What's new with vision

Vision systems play a vital role in automated assembly systems. Microscan Systems Inc. has released a new version of its simplified AutoVISION machine vision software. Featuring an intuitive user interface for basic and mid-range applications, AutoVISION 4.0 allows any user, regardless of experience level?to easily implement practical machine vision jobs for item tracking, traceability, defect detection, automated guidance, and monitoring. Inspection jobs are set up using step-by-step controls in the interface that guide users to connect to a camera, capture an image, add tools, and run the applied inspections. Software tools include the decode Tool, the measure tool, as well as enable and the optical character recognition and verification tools. The software offers an expanded toolset for additional inspection capability. AutoVISION 4.0 is fully scalable to Microscan's comprehensive machine vision software, Visionscape, for advanced inspection tasks and custom machine vision programming. The iVu Plus TG Gen2 and iVu Plus BCR Gen2 vision sensors from Banner Engineering Corp. provide fast response times and multiple choices for inspection resolution. JAI Inc. has added a new model to its Go Series of small industrial cameras. The GO-5100-PGE is a new 5-megapixel camera built around the Sony Pregius IMX250 CMOS sensor.