Machine vision systems work amazingly well, but high-speed cameras, along with intelligent lighting and enhanced software algorithms, make their sight even better.
When you pick up a plastic-wrapped package in a grocery store and can’t read everything on the label because of a reflection or crease, you probably turn or tilt the package until the lighting is just right. If only it were that easy for machine vision systems.
With them, finding the right amount of light or the right angle to get a clear image without shiny surface reflections has always been tricky. But, KEYENCE Corporation of America (Itasca, IL) worked on this problem; came up with a solution; and received an award for it.