Farmington Hills, MI (September 17,1999)  Because frame grabber technology is becoming progressively less expensive and image processing demands on the host computer are rapidly increasing, the makers of Vision Blox, Integral Vision Inc. and Common Vision Concept, Stemmer Imaging GmbH, have combined their technologies to produce Common Vision Blox.

Common Vision Blox provides the solution to the absence of open software standards. It defines an environment which allows interplay between various program elements necessary for machine vision and image processing applications in the simplest way possible. Common Vision Blox software consists of a basic package and a series of tools used for a variety of tasks such as image processing, machine vision tools, digital I/O or motion control. For custom applications, the existing tools may be combined in various ways and integrated into custom programs.

Easy-to-Use, Flexibility and High Performance

Common Vision Blox takes advantage of visual programming environments: the developer can choose between Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual C++ or Borland Delphi.

Common Vision Blox tools are ActiveX Controls and DLLs; variants offered are "Smart" and "Lite". Whereas the Smart tools are suitable for less experienced developers to help develop the application efficiently, the Lite tools provide the experienced programmer with a powerful toolkit to exploit the maximum potential of the application.

Hardware Independence

Common Vision Blox supports many hardware components, such as the optics, a camera, the digital I/O or the vision board. Hardware from different vendors may be added to an existing system at any time by simply loading a driver. The open standard provided by Common Vision Blox allows the developer to concentrate fully on his application and thereby react more quickly to new or changing market conditions.

Common Vision Blox: Universal Software Platform for all Image Processing Applications

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Open Programming Environment

New and existing algorithms may be incorporated into Common Vision Blox as ActiveX Controls or DLLs. Because Common Vision Blox makes use of the Visual Basic, Visual C++ or Borland Delphi programming environments, the developer can access thousands of third algorithms and use them in conjunction with Common Vision Blox in custom applications. Common Vision Blox is ideally suited for OEMs, system integrators and end-users who are looking for development software which will support them efficiently in their work, while offering maximum flexibility and complete freedom in respect to customer oriented design. It is especially profitable for system integrators with continuously changing image acquisition and image processing requirements. All Common Vision Blox tools are available for download via the internet making them immediately available for application feasibility studies.

For more information please visit us at Nepcon West 2000 in Anaheim (Booth #8323) or contact us directly at Integral Vision Tel: (248) 471-2660 Fax: (248) 615-2971

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