Recent articles in trade publications which have highlighted Vision Machines:
Secure-A-Lot's Vision System Sticks It To Trash
Scofflaws
(Mass High Tech, July 24, 2009)
In the town of Plymouth, the trash transfer stations are cleaning up with technology
born of the machine vision systems usually found in the clean rooms of chip makers. Startup
Secure-A-Lot was spun out of Bedford-based
Vision Machines Inc. a decade-old company that makes and installs machine vision systems for clients such as
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Inspecting Oranges using Color Vision
(Photonics Spectra, March 2000)
Applications for machine vision
abound in the food processing industry, and many newer ones take advantage of color vision inspection technology. As an example,
consider the inspection of oranges for surface defects and proper coloration. Though challenging, today's vision systems can
properly grade oranges, sorting the good ones from the discolored and damaged ones.
Sophisticated Software Helps Machine Vision Check Bank Notes
(Vision Systems Design,
November 1998)
New U.S. currency contains sophisticated security features designed to deter counterfeiting, such as microprinting,
watermarks, and fluorescing threads. An inspection system developed by Vision Machines is used by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving
and Printing to inspect the notes for watermarks and security threads, using a Cognex vision system.