Automation specialist B&R has expanded its integrated vision system to include a smart camera that can be used to image processing projects can be easily implemented and the Bild processing tasks are linked in real time.
This is how Process-controlled processing chains that would otherwise only be possible with great effort. For example, if different product versions are produced on a machine at the same time, the Smart Camera checks which version is involved and whether the packaging print is OK with just one image. At the same time, a function provides the required Feedback for downstream functions. As the process variables of the control system are seamlessly integrated into these processes, this allows Real-time decisions can be derived. According to the company, these processing chains can be extended almost indefinitely.
Smart camera for complex tasks
The application creator simply wires the individual image processing functions of the Smart Camera virtually in a graphical editor. No complex programming work is required. Due to the complete integration into the system of B&R can also be Complex tasks within a few minutes and link them to the processes of a Synchronise controlfor example, for a picking robot that picks up a product and sorts it into a carton.
The Smart Camera has the same Hardware options such as the Smart Sensor from B&R. Various integrated lenses or a housing variant with a standard C-mount thread are available. Various integrated illuminations, FPGA image pre-processing and image sensors from 1.3 to 5.3 megapixels are also possible.
Source: B&R
