{"id":3901,"date":"2024-05-28T11:22:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T15:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stvision.com\/machine-vision-solutions\/?p=3901"},"modified":"2024-06-18T10:48:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:48:03","slug":"machine-vision-software-sapera-processing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stvision.com\/machine-vision-solutions\/2024\/05\/machine-vision-software-sapera-processing.html","title":{"rendered":"Machine vision software –> Sapera Processing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why read this article? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Generic reason: Compact overview of machine vision software categories and functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost-driven reason: Discover that powerful software comes bundled at no cost to users of Teledyne DALSA<\/a> cameras and frame grabbers. Not just the a viewer and SDK \u2013 though of course those \u2013 but select image processing software too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Software – build or buy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Without software machine vision is nowhere. The whole point of machine vision<\/a> is to acquire an image and then process it with an algorithm that achieves something of value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether it’s presence\/absence detection, medical diagnostics, thermal imaging, autonomous navigation, pick-and-place, automated milling, or myriad other applications, the algorithm is expressed in software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might choose a powerful software library needing “just” parameterization by the user – or AI – or a software developm<\/a>e<\/a>nt kit<\/a> (SDK) permitting nearly endless scope of programming innovation. Either way it’s the software that does the processing and delivers the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we survey build vs. buy arguments for several types of machine vision software. We make a case for Teledyne DALSA’s Sapera Software Suite – but it’s a useful read for anyone navigating machine vision software choices – wherever you choose to land.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sapera Vision Software Suite – Courtesy Teledyne DALSA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Third-party or vision library from same vendor?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Third-party software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you know and love some particular third-party software, such as LabView, HALCON, MATLAB, or OpenCV, you may have developed code libraries and in-house expertise on which it makes sense to double-down. Even if there are development or run time licensing costs. Do the math on total cost of ownership<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Same vendor for camera and software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unless the third-party approach described above is your clear favorite, consider the benefits of one-stop shopping for your camera and your software. Benefits include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n