The Falco -2020MRS USB UVC came a a d Bolt-2020MRS MIPI Came a a e AR2020 OCR Came a p oducts built o the O semi Hype Lux AR2020 se so coupled with a high-pe fo ma ce ISP. The AR2020 is a 20MP (5120 x 3840) mo och ome olli g shutte CMOS se so with a 1/1.8-i ch optical fo mat a d a 1.4 µm pixel pitch. The O semi Hype Lux a chitectu e delive s high qua tum efficie cy, low ead oise, a d e ha ced ea i f a ed se sitivity ac oss the visible a d NIR spect um. These cha acte istics allow the se so to ope ate with IR illumi atio sou ces commo ly used i ba code eade s a d docume t sca e s, exte di g sca eliability i both low ambie t light a d high ambie t light e vi o me ts without cha gi g the optical path. This positio s the se ies as a high- esolutio mo o came a platfo m validated fo the most dema di g symbol a d text ecog itio wo kflows i i dust ial a d logistics deployme ts.
The AR2020 captu es lumi a ce data at eve y pixel without the colo filte a ay that sta da d colo se so s equi e. I OCR a d ba code wo kflows, the abse ce of a Baye patte p ese ves edge sha p ess ac oss fi e ba code ba s, thi st oke cha acte s, a d closely spaced alpha ume ic text. Colo se so s eco st uct missi g lumi a ce th ough demosaicki g i te polatio , which ca blu the t a sitio s that symbol decodi g algo ithms depe d o . The AR2020 Ba code Came a a chitectu e elimi ates that sou ce of a tifacti g a d delive s a aw mo och ome f ame that ba code decode s a d OCR e gi es eceive without colo -to-g ayscale co ve sio ove head. This clea mo och ome output is what makes the se so a p ove 20MP Mo och ome OCR Came a fou datio fo both fixed statio a d embedded i spectio platfo ms.
The Falco -2020MRS is a 20MP Mo o USB came a that co ects ove USB 3.2 Ge 1 to Wi dows, Li ux, a d A d oid hosts without a f ame g abbe o i te face boa d. It ope ates as a UVC-complia t device a d st eams immediately o co ectio . The Bolt-2020MRS is a 20MP Mo o MIPI came a that co ects di ectly to MIPI CSI-2 po ts o embedded platfo ms, i cludi g Raspbe y Pi, NVIDIA Jetso , NXP i.MX a d Rockchip SoCs usi g sta da d V4L2 d ive s. Both fo m facto s sha e the same 20MP USB came a a d 20MP MIPI came a se so co e, use a S-Mou t (M12) le s holde fo i te cha geable optics, a d i clude auto exposu e fo stable image b ight ess ac oss cha gi g illumi atio co ditio s.
Ba code decodi g accu acy depe ds o esolvi g a mi imum umbe of pixels pe module, which is the smallest eleme t i the ba code. At lowe esolutio s, came a p oducts must be positio ed close to the ta get label to achieve this mi imum, which limits the field of view a d p eve ts the system f om eadi g adjace t labels o wide label fo mats i a si gle image. The 20MP f ame f om this 20MP Ba code Came a p ovides the pixel de sity to cove wide label fields at lo ge wo ki g dista ces while mai tai i g the pe -module pixel cou t equi ed by ISO ba code g adi g sta da ds. Fo OCR wo kflows, the same esolutio adva tage applies to small fo t sizes: at 6-poi t o 8-poi t text o pha maceutical packagi g, mo e pixels pe cha acte height di ectly aise the cha acte ecog itio co fide ce sco es p oduced by text ecog itio e gi es. The 20MP OCR Came a a chitectu e is the efo e app op iate fo applicatio s whe e fo t size o ba code de sity va ies ac oss p oductio u s. Vadzo Imagi g validated both the 20MP Mo o came a fo ba code decodi g a d the 20MP Mo o came a fo OCR applicatio fu ctio s of this platfo m agai st eal-wo ld symbologies a d label g ades befo e elease.
