Patent ID: 7305114
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: G05B,G06K

Abstract:
1. A human/machine interface for a machine vision system having an image element that generates image data based upon a viewed object comprising: a processing element and a memory operatively connected to the image element and including (a) a machine vision tool for performing a machine vision process on the image data and (b) a software process for transmitting, in a web-browser compatible form, the image data and information from the machine vision tool over a communications interface, interconnected to the processing element, to a human/machine interface device having a display, the web-browser-compatible image data and information being adapted for display on the human/machine interface device, and wherein the human/machine interface device is adapted to display the web-browser-compatible image data and information on a plurality of user-selected screens associated with the machine vision tool, the screens being constructed and arranged for selecting functions for training the machine vision system to define measured parameters of the viewed object and at least one of installing, configuring, monitoring, and controlling the machine vision system, and wherein the processing element is adapted to perform a machine vision tool task while the human/machine interface device is disconnected from the communications interface; and wherein the processing element includes a web server to allow the human/machine interface to setup and control the processor, and wherein the human/machine interface device comprises a computer having a generic web browser and the screens comprise web pages.