Matrox Imaging Library- Your Complete Image Acquisition/ Processing Package

Welcome back!!! we are finally back on updating our blog. This week we will take a look at Matrox Imaging Library - Its advantages, processing tools available and timely support options.

Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) is a image acquisition and Image processing software optimized for various hardware platforms including CPU, GPU and FPGA's. Initially designed and developed in 1992, over the years MIL software package has been optimized for various image processing tasks including 3d,pattern matching, color analysis and bar code reading.

Advantages: 

• Writing a processing algorithm from scratch is time consuming and cumbersome. MIL development toolkit through its MIL calls provides an easy platform for efficient and quick code development that uses the CPU resources efficiently.
• Intellicam- This is a GUI based software that enables the user to quick develop and test a camera file.
• Inspector- This is a GUI based software that can be used for image acquisition (32 bit) and processing (32/64 bit) images. This software program allows the user to test a processing tool before implementing the tool into his/her software, thereby saving time and resources. C script record enables the user to record every step so as to use it at a later time. 
•  MIL Supports a wide platform of operating systems: Windows XP, Vista and 7 (32/64 bit) and Linux Ubuntu (32/64 bit).
•  Programs can be written in C, C++, C# and VB. VS 2005,2008 and 2010 is supported.
• All processing tools are well explained through examples, thereby reducing the learning curve for the user. Examples can also be modified to suit your application.

Processing Tools:

The Following processing tools are available in MIL.

1.  Image Processing- Includes Morphology, Filtering, Arithmetic processing, thresholding etc. 
2.  Blob Analysis 
3.   Bead Inspection
4.  Measurement and Calibration Modules 
5.   Pattern Matching.
6.  Optical Character Recognition (OCR) , Code Reader and String reader.
7.   GPU package. 
8. Geometric Model finder 
9.  Edge Finder. 
10. Distributed MIL 
11. Registration Package 
12. Metrology Package 
13. Color Analysis

Support:

Uniforce considers on-time technical support as one of its biggest assets. Uniforce and Matrox provide different level of supports:

o   Customer Site Support

o   Installation support via Remote login, phone or email

o   Matrox application support at code level.

o   Matrox Vision Squad can process your images and recommend the right processing tools for your application. (Customer needs to send Images and brief description of the task).

Want to evaluate MIL free for 30 days?? or want to learn more about MIL library?? - Contact Uniforce at 510-657-4000 or info@uniforcesales.com

-Sudeep Gonsalves