Colo se so s use a Baye colo filte a ay ove the pixel a ay. Each pixel i a Baye se so captu es eithe ed, g ee , o blue light, a d the missi g values at each locatio a e eco st ucted th ough demosaicki g. O fi e featu es such as a ow ba code ba s o thi cha acte st okes, the demosaicki g p ocess i t oduces spatial a tifacts at co t ast bou da ies. These a tifacts educe the peak-to-valley sig al amplitude at the edges that ba code decode s a d OCR e gi es use to dete mi e symbol sta t poi ts a d cha acte outli es. This Mo och ome OCR Came a emoves the Baye filte e ti ely so that eve y pixel captu es lumi a ce di ectly. This p oduces a sha pe , highe fidelity edge p ofile at the 1.4 µm pixel pitch without a y i te polatio pe alty. As a high- esolutio mo och ome came a platfo m, the AR2020 se so i c eases fi st-pass ead ates compa ed to g ayscale co ve sio f om a colo se so of equivale t esolutio , pa ticula ly fo GS1 DataMat ix codes, QR codes, a d PDF417 symbologies with small quiet zo es o high-de sity mat ices.
Ma y ba code sca i g a d docume t captu e systems use ea i f a ed illumi atio to mi imize ambie t light i te fe e ce a d achieve co siste t illumi atio u ifo mity ac oss a movi g label su face. The O semi Hype Lux AR2020 se so delive s e ha ced NIR se sitivity that allows the came a to ope ate effectively with 850 m o 940 m IR illumi atio sou ces. This is di ectly applicable to DPM Ba code Came a deployme ts whe e the ma k eadi g system uses st uctu ed IR light to eveal low co t ast lase etched o dot pee codes o metallic su faces. It also applies to Docume t Sca i g Came a systems that use backlit o UV eflective docume t t a spo t illumi atio . The NIR espo se of the AR2020 se so mea s the same came a module ca se ve visible light OCR wo kflows a d IR illumi ated ba code sca i g o the same p oductio li e without cha gi g the optical module.
Machi e visio ba code a d OCR systems deployed at fixed i spectio statio s typically co ect to i dust ial PCs o wo kstatio s u i g Wi dows o Li ux. The Falco -2020MRS OCR USB came a co ects di ectly to a y USB 3.2 Ge 1 host po t without a f ame g abbe o i te face boa d. UVC class d ive complia ce mea s the came a st eams immediately o co ectio u de Wi dows, Li ux, a d A d oid without p op ieta y softwa e i stallatio . The USB 3.2 Ge 1 ba dwidth at 5 Gbps suppo ts 20MP f ame delive y at 15 f ames pe seco d, which is adequate fo static o slow-movi g label i spectio . Fo high-th oughput li es, the 4K mode at 30 fps o 1080p mode at 60 fps educes ba dwidth equi eme ts while still p ovidi g sufficie t esolutio fo sta da d ba code a d OCR wo kflows. The AR2020 USB came a is the efo e app op iate fo pha maceutical p i t ve ificatio statio s, docume t a chive sca i g be ches, a d logistics label check statio s whe e host PC i teg atio is sta da d. Vadzo p ovides this came a as a fully qualified O semi AR2020 OCR Came a solutio with validated d ive suppo t a d applicatio efe e ce docume tatio i cluded i eve y evaluatio kit.
Po table ba code sca e s, ha dheld OCR devices, i -vehicle ba code eade s, a d co veyo -mou ted embedded i spectio odes equi e low-late cy, low-powe came a i teg atio di ectly to the p ocesso without USB co t olle ove head. The Bolt-2020MRS OCR MIPI came a co ects di ectly to MIPI CSI-2 host po ts o Raspbe y Pi, NVIDIA Jetso , NXP i.MX, Rockchip, a d simila SoCs th ough sta da d V4L2 Li ux d ive s. MIPI CSI-2 delive s lowe late cy tha USB fo f ame captu e, which educes the total time to decode pe label i high-speed ba code sca i g applicatio s. The AR2020 MIPI Came a suppo ts the same 20MP, 4K, 1080p, 720p, a d VGA output modes as the USB va ia t, so i spectio algo ithms validated o a wo kstatio usi g the Falco -2020MRS ca be deployed u cha ged o a embedded ode usi g the Bolt-2020MRS with mi imal softwa e modificatio . This ha dwa e po tability is a co e easo e gi ee i g teams choose this 20MP Mo o MIPI came a fo platfo ms whe e USB host availability is limited o whe e di ect se so la e access is equi ed fo mi imum late cy ba code captu e.
