Canon Enters 3-D Machine Vision Market in the US
July 16 2015 - 10:02AM
Business Wire
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today
announced the entry into the growing machine vision market in the
U.S., with the launch of 3-D Machine Vision Systems, models RV300,
RV500 and RV1100. Designed for use with industrial robots, these
systems are capable of high-speed, high-accuracy three-dimensional
recognition of objects. The systems in combination with a robotic
arm can help increase production efficiencies in factories by
facilitating the automatic high-speed supply of parts to production
lines.
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Enabling a robotic arm to accurately and successively recognize
and pickup individual items from a randomly assembled pile of parts
requires a system capable of the three-dimensional recognition of
the shapes of the parts. All three models of Canon’s Machine Vision
system feature a 3-D machine vision head, which encompasses the
system sensor and 3-D machine vision recognition software for
recognition processing. The highest level of performance in speed
and accuracy for three-dimensional object recognition capabilities
of the Canon’s Machine Vision system were made possible by applying
innovative image-recognition and information-processing
technologies cultivated through Canon’s research and development of
cameras and business machines.
Canon’s 3-D Machine Vision systems can accurately recognize a
diverse range of objects, including parts with curved features,
parts with few distinguishing characteristics and intricately
structured parts. The RV300, RV500, RV1100 enable the 3-D
recognition of randomly piled parts as small as approximately 10
mm2, 20 mm2, and 45 mm2, respectivelyi.
Contributing to improved production-line efficiency, all three
models deliver high-speed performance, taking only approximately
1.8 seconds to recognize randomly arranged small-scale parts in
3-D. This data is then sent to a robotic controller unit attached
to the robotic arm.
The new systems feature high-performance 3-D recognition with a
high level of accuracy; the RV300, RV500, and RV1100 achieve
exceedingly small error tolerances of less than 0.1 mm2, 0.15 mm2,
0.5mm2, respectively.
Users can easily register data for parts to be picked up by
inputting CAD data and by capturing images of the parts randomly
assembled in a pile. The 3-D machine vision systems can use
computer-generated images to automatically learn how to visually
identify the parts. Since no complicated programming is necessary,
users can easily re-register parts in accordance with changes in
type and shape of parts to be supplied in production.
The Canon 3-D Machine Vision System is capable of
instantaneously measuring the location and orientation of
designated parts in three dimensions and helps eliminate the need
for separate 2-D vision sensors to determine the positioning of
parts or a table on which to temporarily place parts during the
parts-supply process. Accordingly, the system allows the
construction of production lines to be simplified for parts
provision while achieving higher efficiency in feeding parts to the
production line.
In 2014, global sales of 2-D and 3-D machine vision systems for
use with industrial robots totaled approximately $22 millionii. The
market for 3-D machine vision systems is expected to grow
significantly in the future, driven by strong demand for the
further automation of production lines used by manufacturers in a
variety of industries, including automotive and automotive
component manufacturers.
The Canon 3-D Machine Vision Systems, models RV300, RV500, and
RV1100 are expected to be available on Oct 1, 2015.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer,
business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to
the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding
Mexico) markets. With approximately $31 billion in global revenue,
its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranked third overall in
U.S. patents granted in 2014† and is one of Fortune Magazine's
World’s Most Admired Companies in 2015. In 2014, Canon U.S.A.
received the PCMag.com Readers’ Choice Award for Service and
Reliability in the digital camera and printer categories for the
11th consecutive year. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest
level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent
U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it
distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of
social and environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon
Americas Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a
recognition for the design, construction, operations and
maintenance of high-performance green buildings. To keep apprised
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†Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
i As a condition when measuring, the RV300, RV500, RV1100
require minimum pattern areas projected from the machine vision
head of 100 mm2, 400mm2, 2,025mm.2
ii Market data based on Canon’s own research.
All specifications and availability dates are subject to change
without notice.
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