News Highlights – From vision-guided motion control to high-precision imaging, NI LabVIEW system design software makes 3-D vision accessible to engineers through seamless integration of hardware and software tools for 3-D in one graphical development environment. – With NI Vision Development Module 2012, engineers can reduce overall costs, increase system flexibility and improve performance when designing systems for robotics, inspection and surveillance applications. National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) announces 3-D vision capabilities in LabVIEW with the new NI Vision Development Module 2012. Engineers can develop a 3-D stereo vision system using any two cameras and can perform advanced inspection and control that uses depth information from 3-D vision technology. They can also use LabVIEW with third-party hardware and software tools for 3-D vision and combine 3-D images with other algorithms, such as pattern matching or object tracking, to profile stationary or moving objects. Product Features – High-precision 3-D image acquisition using new stereo vision and calibration algorithms in the Vision Development Module – Compatibility with third-party 3-D cameras, such as SICK Ranger cameras that use laser triangulation technology – Seamless integration of additional 3-D processing and analysis libraries, such as the AQSENSE SAL3D library, in the same graphical programming environment Readers can learn more by viewing these additional resources: – Vision Development Module 2012 Product Page: http://www.ni.com/labview/vision/ – Case Study: http://www.ni.com/vision/applications/ – White Paper: http://www.ni.com/white-paper/2957/en – Video: http://zone.ni.com/wv/app/doc/p/id/wv-2535
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