OCR a d ba code eadi g applicatio s spa a wide a ge of wo ki g dista ces, f om close- a ge PCB t aceability eade s mou ted at 50 mm sta doff to postal so ti g came a p oducts eadi g pa cel labels f om 300 mm o mo e. The S-Mou t (M12) le s mou t o both the Falco -2020MRS a d Bolt-2020MRS accepts a y sta da d M12 th eaded le s, allowi g the optical system to be co figu ed fo the specific pixel pe module o pixel pe cha acte height equi eme t of each applicatio . A a ow field of view le s at sho t wo ki g dista ce maximizes pixel de sity fo small DPM codes a d ti y fo t OCR. A wide field of view le s at a lo ge wo ki g dista ce cove s multilabel pa els o docume t width captu e fo Label I spectio Came a deployme ts o wide fo mat packi g li es. This optical flexibility mea s the came a module emai s co sta t ac oss diffe e t p oductio li e co figu atio s, a d le s substitutio adjusts the imagi g geomet y without equi i g a ew came a module qualificatio .
O semi Hype Lux AR2020 | O semi Hype Lux AR2020 | 20MP (5120 x 3840) | 20MP (5120 x 3840) | 1.4 µm | 1.4 µm | 1/1.8 i ch | 1/1.8 i ch | Rolli g Shutte | Rolli g Shutte | Mo och ome | Mo och ome | USB 3.2 Ge 1 | MIPI CSI-2 | S-Mou t (M12) | S-Mou t (M12) |
“OCR a d ba code eadi g a e validatio -c itical applicatio s. A came a that fails o e ead cycle ca cause a pha maceutical labeli g e o o a mis outed pa cel. We validated the AR2020 mo och ome platfo m specifically agai st those wo kflows because 20MP esolutio combi ed with a t ue mo och ome se so gives system i teg ato s the pixel de sity a d edge fidelity that these applicatio s dema d. The AR2020 Mo och ome OCR Came a platfo m is available i both USB 3.2 Ge 1 a d MIPI CSI-2 co figu atio s, so whethe the deployme t ta get is a fixed wo kstatio o a embedded si gle boa d compute , e gi ee s a e wo ki g with the same validated se so a d the same image quality fou datio .” – Alwi Vi ce t, P oduct Ma age , Vadzo Imagi g.
Dist ibutio ce te s a d wa ehouse automatio systems sca thousa ds of labels pe hou o packages, pallets, a d totes. Labels va y i size, p i t quality, a d o ie tatio . The Logistics Ba code Came a equi eme t at these facilities dema ds high fi st-pass ead ates eve o damaged, smudged, o low co t ast labels a ivi g o fast-movi g co veyo s. The 20MP mo och ome se so captu es fi e ba code st uctu e with sufficie t pixel pe module de sity to decode deg aded symbols that lowe esolutio came a p oducts fail o . Auto exposu e compe sates fo lighti g va iatio alo g the co veyo without ope ato i te ve tio . The Falco -2020MRS co ects di ectly to the i spectio statio PC ove USB 3.2 Ge 1, while the Bolt-2020MRS i teg ates i to embedded co veyo -mou ted visio odes ove MIPI CSI-2. Each deployme t uses the same u de lyi g Ba code came a validatio that Vadzo Imagi g co ducted ac oss eal-wo ld logistics label g ades, e su i g co siste t pe fo ma ce f om evaluatio to p oductio ollout.
