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More than a Camera, It's a Complete Vision System.


A self-contained vision sensor A device that measures or detects a real-world condition, such as motion, heat or light and converts the condition into an analog or digital representation. An optical sensor detects the intensity or brightness of light, or the intensity of red, green and blue for color systems.  priced under $4000 is newly available from Cognex Corp., Natick, Mass. The In-Sight 1000 combines Cognex's camera, processing, software, and networking technologies into a single, compact unit. About the size of a standard machine-vision camera, In-Sight 1000 offers the capabilities of an advanced vision system. It features a complete library of application tools, such as locating parts for robotic ro·bot·ic
adj.
Relating to, characteristic of, or employing robots.
 handling, verifying correct assembly, checking positions of labels on containers, and reading barcodes. Ethernet capabilities allow multiple vision sensors
  • Thermocouple
  • RTD - Resistance Temperature Detector or Resistance thermometer or Pt100
  • Microphone
  • Hydrophones
  • Seismometers
  • Photoresistor
  • Phototransistor
  • Infrared thermometer
  • Multi-User Multimodal Tabletop Interaction
  • Cationic Sensor
 to be linked throughout a factory for remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a  and set-up.
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Date:May 1, 2001
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