Proper visualisation of 3D objects is becoming increasingly important. This requirement brings along another task: proper 3D object processing. In…
The Benefits of Working with HALCON’s HDevEngine
HDevEngine allows developers to execute HDevelop code within their C# or C++ application. To better understand the benefits of using…
HALCON 13 Preview: HDevEngine Debugging
With HALCON 13, HDevEngine applications can now be de-bugged directly within HDevelop. HDevEngine allows developers to execute HDevelop code within…
Line detection using tracking approaches with HALCON
A standard task in image processing is the detection of lines. HALCON provides the powerful operator lines_gauss or lines_color for…
HALCON 13 Preview: Deep-Learning-Based OCR and ID Enhancements
The new and improved HALCON 13 is due to be released on November 01, 2016. HALCON 13 brings deep-learning-based OCR….
Calibration Made Easier with HALCON 12
The typical workflow of calibrating an image consists of the following steps: 1) Obtain the camera parameters and pose of…
Speeding up distance measurements with HALCON 12
In HALCON 12, the new operator distance_contours_xld was introduced for calculating the unsigned distance between two contours. This is a…
Improved Identification Technologies with HALCON 13
With HALCON 13, MVTec offers deep-learning-based OCR for the first time: HALCON now contains a new OCR classifier and comes…
Enhancements of 3D Matching and 3D Reconstruction with HALCON 13
In HALCON 13, surface-based 3D matching has been improved to be more robust when dealing with flat surfaces. The new…
Fast 3D data processing using outlier detection with HALCON
Most 3D sensors make use of one or more area scan cameras, so that the resulting 3D coordinates are usually…
Improved drawing functions in HALCON 12
HALCON offers functions for the interactive drawing of regions of interest such as draw_rectangle2. These functions are often used to…
HALCON 13: Texture inspection
Texture inspection can be a very difficult and challenging task, because textures often have very different characteristics such as scale…