The benefits of smart cameras have made them an ideal match for a manufacturing environment. Combining a camera, processor, software and communications in one small, low-power package, smart cameras are highly integrated optical inspection tools for controlling quality and increasing productivity—required tasks in manufacturing.

Embedded vision is a term that means slightly different things to different people. When it comes to manufacturers using machine vision for automation and other applications, embedded vision generally refers to smart cameras or smart systems. 

Determining what type of vision system is right for your application—whether you’re thinking of a PC-based solution or a smart camera—begins with the application itself. 

Flaw detection is one of the most fundamental machine vision tasks.