LMI Technologies (LMI) has announced that Gocator 3D smart sensors now support *Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Barcode Reading. These essential machine vision capabilities can be applied to a broad range of inspection applications where decoding characters or symbols is required.

OCR with 2D Intensity Data

OCR with 3D Height Map Data

Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

The Surface OCR tool recognizes and extracts a string of text from surfaces, using either 3D height map scan data or 2D intensity scan data. Surface OCR adds a valuable capability for inspection applications that decode flat or embossed characters and symbols in markets such as automotive (stamped parts), battery and packaging (track and trace), and rubber & tire sidewall (DOT-codes).

^{*Note: The Surface OCR tool only runs on GoMax Smart Vision Accelerator.}

GoMax Smart Vision Accelerator comes with an onboard OCR engine and pre-trained datasets.

Barcode Reading

The Surface Barcode tool in Gocator allows you to read data encoded in 1D (linear) and 2D barcodes from surface data (2D intensity or 3D heightmap), without the need for 2D vision cameras or specialized barcode readers.

1D Barcode Reading

2D QR Code Reading

3D Data Matrix Reading

The Surface Barcode tool is now available in every Gocator 3D smart sensor, and the Surface OCR tool is available on every GoMax. For a full list of additional new tools visit their FactorySmart webpage.

About LMI Technologies

LMI Technologies offers 3D measurement with smart sensor technology provider. FactorySmart sensors improve the quality and efficiency of factory production by providing fast, accurate, and reliable inspection that leverages smart 3D technologies.

For more information, visit www.lmi3d.com.