 Presentations of MERLIC 3 and other machine vision software solutions  Live demonstrations provide insights into practical applications of innovative machine vision technologies  "Surface inspection" presentation in the Industrial Automation Forum

Munich, March 21, 2017 - MVTec Software GmbH (www.mvtec.com), the leading provider of machine vision software, will present its entire portfolio, including its latest release, MERLIC 3, at HANNOVER MESSE from April 24 to 28. Machine vision is a key technology for highly automated scenarios of the Industrial Internet of Things (resp. Industry 4.0). Interested parties can experience the new releases of MERLIC and HALCON on site in the Robotics, Automation & Vision Application Park at booth E42 in hall 17. The exhibition highlights are practice-oriented live demonstrations that provide insights into machine vision scenarios. MERLIC, for example, makes it possible to create professional machine vision applications based on images and without any in-depth programming knowledge, thus providing access to new user groups.

MERLIC 3: Deep learning optimizes OCR
One demo visualizes how machine vision increases the performance of optical character recognition (OCR). MERLIC 3, the new version of the machine vision software MERLIC, can reliably read fonts on packaging, such as the sell-by date or batch numbers, based on deep learning technologies. A brand new video shown at the booth also gives transparent insights into deep-learning-based OCR technologies with MERLIC. The demonstration also shows how MERLIC seamlessly integrates a programmable logic controller (PLC) and visualizes the remote frontend on a mobile platform.

MVTec also presents a second demo for the latest version 13 of HALCON, the companys additional standard software for machine vision. It demonstrates how HALCON reliably detects defects in fabric with the aid of its new, user-friendly texture inspection. Furthermore, a video shows information on the wide range of functions available in HALCON Embedded.

Presentation on efficient surface inspection
Another highlight is the presentation on "Efficient surface inspection using standard machine vision software" by MVTec Managing Director Dr. Olaf Munkelt. The expert will give this talk in the Industrial Automation Forum at booth L19 in hall 14 on April 24 from 2:20 pm to 2:40 pm. Based on various application examples, the presentation provides an overview of machine vision performance in an automation context and describes how standard software benefits customers. The audience will learn ways to precisely inspect the surfaces of workpieces and reliably identify defective products as well as remove them at an early stage in the production process.

About MERLIC
MERLIC is an all-in-one software product for quickly building machine vision applications without any need for programming. It is based on MVTec's extensive machine vision expertise and combines reliable, fast performance with ease of use. An image-centered user interface and intuitive interaction concepts like "easyTouch" provide an efficient workflow, which leads to time and cost savings. MERLIC provides tools to design and build complete machine vision applications with a graphical user interface, integrated PLC communication and image acquisition based on industry standards. All standard machine vision tools such as calibration, alignment, measuring, counting, checking, reading, position determination, and defect detection are included in MERLIC. www.merlic.com

About HALCON
MVTec HALCON is the comprehensive standard software for machine vision with an integrated development environment (HDevelop) that is used worldwide. It enables cost savings and improved time to market. HALCONs flexible architecture facilitates rapid development of any kind of machine vision application. MVTec HALCON provides outstanding performance and a comprehensive support of multi-core platforms and special instruction sets like AVX2, NEON, as well as GPU acceleration. It serves all industries, with a library used in hundreds of thousands of installations in all areas of imaging like blob analysis, morphology, matching, measuring, identification, and 3D vision. The software secures your investment by supporting a wide range of operating systems and providing interfaces to hundreds of industrial cameras and frame grabbers, in particular by supporting standards like GenICam, GigE Vision, and USB3 Vision. www.halcon.com
About MVTec
MVTec is a leading manufacturer of standard software for machine vision. MVTec products are used in all demanding areas of imaging: Semi-conductor industry, web inspection, quality control and inspection applications in general, medicine, 3D vision, and surveillance. MVTec, with its head office in Munich (Germany), has more than 30 established distributors worldwide and in addition, MVTec, LLC works out of Boston, MA (USA). www.mvtec.com