System and method for displaying and using non-numeric graphic elements to control and monitor a vision system
US8582925B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 12, 2010 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 12, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/32128
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
This invention provides a system and method for employing GUI-based non-numeric slide buttons and bar meters to setup and monitor operating parameters of a vision system. Graphical representations of operating parameters are displayed in a parameter box on the GUI with moving bars that are shaded, patterned or colored so as to provide a relative level between two extremes on a scale of the given operating parameter. Input of operating parameter settings with respect to the scale is made by moving a setting slider along the scale between the extremes. The position of the slider establishes the user-input setting relative to the scale. In an illustrative embodiment, scales, level bars and setting sliders can also be displayed on the image view itself, adjacent to a given image view feature, which is the subject of the scale.
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