Machine vision system applications came to the forefront across manufacturing industries in the 1990s, with numerous technology suppliers entering the market. Even though the cost of these systems dropped dramatically in the 1990s compared to the 1980s, the technology was still seen as costly and, in some cases, complex enough to only find wide application for critical inspection use in regulated industries.
像大多数基于芯片的技术一样，机器视觉系统的成本和复杂性继续降低到成本不再过于刺激的地步，并且学习曲线并不像以前那样陡峭。尽管机器视觉成本和复杂性降低了，及其结果exploding use across industry, many manufacturers are still not highly familiar with the technology, or the fact that it is now far more affordable and easy to use.
为了帮助制造商了解现代机器视觉技术，马丁西- 基于中西部的工业控制系统集成商和工业控制，运动，安全和机器人技术的提供商 - 与Omronto launch a dedicated vision lab to conduct proof-of-concept work as well as testing and validation services. MartinCSI sees the addition of this lab as being especially important to its business and its customers, since the integrator has been widely recognized for its work designing and building vision systems for challenging applications and environments. Now customers can see firsthand how MartinCSI engineers design and build vision solutions for real-world applications.
“The vision lab allows customers to view pass/fail tests, barcode matching, data collection, part presence and absence as well as inspection and measurements on their own products,” says Jim Sellitto, vice president of business development for MartinCSI.
Omron的FH和FZ5 Vision Systems，其FQ2智能摄像机以及公司的镜头，照明和安装选项和视觉算法的投资组合在实验室中展示，以演示如何使用它们来解决客户的独特规格。
Scott Harvey, account manager for Omron, says that since the vision lab opened in 2015, the MartinCSI team has used the vision technologies shown in the lab to “tackle applications from the inspection of packaging for food and beverage companies to identifying spotted paint and stain variations or defects.”
Sellitto说：“通过从视力检查中收集数据，公司可以在生产过程的早期识别和解决不一致之处。”“最重要的是，现在几乎在所有制造行业中都使用了视力检查，以提高产品完整性，提高生产效率，达到监管合规性并保护品牌的声誉。”
