Machine Vision Software Library

The company, a leading developer of high performance machine vision tools for OEMs, offers a new version of its popular MVTools software library. MVTools is the company's complete C/C++ library of robust, grayscale machine vision tools; the latest version works with any vendor's frame grabber that supports 8- or 16-bit data transfers to system memory. Designed for speed, ease of use, and precision, the software offers OEMs and systems integrators a comprehensive library of vision development tools that combines a high sub-pixel accuracy with ease-of-use. It provides these capabilities in the form of a flexible software library that can save machine vision OEMs days or weeks of development time and effort.

Frame Gabber Independent
MVTools is a high-level set of C/C++ software libraries (Dynamic Link Libraries) designed for fast machine vision application development under Windows NT or 95. With the newest release, the software is no longer required to run with one of the company's many high performance frame grabbers. As a hardware-independent package, it now supports any vendors' frame grabbers that deliver 8- or 16-bit data to memory, including those from Imagenation and Matrox.

The software library features SmART Search, the company's new, artificial-intelligence-based, pattern-locating tool that is able to adapt to a wide variety of process variations while still providing fast, highly accurate search results for demanding machine vision applications. Additional tools available include Grayscale Correlation Search, blob, calipers, edge tools, histogram, image preprocessing, OCR, barcode 39, barcode 412, IC lead inspection, IC mark inspection, BGA inspection, OCV, and more.

Designed as a robust and flexible development package, the product provides several options for vision application deployment. For OEMs, who are commonly concerned with embedding reliable, cost-effective solutions, it allows custom-written VisualBasic or Visual C++ front-ends to access the machine vision algorithms. For those who prefer to program vision tasks using OCX, users can choose to run the software's Sherlock32 development environment in server mode and communicate with the vision application using a VisualBasic or Visual C++ front-end.

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