Image based barcode reader offers superior performance to laser scanners(13/01/2011)
Cognex Corporation's new DataMan 500 image-based barcode reader offers higher read rates, improved on-line visualisation and higher reliability compared with laser scanners. Using Cognex IDMax code reading software, DataMan 500 can read damaged, distorted, blurred, scratched, low height and low contrast codes in any orientation, and processes images at up to 1,000 frames per second with 2D codes such as Data Matrix and QR, and multiple codes in the same image.