automated inspection applications. This graphical designenvironment provides a rich suite of proven tools and capabilities that have beendeployed in thousands of installations worldwide. Recognized throughout themachine vision industry, Sherlock offers both power and flexibility to solve your visionapplications while providing the assurance that comes with this popular product.

sherlock software

01. Solution management Open and save solutions, start and stop inspection. Includessingle-step debug operations.

02. Image window controlsLoad, acquire, save and zoomimages. Select Region-Of-Interestshapes and apply imagepreprocessors and algorithms.

03. Program instruction toolbarProvides quick access to commonlyused instructions. These includeacquisition, subroutine creation,program steering, conditionalstatements and scripting.

04. Image windowDisplays image during setup andlive image at runtime. Images areacquired from cameras, files orsequence of files.

05. Feedback windowsViewing windows provide immediate statusof program events. They provide feedbackof instruction timing, algorithm results,variables, hardware I/O, result reportingand more.

06. ProgramThe program window displays thesequence of instructions or actions thatcomprise an inspection. Program snippetscan be copied and paste back into theprogram or a subroutine.

Rich Suite of Tools for any Application

Sherlock provides a comprehensive set of vision tools and capabilities that canbe applied to applications across all industries. You can quickly build a solutionusing Sherlock’s extensive library of preprocessors and advanced algorithms orif you need something special, you can write custom scripts, import proprietarytools and develop your own custom operator interfaces.

User Development Interface

BEAD TOOL

LASER LINE TOOL EDGE GUI TOOL

CORNER FINDER TOOL

POINTS FROM SPOKE REGION OF INTEREST

CUSTOM OPERATOR INTERFACE

CALIBRATION TOOL

Communication

Sherlock provides interfaces to a variety ofcommunication mediums and supportsstandard factory protocols such as Modbusand Ethernet/IP.

Specialty Tools

Sherlock tools and capabilities allow you totackle a wide range of industrial applications.Included are a variety of specialty tools thathave been specifically designed to simplifydifficult inspection tasks.

Sherlock Features

• Flexible Region of Interest selection• Extensive set of conditioning functions• Advance pattern finding tools for object alignment and robot guidance• Precise tools for computing the dimensions

Customization

Sherlock’s Java Script based scripting tool,complete with drag and drop instructionediting, allows you to develop custom formulasfor in-line and background operations.

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Bead Tool

The bead tool algorithm inspects a bead (thinline) of material. A typical application isinspecting beads of glue that attach gaskets toautomotive assemblies.

Color Tool

Sherlock provides tools for color correction,classification and presence. It also supportscolor mapping, a technique which allows youto segment the image by color in order toapply mono tools to the task.

Laser Line Tool

Laser tools are used to measure the profile of parts or to detect irregularities such as theplacement of protective wrapping on this high-pressure pipe. At the right, a gap in thewrapping is followed by lifting of the wrapping,as shown by the upward step in the reflectedlaser line points.

Calibration Tool

Sherlock offers several methods for translatingpixel to real-world coordinates. Calibration toolsalso correct for lens and perspective distortion.

Corner Finder Tool

The corner finder tool generates an array of“corner points” that can be manipulated bySherlock formulas to measure the spacebetween “peaks and valleys” of machinedparts, such as bolt threads.

A complete Visual Basic interface is providedfor developing custom operator interfaces.

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VA15 VA20 VA21 VA30 VA31

Processing Scale Relative 0.7X 1X 1X 2X 2X

Memory Program 128MB 256MB 256MB 512MB 512MBStorage 64MB Flash 128MB Flash 2GB Flash 128MB Flash 4GB Flash

Image Sensor Type Analog Analog Analog Analog Analog# Sensors 1 2 2 2 2Sensor Format Area Area Area Area AreaColor Support No No No No NoSensor Size Min 640 x 480 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480Sensor Size Max 640 x 480 1024x768 1024x768 1600x1200 1600x1200Sensor Speed 60f/s 60f/s 60f/s 60f/s 60f/s

Communication USB 2 x (1.1) 2 x (1.1) 2 x (1.1) 2 x (2.0) 2 x (2.0)Ethernet (Mbps) 10/100/1000 10/100/1000 10/100/1000 10/100/1000 10/100/1000Serial (RS232) 1 1 1 1 1Visual (LEDs) 26 26 26 26 26

Display Options Setup GUI Remote Remote Local/Remote Remote Local/RemoteOperator Local Local Local Local Local

I/O Access Direct Direct Direct Direct DirectType 24V Opto 24V Opto 24V Opto 24V Opto 24V Opto# Inputs 10 10 10 10 10# Outputs 8 8 8 8 8

Software Application iNspect Lite iNspect iNspect iNspect iNspectiLabel iLabel iLabel iLabel

Sherlock Sherlock

Power 24V @ 1A 24V @ 1A 24V @ 1A 24V @ 1A 24V @ 1A

Dimensions Centimeters 9.5H x16Lx5D 9.5H x16Lx5D 9.5H x16Lx5D 9.5H x16Lx5D 9.5H x16Lx5D

Approvals CE, RoHS CE, RoHS CE, RoHS CE, RoHS CE, RoHS

vision appliance platformsSTANDARD | VISION APPLIANCES VA40 VA50 VA41 VA51 VA61

Processing Scale Relative 3X 3X 10X 10X 10X

Memory Program 512MB 512MB 1024MB 1024MB 1024MBStorage 40GB 40 GB 40 GB 40 GB 40GB

Image Sensor Type Analog CamerLinkTM 3 Analog CamerLinkTM GigE3 IEEE1394

# Sensors 3 2 6 2 2 expandableSensor Format Area Area/Line Area Area/Line AreaColor Support No Yes Yes Yes YesSensor Size Min 640 x 480 1024x 1 640 x 480 1024x 1 640 x 480Sensor Size Max 1600 x1200 8192x1 1600 x 1200 8192x1 1600 x 1200Sensor Speed 60f/s User Defined 60f/s User Defined 60f/s

Communication USB 2 x (2.0) 2 x (2.0) 2 x (2.0) 2 x (2.0) 2 x (2.0)Ethernet (Mbps) 10/100 10/100 10/100/1000 10/100/1000 10/100/1000Serial (RS232) 1 1 1 1 1Visual (LEDs) 7 7 7 7 7

Display Options Setup GUI Local/Remote Local Local/Remote Local Local/RemoteOperator Local Local Local Local Local

I/O Access Breakout Breakout Breakout Breakout BreakoutType 24V 24V Opto 24V 24V Opto 24V# Inputs 8 12 8 12 8# Outputs 8 8 8 8 8

Software Application iNspect iNspect iNspectiLabel iLabel iLabelSherlock Sherlock Sherlock Sherlock Sherlock

Power 24V @ 2.5A 24V @ 2.5A 24V @ 2.5A 24V @ 2.5A 24V @ 2.5A

Dimensions Centimeters 7.6 x 20 x 21.5 7.6 x 20 x 21.5 7.6 x 20 x 21.5 7.6 x 20 x 21.5 7.6 x 20 x 21.5

Approvals CE, RoHS CE, RoHS CE, RoHS CE, RoHS CE, RoHS

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