Machine vision is the technology and methods used to provide imaging-based automatic inspection and analysis for such applications as automatic inspection, process control, and robot guidance in industry
In salad dressing bottling operations, each salad dressing container is filled at a bottling station, and a label is affixed to each container. To ensure quality and protect the brand name, it is important that the label alignment be consistent from one bottle to the next.
To verify that a date and lot code is correctly printed on film packages
To verify that a toggle mechanism is correctly assembled and oriented before it is added to a steering wheel
To verify the presence of a date/lot code imprinted on a clear bottle filled with a clear beverage
To verify that rivets are present and correctly placed in an automotive steering wheel component
To rapidly verify that vials are filled to the correct level and that the vial caps are correctly aligned
To track manufacturing lots for quality assurance, using a bar code reader
To check for correct count, straightness and pitch of connector pins on a stamped metal subassembly
To read 1D and 2D bar codes printed on labels affixed to medicine bottles
To verify the presence of labels on a bottle
To determine whether all blisters in a pack have been filled with unbroken tablets and are free of foreign matter
To recognize and sort ten different patterns in the same inspection