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Powerful and Advanced Image Processing Tools

IMPACT Software Suite is a single software platform that supports the entire IMPACT family of products. The software contains the latest innovations in image processing technology plus a broad range of tools for deploying vision inspection solutions in the factory environment.

IMPACT KickStart's preconfigured panels offer several quick solutions to a variety of vision inspection situations, while IMPACT VPM's extensive selection of vision tools allow you to solve the most demanding applications by creating powerful and custom application-specific inspection programs. The VPM programming environment is user-friendly, and its icon-based programming structure allows users to easily create custom solutions using over ninety advanced vision tools, including Blob Analysis, Circular Pattern Find, Image stitching, OCR and Data Matrix.

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Image Processing Tools KickStart VPM Image Filtering Morphology Tools Yes Yes Image Sampling Tool Yes Yes Light Leveling Tool -- Yes Advanced Image Filtering Toolset -- Yes Locate Edge Based Yes Yes Blob Yes Yes Pattern Find Yes Yes Advanced Locating Toolset -- Yes Defect Finding Pixel Counting Yes Yes Blob Counting Yes Yes Template Matching Yes Yes Advanced Inspect Toolset -- Yes Gauging Multiple Line Gauging Yes Yes Datum Line Gauging Yes Yes Circular Gauging -- Yes Advanced Gauging Toolset -- Yes Data Communication Discrete I/O Yes Yes Serial -- Yes TCP/IP -- Yes Ethernet IP -- Yes ActiveX -- Yes Code Reading 1D Barcode -- Yes 2D Matrix -- Yes OCR -- Yes Application Specific Automotive Bead -- Yes Image Stitching -- Yes CCM (OCV) -- Yes Advanced App. Specific Tools -- Yes Color Color Blob -- Yes Color Checker -- Yes Color Template -- Yes Programming Programmable Logic Tool Flow -- Yes BASIC Programming -- Yes

KickStart's reconfigured setup panels with image display and inspection setup so no code writing or tool editing skills are required.

VPM's Image Processing Tools Average Gradient Average Intensity Blob Blob Filter Character Contour Match Circular Pattern Find Clip ROI Contour Pattern Find Contrast Correlation Pattern Find Data Matrix Data Matrix II Extreme Difference Grayscale Template Image Stitching with Origins