Adept AdeptSight User Guide - Manual (Page 505)

Pattern Locator
The Pattern Locator identifies instances of a pattern occurring within an Image.
The Pattern Locator is best suited for applications that require the detection of low contrast
and/or small features such as letters, numbers, symbols and logos on a part. Patterns that
can provide high-contrast and well-defined contours should be modeled and found by a Loca-
tor tool.
Typical uses for the Pattern Locator include:
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Detecting the presence or absence of a greyscale pattern on a modeled object (Loca-
tor).
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Disambiguating objects having the same contours by their greyscale features.
The Pattern Locator does not support rotated patterns and should generally be used as a
model-based inspection tool for detecting the presence of small greyscale patterns on small
areas in the image or on an object.
To create a Pattern Locator tool, right-click in the Tree structure, then select:
New > Vision > Tool > Pattern Locator
Pattern Locator
AdeptSight User's Guide, Version 3.2.x, Updated: 8/23/2012
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