Image Engines: Advantage Series

Putting the power of vision technology into the hands of the OEM

Advantage™ provide OEMs in the clinical and life sciences markets the ability to incorporate the benefits of Cognex vision technology into their own products. The compact size and customizable configuration of the Advantage engines make them ideally suited for OEM end-product requirements. In addition, given the high volume requirements of OEM applications, the Advantage image engines provide a cost effective solution to introduce the power of vision technology where it may not have been previously justified.

Advantage image engines include the full suite of Cognex industry-proven vision tools as well as the Cognex award-winning 1-D and 2-D code reading technology.

As the premier OEM supplier to the semiconductor capital equipment industry for more than 30 years, Cognex has a reputation for delivering superior vision technology and robust code reading to meet the performance requirements of the most demanding OEM applications. In addition, Cognex provides OEMs the assurance that they have a reliable partner to support their product development and lifecycle requirements.

Only from Cognex

Vision technology PLUS industrial identification

  • Complete suite of industry proven vision tools for the most complex applications: pattern matching (PatMax®), normalized correlation, blob, caliper, edge detection (InspectEdge™), image filtering, OCR, OCV, and more
  • Superior proven performance on difficult-to-read 1-D and 2-D codes by incorporating Cognex patented best-in-class barcode reading technology. Both 1DMax™ and 2DMax™ algorithms provide reliable reading of codes with low contrast, quiet zone violations, specular reflections, voids, scratches, etc.

Ease of use through flexible optics, lighting and communications

  • Modular optics offer a wide range of field of view and working distance alternatives
  • Advanced lighting provides built-in illumination plus interfaces for external illumination
  • Ethernet, USB or RS-232 ensures simplified integration flexibility