Quantron Group: AI Vision Camera

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2024: Vision Camera Presentation

CRPT (operator of the state marking system "Honest Sign") together with the company LLC "Quantron Group" on April 17, 2024 presented the Russian camera of technical vision (code reader). The hardware platform and software were fully developed by the Russian company under the localization program for equipment for labeling goods.

The main goal of the localization program, which is implemented by the CRPT, is to create high-quality Russian equipment to ensure technical sovereignty. We are glad to present the result of our work - not just a high-performance industrial vision camera, but a domestic technology of a wide purpose, which meets all world standards, - said Sergey Kholkin, deputy general director of the CRPT.

The camera works on the principle of the human eye - it captures information in the form of an image or video and processes what it sees using artificial intelligence. We have received patents for methods for recognizing parts of an image and methods for localizing machine-readable codes. We also developed algorithms for finding edge points. The camera is suitable for any production tasks related to the need to recognize and analyze images of the product, including for Industry 4.0., - said Maxim Shadrin, director of Quantron Group LLC.

Unlike conventional smart cameras and scanners in our reader, image pre-processing and code localization are performed on FPGAs. This chip does not need additional computing devices and can transmit processing results to a controller or network device. Thanks to this, high decoding performance is achieved, exceeding the same indicator of smart cameras with previous generation chips by 10 times. Our device can offline not only read barcodes, but also determine the shapes of objects, check completeness or identify defects on the package, - added Sergey Kholkin.

The Russian industrial solution is a direct replacement for devices and platforms offered by world industry leaders such as Cognex, Sick, Datalogic, Omron, Hikrobot, Basler, Balluff, and others. During the development process, Russian engineers applied the reverse engineering method, studying the best practices and combining them with their own vision and know-how. This made it possible to create a device with high reliability, fast algorithms, not inferior to world counterparts.