JULY 15--Coreco Imaging (Montreal, Quebec, Canada; www.imaging.com), a developer of machine-vision products, has released Sapera Processing 5, an optimized version of its Windows-based Sapera software for image processing and analysis. This hardware-independent package now includes an advanced geometric location tool (SEARCH) that quickly and accurately recognizes multiple objects and patterns, regardless of their orientation and scale. The inclusion of these and other tools that will be introduced in the near future--including blob analysis, OCR/OCV, and matrix decoding.
Sapera Processing 5 is modular in design and optimized for speed using MMX, SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions), and SSE2 to meet the challenging performance requirements of inspection systems. Tools currently available for the Sapera Processing 5 platform include SEARCH, a powerful tool that matches patterns to determine location and alignment, includes correlation-based and geometric-based algorithms to achieve accuracy up to 1/40 of a pixel. Designed to work under poor and uneven lighting conditions, SEARCH's fast, robust and accurate algorithms are well suited for demanding alignment applications in semiconductor and electronics manufacturing.
The image-processing tool incorporates a series of highly optimized basic image-processing functions, including filtering, geometry, measurement, morphology, point-to-point, segmentation and transform operations.
Sapera Processing 5 can operate independently of any image or data-acquisition hardware. The software supports the full range of Coreco Imaging hardware through the native services of Sapera LT and Imaging Studio. The software ensures application portability across current and future Coreco Imaging frame grabbers and vision processors. Sapera Processing 5 also can be used with other frame grabbers for truly independent functionality.
