Smart cameras

The IVC-3D 30 smart camera has been specially designed to view small and miniature parts, while the IVC-3D 300 focuses on large objects such as loaded pallets - thus, they are suitable, for example, as sensors for the visual guidance of robots. Like all the other IVC-3D systems, the new versions also leave the factory already calibrated. These smart cameras are also quickly ready for operation as data output takes place in mm.

Unlike conventional image processing systems, both cameras are capable of detecting geometrical features regardless of their brightness. They operate with a line of laser light, the reflection of which is evaluated in a triangulation process. The laser optics are integrated directly in the housing. As a result, no adjustment is necessary and there is a stable geometry between the illumination and the camera, which remains uniform throughout the entire inspection process.

Whether plastic parts or pallets, the cameras combine up to 5000 profile sections to form a real 3D image. The height information is 'encoded' as grey values during image evaluation. The generation of a realistic depiction of test pieces is even possible if the objects pass by the measurement window at varying speeds. This is no problem for the cameras because an incremental encoder can be connected via an RS-422 input for speed and position measurement. Thus, objects can also be detected with a high level of precision even if speeds are irregular.