Posted to News on 13th Nov 2024, 16:30
MVTec HALCON 24.11 becomes even more powerful and user-friendly
On 20 November 2024, MVTec is launching version 24.11 of its standard machine vision software HALCON. Users can look forward to ground-breaking technologies and improvements with a focus on even better deep learning algorithms.
With Out of Distribution Detection (ODD), users can easily detect unexpected behaviour caused by incorrect classifications in production. This allows them to efficiently initiate targeted actions, such as stopping the machine. ODD notifies users when an object is classified that was not included in the training data.
The performance of HALCON's QR code reader has been significantly increased. This shows especially under difficult conditions, for example, when many codes need to be found in the image area or many textures in the image complicate the detection.
The new version makes 'Shape-based Matching' more user-friendly and accessible for users without in-depth machine vision expertise. This technology is used to locate objects fast, accurately, and precisely. HALCON 24.11 introduces the new patent pending 'Extended Parameter Estimation' for this purpose. This allows parameters to be estimated with greater granularity, significantly speeding up execution in some applications.
For all users of HALCON's integrated development environment (IDE) HDevelop, HALCON 24.11 offers a preview of the new IDE HDevelopEVO. This is characterised, among other things, by a more modern, intuitive user interface and an improved editor. The latter enables faster and more efficient programming and prototyping of machine vision applications. Users can extensively test the new development environment in HALCON 24.11. The function range of HDevelopEVO will be continuously expanded in the coming releases and it will over time become the standard HALCON development environment.
The licensing model of the HALCON software editions will be improved as well. HALCON Progress users can now collaborate on HALCON Steady projects without limitations. Starting with HALCON 24.11, both editions are compatible with each other.
