Focus on Vision: AI-Enabled OCR, SPIE's Photonics West | February 5, 2025
In this episode of Focus on Vision, Vision Systems Design with Justine Murphy covers the following:
- An OCR system, enabled with deep-learning algorithms that detects characters on the surface of aluminum CO2 bottles used to carbonate water.
- Predictions for an stronger year in automation sales, including in machine vision, in 2025, compared with flat sales in 2024. Related: A3 Predicts Uptick in Automation and Machine Vision Sales in 2025.
- The machine vision industry's participation in this year's Photonics West conference, sponsored by SPIE.
In this episode of Focus On Vision: 0:00 Intro 0:19 Automated Inspection System IDs Laser-etched Text and Characters Visione Artificiale, an Italian machine vision integration company specializing in robotics, has developed an automated inspection system that can identify text and characters laser-etched onto the surface of aluminum CO2 bottles used to carbonate water. 1:15 A3 Predicts Uptick in Automation and Machine Vision Sales in 2025 After a disappointing 2024 for automation sales in North America, including in machine vision, A3’s members expect a better year in 2025. (Full story: https://www.vision-systems.com/55263526) 2:17 Machine Vision's Ties to SPIE Photonics West SPIE’s Photonics West wrapped up last week! And while the annual tradeshow and conference focuses primarily on the photonics and optics industry, it’s also got close ties to the machine vision sector. 3:33 Outro #machinevision #visionsystems #robotics #deeplearning #ocr #automation
About the Author
Justine Murphy
Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for the Laser & Military Group at Endeavor Business Media. In addition to Vision Systems Design, the group includes Laser Focus World and Military & Aerospace Electronics. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.