Market demand for machine vision is strong, China will show explosive growth

Strong demand for machine vision in the international market

In 2014, in addition to Germany, the number of companies in the European machine vision industry rose from 48 in the previous year to 60. These companies come from Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Israel, Italy and other countries. According to market survey data from the German Machinery Manufacturers Association (VDMA), the sales of the European machine vision industry in 2014 increased by 16%. Olaf Munkelt, chairman of the association's machine vision industry committee and managing director of MVTec Software Co., Ltd., said that the machine vision companies surveyed are expected to achieve a further 11% growth in 2015.

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In 2014, the demand for image processing in Europe increased by 20%, and 37% of total sales were for export. Asia is the largest market for European image processing products (accounting for 20% of total sales and 19% year-on-year growth in 2013), followed by North America (14% of total sales and 21% year-on-year growth in 2013). China accounted for 7% of the total sales volume, an increase of 13% year-on-year, and is the third largest market in the European machine vision industry.

In 2014, the growth rate of machine vision systems in Europe exceeded the parts business. The growth rate of machine vision systems is 19%, and parts and components are 14%. Among the parts business, cameras grew the fastest, with sales up 14.5% and sales reaching 411 million euros.

国外 In foreign countries, the application of machine vision is generally reflected in the semiconductor and electronics industries, such as circuit board printing, electronic packaging, SMT surface mount, electronic circuit welding, etc., all require the use of machine vision system technology. Machine vision system has also been widely used in quality inspection, and its products occupy a pivotal position in applications.

The explosive growth of domestic machine vision will become an important symbol of modern production

Machine vision developed earlier, mainly in Europe, America, and Japan. As the global manufacturing center moves to China, the Chinese machine vision market is becoming an important target market for international machine vision manufacturers after North America, Europe and Japan. Beginning in 2010, China's machine vision has gradually gained market attention and its space has continued to expand. In recent years, with the boom of emerging industries such as robots, robot vision has become a current highlight and nuggets market. It is predicted that the size of China's machine vision market will reach 20 billion yuan or more by 2015.

Compared with mature automation products, the machine vision market in China has a lower level of application, and the market is far from saturated. With the development of industrial automation, the improvement of supporting infrastructure in China, and the accumulation of technology and funds, the demand for industrial automation and intelligence using image and machine vision technology in various industries has begun to emerge widely. In recent years, companies have also made positive thoughts and bold attempts in the field of image and machine vision technology, and have gradually started the application in industrial fields.

当中 In the field of modern industrial production, machine vision technology has become a key technology to ensure product quality and improve production efficiency. It can detect electronic products and sort logistics. At the same time, some large-scale stockpiles can be measured accordingly. At the same time, this technology has been widely used in the military industry. It can track and identify some high-speed moving objects, as well as high-altitude investigations.

However, in the current market, robot vision systems can be roughly divided into two types according to the corresponding working environment, one is a system with a known working environment, and the other is a system with an unknown working environment. When the working environment is known, it can work normally and the overall work efficiency is good. For some situations where the working environment is unknown, or in the environment of many uncertain factors, further research is required according to the needs. And robot vision was born after the computer perspective, and it is obviously different from most computer vision.

When the robot is working, it needs to complete a series of actions or specific behaviors. Therefore, robot vision is more focused on the guiding role of visual actions and actions. At the same time, through the use of the industrial robot vision system, it can play a guiding role in the entire industrial production behavior, specific operating skills, etc. And the industrial robot vision system has gradually become an important symbol of the degree of industrial production modernization.

(Source: Industrial Control China)