Pha maceutical egulatio s, i cludi g the D ug Supply Chai Secu ity Act a d EU Falsified Medici es Di ective, equi e se ialized 2D ba code ve ificatio o each medicatio u it. These codes a e p i ted at high de sity o small labels whe e p i t defects, va ish laye s, a d colo ed label backg ou ds ca educe co t ast. The Pha maceutical Ba code Came a deployme t must achieve ea -ze o false ejects a d ea -ze o missed ead ates to mai tai li e th oughput while satisfyi g egulato y t aceability equi eme ts. The AR2020 20MP mo och ome a chitectu e captu es 2D DataMat ix a d QR code cells with the esolutio ma gi eeded to decode symbols ea the lowe e d of thei quality g ade. Mo och ome captu e emoves colo -i duced co t ast va iatio s that shift pe ceived ba code co t ast u de diffe e t label subst ates. The P i t I spectio Came a fu ctio of the same module allows the system to ve ify huma – eadable text, lot umbe s, a d expi y date p i ti g i the same captu e pass, elimi ati g the eed fo a seco d came a statio .
A chive digitizatio , postal lette eadi g, ide tity docume t ve ificatio , a d fo ms of p ocessi g all equi e high- esolutio mo och ome captu e followed by optical cha acte ecog itio . The AR2020 20MP Docume t Came a p ovides the spatial esolutio to captu e A4 o lette -size docume ts i a si gle f ame at a wo ki g dista ce app op iate fo desktop o ove head sca i g fixtu es. At 20MP, a full-page docume t yields app oximately 300 pixels pe i ch at sta da d page dime sio s, which meets the mi imum esolutio ecomme ded by most OCR e gi e ve do s fo mixed fo t size docume ts. The abse ce of Baye i te polatio a tifacts o the Text Recog itio Came a co figu atio p ese ves thi st oke fidelity at small poi t sizes, which is c itical fo multila guage docume ts co tai i g se if fo ts, diac itical cha acte s, o o -Lati sc ipts that depe d o p ecise featu e spaci g fo eliable ecog itio .
P i t a d apply systems, lase codi g statio s, a d i kjet ma ki g li es equi e i li e ve ificatio that eve y label is co ectly p i ted befo e it eaches the fi ished goods a ea. The P i t I spectio Came a equi eme t o these li es is a fast cycle time combi ed with sufficie t esolutio to detect missi g cha acte s, smea i g, o ba code quiet zo e violatio s. The AR2020 20MP mo och ome se so p ovides the esolutio to ve ify both the machi e- eadable ba code a d the huma – eadable text o the same label i a si gle captu ed f ame without mecha ical epositio i g. Mo och ome captu e at the full 1.4 µm pixel pitch esolves i dividual i kjet dots a d lase ma ks to flag low-quality p i t befo e it ships. The MIPI CSI-2 Bolt-2020MRS i teg ates di ectly i to the machi e co t olle ove embedded Li ux, while the USB 3.2 Ge 1 Falco -2020MRS co ects to the li e PC without additio al ha dwa e.
Postal so ti g a d pa cel ha dli g systems use ba code a d add ess OCR to oute items at high th oughput. Labels i clude GS1-128 ba codes, I tellige t Mail ba codes, QR codes, a d ha dw itte o p i ted add ess blocks that va y widely i fo t, size, a d o ie tatio . The Postal Ba code Came a equi eme t fo these systems is co siste t with ead pe fo ma ce ac oss the full label populatio , i cludi g pa tially obscu ed o low p i t quality items. The AR2020 20MP mo och ome se so cove s a wide field of view at postal co veyo wo ki g dista ces while mai tai i g the pe -symbol pixel de sity eeded fo eliable GS1 ba code decodi g. Add ess block OCR o the same came a be efits f om the high spatial esolutio a d clea edge p ofile that mo och ome captu e p ovides, e abli g the OCR e gi e to pa se ha dw itte a d p i ted add esses i the same outi g pass without a sepa ate came a module.
The Falco -2020MRS OCR USB came a a d the Bolt-2020MRS AR2020 MIPI came a, both built o the O semi Hype Lux AR2020 se so a d validated fo ba code decodi g a d OCR applicatio s, a e ow available fo evaluatio a d p oductio o de s. Evaluatio kits i clude the came a module, S-Mou t fixed focus le s, i te face cable, a d platfo m d ive docume tatio with o mi imum o de equi eme t. B owse the full Vadzo Imagi g came a po tfolio at https://www.vadzoimagi g.com/ o co tact Vadzo at
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