VisionPro Software has been set free. Now you can get the world’s top vision software with its robust tool library – no matter what camera or frame grabber you use. That means all applications benefit from this broad-based, industrial-grade tool set from Cognex®.
Proven in more than 400,000 installations worldwide, the VisionPro tool library spans all vision needs, from geometric object location and inspection to identification and measurement.
Combined with flexible and powerful PC-based development, VisionPro makes it faster than ever to create and deploy solutions for the most challenging machine vision applications.
Cognex VisionPro Software
Cognex VisionPro Power Tools
VisionPro Power Tools have the intelligence to ignore non-critical variations in appearance while focusing on the critical features that determine a product’s acceptability. Power Tools don’t require extensive image pre-processing to achieve the final solution, adding faster application development for the vision engineer and lower lifecycle costs for the company.
Drag-and-drop linking between tools enables quick communication of values, results, and images
Intelligent software fixtures position tools dynamically, simplifying tool setup
Re-usable tool groups and user-definable tools shorten development time
Geometric Pattern Matching and Inspection
PatMax®
The industry’s gold standard for part and
feature location, providing accuracy and
repeatability under the most challenging
conditions
PatFlex®
Locates objects despite surface perspective
or distortion, enabling the use of tools on
complex surfaces
PatMax Synthetic
Automates model training using CAD data
or our unique Model Maker
PatInspect™ Area
Provides high-accuracy inspection,
statistical training and normalization
techniques to compensate for lighting
variations
PatMax XLC
Finds barely visible patterns in images,
reducing the need for expensive lighting
and optical systems
PatMax SA
Provides accurate results for partial-match
alignment when the entire pattern is not
present in the image, reducing false rejects
Color Tools Locate, sort, extract match, identify, and monitor color images
SearchMax™
The ultimate tool to find color samples
allowing translation, rotation, scale
and skew
Color Extractor
Simple color defintion for complex color
scenes. High-speed color extraction for
food and packaging.
Composite
Color Match
Accurately discriminates between subtle
color variations
Color Match
High-speed identification and sorting of
colored parts
Color Segmentation
Creates a greyscale image from selected
colors, enabling other tools to be applied
Identification and Verification
Achieve optimum ID reading and character verification
IDMax™
Reads even the most degraded data matrix
codes, delivering consistent high read
rates needed for part traceability
Industrial Code
Reading
Reads multiple symbologies—without
being told how many or which standard—
even when codes are randomly positioned
and rotated
2D Symbol
Verification
Verifies the quality of 2D symbols using
both AIM DPM Quality Guidelines and
AS 9132
OCVMax™
High-speed character verification, even
when the print is extremely distorted,
using both image-based and printer
font-based training
Essential Vision Tools
Essential Tools, combined with Power Tools, provide the most comprehensive set of industrial-grade
vision tools, optimized to deliver high-speed performance in all applications.
Find Geometry
Find lines and circles
Best Fit Geometry
Create best fit lines and circles
Measure Geometry
Measure distances, angles, and intersections
Create Geometry
Construct reference geometry
Blob Analysis
Measure area, size, shape, other geometric properties
Checkerboard Calibration
Correct for non-linear, optical, and perspective distortion
Calibration
Calibrate camera pixels to real-world units
Caliper
Measure sub-pixel location of edges
CNLSearch
Locate an object using normalized correlation
Fixturing
Position tools dynamically, based on location tool results
Sobel Edge Detection
Detect edge location, intensity and direction
Polar Unwrap
“Unwrap” an annular region into a rectangular image
Image Averaging
Create images based on the average of previous images
Grayscale Morphology
Erode, dilate, open, and close
Gaussian Filter
Smooth or sample images
Image Add/Subtract
Add or subtract pixels in two images
Histogram Analysis
Count pixels by gray value
Copy Region
Copy multiple images into a single image
Affine Transform
Rotate, scale, or translate an image
Pixel Mapping
Re-assign the gray value of pixels based on a lookup table
NxM Filters
Convolve, median, erode, dilate, with any filter size
Multiply/Divide
Multiply pixel gray values by a constant
Image Sharpness
Measure the minimum feature size
Image Convert
Transform color images for analysis with other tools
Fast and Flexible Application Development
Something for everyone—drag and drop, scripting, or programming—VisionPro seamlessly supports all modes of
development. VisionPro QuickBuild™ lets you configure acquisition, select, and optimize vision tools, and make pass/fail
decision… all without programming.
