Keep on Evolving
Speed and accuracy determine the basic
performance of sensing.Usability efficiently
puts that performance to work.OMRON’s FZ
Series of Vision Sensors represent an evolu-
tionary journey that takes these three aspects
from the past and into the future to allow you
to increase quality.
FZ3
-900
FZ3
-700
2.2GHz
2.2GHz
Dual Processing
FZ2
-500
High-speed camera
High-speed halation
prevention filter
FZ1
-300
1.5GHz
Double-speed Camera
Multi-input function
High-Grade processing items
2.0GHz
Color shadings elimination filter
Trapezoidal distortion correction
5 million-pixel camera
HDR(High Dynamic Range)
Panorama image processing
2 million-pixel Camera
Low-distortion Lenses
Real Color
Small digital cameras
PLC link function
Flow menu
Intelligent cameras
Strobe controller
Simulation software
Autofocus cameras
EtherNet/IP
NG Analyzer
Non-stop adjustment
Multi-line random-
trigger
Intelligent compact
camera
4
Speed
Class No.1 speed
Quad Processing
Single processing led to dual processing, and now the FZ4 takes evolution one
step farther with quad processing featuring multi-core, multi-thread operation.
Parallel execution of the process flow is automatically calculated to achieve
optimum allocation of tasks according to the processor load to achieve the
fastest processing in this class. The rapidly-evolving Intel
®
processors are used.
Performance is maximized with a unique software structure that is matched to
the processors.
Four-track Parallel Processing
Software that has been designed specifically for quad processing automatically determines the faster processing scheme. Maximum speed has been
achieved even for High-resolution Cameras and search processing, both of which place a high load on the system.
Quad Processing
Processing 1
Processing 2
Minimized
processing time
Processing 3
Processing 4
Previous
Single-task Processing
Processing 1
Processing 2
Processing 3
Processing 4
Example of Faster Operation with Quad Processing
The optimum processing scheme to minimize the time from image input to results output is automatically determined to perform parallel processing.
Previous
Processing
Flow
Quad
Processing
Flow
Camera
image input
Search1
Search1
Search1
Search2
Search2
Search2
Position
Compensation
Character Inspection
42.2ms
Character Inspection
Position
Compensation
Character Inspection
Character Inspection
Character Inspection
Camera
image input
Cut in half
18.8ms
5
High-speed Processing for High-resolution Images of 5 Million Pixels
Twice the Processing Speed
Multi-core processing distributes processing to increase speed even for
individual processes.The results are the most apparent for high-resolution
images.
Search Speed Comparison
Processing time
Increase Quality without Increasing Takt Time
Even if the takt time takes priority, you can still process high-resolution
and Real Color images with limited affect on the takt time. We can help
you increase quality for both color and resolution.
Speed Comparison for Position Compensation and Defect Inspection
Resolution
The FZ4-1100 and it’s quad processing can
let you change from a 2-million to a 5-
million-pixel Camera with essentially no
increase in the processing time.
Search
processing:
Processing time
Color Processing
The FZ4-1100 and it’s quad processing can
handle real-color images in less time than
previous Vision Sensors could handle mono-
chrome images.
Processing time
100ms
1/ 2
60ms
Search
processing:
150ms
Essentially
the same
processing time
50ms
High-speed
processing of
color images
1/ 2
20ms
Search
processing:
100ms
50ms
1/2
FZ3-900
FZ4-1100
FZ3-900
FZ4-1100
FZ3-900
FZ4-1100
FZ3-900
FZ3-900
5 million-pixel
camera
processing
time
30ms
10ms
FZ4-1100
FZ3-900
Monochrome
FZ4-1100
Real color
300,000 pixels camera
2 million-pixel camera
5 million-pixel camera
2 million-pixel 5 million-pixel
camera
camera
Note: Comparison of monochrome images.
Note: Comparison of monochrome images.
Note: Comparison for 2-million-pixel Cameras.
Multi-input Function
Faster processing by preceding image capture and inspection in parallel
Up to 32 image capture*
Each camera has its own image buffer for storing image data that is separate from the main memory used for measurement processing. This allows for up
to 32 frames of continuous high-speed image capture even while the main memory is processing measurement data.
Difference from conventional method
Image capture
Conventional method
Measurement
processing
Image capture
First
image
Measurement
processing
First
image
First
image
Second
image
First
image
Third
image
Second
image
Second
image
Fourth image
Multi-input function
Fourth
image
Fifth
image
Third
image
Images can be
captured continuously
while measuring.
Inspection of characters printed on electronic components
First image
Second image
Third image
Fifth image
Sixth image
Second
image
Capturing the images of components on a tray continuously,
and processing measurements until the next tray arrives
*The number of images that can be taken depends on the Controller and the Camera that is connected to it.Refer to the user’s manual for details.