I don’t think anyone would argue that
Cognex’s PatMax tool is both powerful and capable. When you need to
locate a part in an image and your regular fixturing isn’t reliable
or becomes too complex PatMax will probably do it.
But, (there’s always a “but” in
this blog,) it is computationally intense. Matching contours takes a
lot of digital horsepower, which results in extended processing time,
especially when running PatMax on a high-res InSight smart camera. So
I sat up and paid attention when I spotted a recent Cognex press
release.
“New
Cognex Feature Location Technology Offers Unmatched Performance and
Speed” (May 5th, 2015) announces “PatMax
RedLine™, a feature-location technology that reinvents the
industry-leading PatMax® pattern-matching tool by maximizing speed
and performance.” What this does, or so Cognex claim, is speed up
the way PatMax runs on a 5Mp InSight.
I’m sure that’s a good thing, and I
suspect, although it’s not mentioned in the release, that Cognex
charge a premium for its use. However, it does beg two questions:
- Why didn’t my local Cognex sales rep let me know this was coming?
- ‘Redline’ sounds like a subway system, (Boston? San Francisco?) in which case I wonder if we should brace ourselves for ‘District’, “Piccadilly’, and ‘Bakerloo’?
Well if Google can use weird naming
conventions for Android releases, what’s stopping Cognex from doing
the same?
Evidently you are too young to remember tachometers on cars.
ReplyDeleteThank you, that's almost as flattering as when I was carded while buying beer a while back, (Carded = asked for proof of age.)
ReplyDeleteI did consider going with a tachometer theme for the post, but subways appealed just a little more.