HALCON interface for LPS 36 light-section sensors

Leuze electronic and MVTec Software have developed an image acquisition interface for LPS 36 light-section sensors. The sensors can thus be operated with the internationally established HALCON image processing software.

The new interface permits simple acquisition of equidistant 3D data using the LPS 36 light-section sensors and direct reading of the calibrated 3D data with HALCON software.

The interface provides optimum support for the functions of Leuze electronic sensors. The integration and application development is quick and easy with the 3D vision operators from the HALCON software library. The measurement data from the LPS 36 of complex 3D applications such as object measurement or during robot gripping can thus be read and further processed. For example, volumes can be calculated and the position of three-dimensional objects in the room can be determined. This saves users the time-consuming tasks of carrying out software developments and programming their own algorithms.

For the simplest possible start-up, the interface can also be used interactively with all functions in the HALCON development environment "HDevelop". Users from all sectors of machine engineering, such as robotics, intralogistics, the packaging industry, the automotive industry and mounting/handling technology can profit from this development and the associated simple sensor integration in their 3D image processing applications with LPS 36 sensors.

Further information on LPS 36

LPS 36 light-section sensors measure the dimensions and position of (moving) objects three dimensionally. Leuze electronic has selected a large measurement range of 200 to 800 mm in depth and 600 mm in width for these sensors in order to cover a broad area of application. Both the laser transmitter and the CMOS receiver are contained in the very compact housing design as an easily installed unit. The LPS 36 light-section sensor is already adjusted and calibrated. The measurement values are calculated in millimeters directly in the sensor and transmitted via the 100 MBit Ethernet. Further time-consuming calibration and adjustment procedures are not necessary. An encoder port on the sensor allows synchronization of the 3D measurement data acquisition for moving objects.

Further information on HALCON

HALCON is the all-embracing standard software library with an integrated development environment (IDE) for industrial image processing (Machine Vision). The software has been optimized to meet the needs of OEMs and system integrators and, thanks to its flexible architecture, allows engineers to efficiently develop their own programming solutions for special applications within industrial and medical image processing and analysis. This reduces costs and shortens development times. The software offers an extensive library with more than 1600 operators for blob analysis, morphology, pattern matching, measurement, 3D object detection, binocular stereo analysis and much, much more. Munich-based MVTec Software GmbH is the developer and manufacturer of this internationally established universal software that is compatible with many operating systems.