DVT Users Group
I'm in Las Vegas this week for the annual DVT (vision sensors, http://www.dvtsensors.com) users conference. I've come to three of these out of the last four, and this is by far the largest. Typical with these events, there are many good learning opportunities for integrators and users of the company's products. I've talked with about 50 people here, and all say that they have found the time well spent. It's also refreshing to see so much energy and excitement.
Last year, DVT announced a partnership with Iconics, who has been a leading proponent of OPC, in that Iconics would write an OPC server for DVT's vision products. That product is now released and available for free download from the DVT Web site. In fact, CEO Bob Steinke reiterated in the strongest terms DVT's philosophy that software to support the product should be free.
DVT also showed new applications for its recently released line scan camera. Its speed is great enough that it can scan a rotating can and "unwrap" the label for inspection. It also has completely updated its main software and renamed it "Intellect." R&D leaders said that the goal was to make it easier and more intuitive than previous versions, called FrameWork.
DVT was founded out of research by engineers at Georgia Tech. The decision was made early on to bring in marketing professionals to run the company, since so many companies run by their technical founders flounder. The formula has worked so far. The company just announced the completion of its first acquisition--MTI Machine Vision. This company was founded by engineers from Brown University, who developed some powerful algorighms, especially for optical character recognition. Steinke said that the first meetings of the two groups of engineers has resulted in many new ideas, since each had different approaches to vision systems.
I don't gamble, or as I like to say I don't make donations to the local casinos. But it's always nice for a Midwest boy to visit the desert. Even running in 98 degree sun yesterday wasn't too bad.
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