Windows-Based Automated Inspection Software

Sherlock 7 is the latest technology in advanced machine vision software designed for systems integrators and end users. It can be easily configured to solve a wide variety of automated inspection problems. Sherlock 7 is a "point & click" design environment and provides an extremely rich suite of proven tools and functionality that have been deployed in thousands of installations worldwide.

iPD’s Sherlock 7 is designed with iPD’s "ease-of-use" philosophy and so can be used to develop applications in very short times giving integrators the advantage of reduced development costs and reduced time to market.

Sherlock 7 features new and advanced colour tools and has many other tools and functions including advanced pattern finding tools for object alignment and robot guidance; measurement tools; calibration tools for lens distortion; analysis tools such as blob analysis and edge counting; colour tools for monitoring, classifying, sorting and tracking; barcode and optical character reading tools; scripting tools; I/O tools; maths tools and many many more.

Sherlock 7 operates with IPD’s Vision Appliances and with Windows Desktops or Industrial PC’s. The iPD Vision Appliances are compact, fully integrated multi-camera vision systems and with Sherlock 7 provide full colour or mono imaging, in-built opto-isolated I/O, real-time reject queuing and timing and all other features required of a high performance vision system.

iPD’s Sherlock 7 Features:

• Packed with image pre-processors and machine vision algorithms
• supports user customised plug-ins
• Enables a full programming environment with variable assignment, control loops, subroutines etc and fully featured debugging withou the need of any code writing - i.e. point and click programming
• Extensive communication options such as Ethernet PLC, Modbus etc
• Ability to customise operator interface with VB and .Net.

iPD’s Sherlock is represented and fully supported in Australia and New Zealand by Adept Electronic Solutions and is used in a wide variety of applications to provide quality assurance and control in manufacturing. Be it identifying and rejecting defective parts on a conveyer or guiding a robotic arm doing spot welds Sherlock provides a robust and fast development envronment.

Sherlock 7 will help you improve customer satisfaction, increase productivity and reduce production costs. In addition, it offers you the flexibility to adapt with your changing inspection needs and protect your technology investment.

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