This
is one of the hoary old chestnuts of the machine vision world –
which is better? As with most things in life, there’s no simple
answer, but let me start with a very brief introduction.
VisionPro
is the highly capable PC-based vision software product from Cognex.
It does more than their smart cameras can do. Halcon is another
highly capable PC-based vision software product, this time from
German vision software company MVTec. MVTec however do not make smart
cameras or even smart camera software (so far as I know, anyway.)
If
you’re in the market for vision software, and aren’t currently
wedded to any particular provider, both deserve consideration.
However, it is very difficult to make a side-by-side comparison.
Don’t worry though because that’s already been done. No, not by
me but by New Hampshire-based vision reseller, JMAK Automation.
There’s
a page on their website that provides pros-and-cons for the two
packages. (Halcon
versus VisionPro.)
You
should be aware that JMAK is a Halcon reseller, so they are not
impartial. But, I found the comparison stacked up pretty well against
my knowledge of the two. In other words, I think it’s pretty
accurate.
Does
it tell you which is better? No. As any good machine vision
professional will tell you, consider what your application needs and
then decide. Put another way, the answer to the question is – it
depends.
2 comments:
You can run Halcon on embedded devices, I think they had even version for Nokia Linux phone few years ago. Now they are offering versions for embedded Windows cameras: http://mvtec.de/halcon/embedded/documentation/
Halcon embedded is a software used in smart cameras!
http://www.mvtec.com/halcon/embedded/
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