Omron F400 Reference manual

F400
INTRODUCTION MANUAL
ColorVision Sensor
F400
Z131-E1-1 Note: Specifications subject to change without notice. Printed in Japan
0100-8M
Authorized Distributor:

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F400
Introduction Manual
Produced June 1999
ColorVision Sensor

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This manual describes the features and basic operations of the F400 Color Vision
Sensor. This is one of three manuals used to operate the F400. Refer to the following
table for the contents of each manual.
Please read the above manuals carefully and be sure you understand the information provided before attempting to install
or operate the F400.
Manual
1: Introduction Manual
2: Setup Manual
3: Operation Manual
Contents Catalog No.
Describes F400 capabilities and basic
operating procedures for beginners by
using typical applications.
Failure to read and understand the information provided in this manual may result in
personal injury or death, damage to the product, or product failure.Please read each section
in its entirety and be sure you understand the information provided in the section and related
sections before attempting any of the procedures or operations given.
Provides information on system hardware
and installation.
Describes operation of the F400, including
setting of criteria, communication with
external devices, etc.
Z130-E1-1
Z131-E1-1
Z135-E1-1
WARNING
About this Manual:

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General Precautions,Visual Aids 4
SECTION 1 FEATURES 5
1-1 Pickup Mode 6
1-2 Color Filter Mode 8
SECTION 2 MEASUREMENT 11
2-1 Starting and Quitting 12
2-2 Surface Defects on Bottle Caps 14
2-2-1 Changing Operating Mode 15
2-2-2 Selecting Scene Mode 16
2-2-3 Adjusting Images 17
2-2-4 Setting Measurement Region 19
2-2-5 Measuring Objects 21
Fore more stable measurements 22
2-3 Ice Cream Separation 24
2-3-1 Changing Operating Mode 25
2-3-2 Selecting Scene Mode 26
2-3-3 Adjusting Images 27
2-3-4 Setting Measurement Region 29
2-3-5 Setting Output 32
2-3-6 Checking Measurements 35
2-3-7 Measuring Objects 37
SECTION3Appendix-PeculiarityofColor 39
SECTION 4 Samples of Measurement Objects 44
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The user must operate the product according to the performance specifications described in the operation manuals.
Before using the product under conditions which are not described in the manual or applying the product to nuclear control
systems, railroad systems, aviation systems, vehicles, combustion systems, medical equipment, amusement machines,
safety equipment, and other systems, machines, and equipment that may have a serious influence on lives and property if
used improperly, consult your OMRON representative.
Make sure that the ratings and performance characteristics of the product are sufficient for the systems, machines, and
equipment, and be sure to provide the systems, machines, and equipment with double safety mechanisms.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means,
mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of OMRON. No patent liability is assumed with
respect to the use of the information contained herein. Moreover, because OMRON is constantly striving to improve its high-quality products, the
information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice. Every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual.
Nevertheless, OMRON assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of
the information contained in this publication.
General Precautions
The following headings will help you locate different types of information.
Visual Aids
© OMRON, 1999
Note Indicates information of particular interest for efficient and convenient operation of the product.
Indicates pages where additional information can be found.
Indicates a procedure. The step numbers in the procedure correspond to the numbers in any
related illustrations.
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SECTION 1 FEATURES
F400 measures the image using color information of color image.
Select a scene mode out of two processing modes, "color pickup
mode" and "color filter mode", according to the application.
The information contained in this section is about scene mode.

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● Miswiring check of wire harnesses
Possible to measure the several colors at the same time.
1-1 Color Pickup Mode
● Separation by colors
<A
pp
lications>
Settings -> p.24
OMRON
Ice Cream
Strawberry
OMRON
Ice Cream
Lemon
OMRON
Ice Cream
Vanilla
Ice creams will be separated by the colors of the lids.
Miswiring can be checked by registering all colors of
the wire harnesses.

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(Ex.) When red is selected.
Region 0: Only red will be regarded as
inspection object.
Region 1: Only green will be regarded
as inspection object.
Only red will be picked up.
Other colors will turn black.
<How to convert the image>
Even if at the end of a part of pink faded out. Only pink will be picked up.
● Select the color to be picked up from color image. (Up to 8 colors can be registered.)
● Select the color to be inspected by region.
● Can distinguish between "shaded pink" and "red".
Binarized

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1-2 Color Filter Mode
Stable measurement of the object that is
hardly detected in monochrome image.
● Detection of surface defect
● Amount of adhesive.
Settings -> p.14
<Applications>
Surface defects on bottle caps.
Inspect the amount of adhesive that has been coated on metal board.

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●Can convert the image into gray image enhancing specific color using the
built-in color filter.
Color filter can be switched electrically
F400
Camera
Variety of color filter is
on the next page.
Convert into gray
image of 256 gradations.
The color to be detected will be displayed
lightly.
<How to convert the image>
●For only light and shade are used to process in former monochrome image, de-
tection is hardly executed.

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Color image read by camera
Red filter
Blue filter
Green filter
Take an effect the same as using
optical blue filter.
Take an effect the same as us-
ing optical green filter.
Take an effect the same as us-
ing optical red filter.
Colorgray filter
Thefiltercanbe arranged according to the color
to be detected. Light will be changed in accor-
dance with hue.Use the filter with understand-
ing of peculiarity of color.
Gray filter
Gray filter will convert the image into former
gray image (monochrome image based on light
and shade of color).Use this filter when mea-
surementmonochromaticimagesuchasblack,
white and gray.
<Color filters>
Appendix
Peculiarity of color (p.39)
(Ex.) Measured color: red
Blue will be displayed lightly.
Green will be displayed lightly.
Red will be displayed lightly.

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SECTION 2 MEASUREMENT
This section describes basic operations of F400 with typical applications.

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2-1 Starting and Quitting
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Be sure that the basic F400 components have been connected correctly.
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Turn ON the power supply on the F400.
2
Turn ON the power supply on the monitor.
The opening screen will appear.
Trouble shooting
Camera images do not appear on the screen.
*The Camera Cable is not properly connected.
*The lens cap has not been removed.
*The lens diaphragm is opened or closed too far.
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The image has been taken by camera will be displayed.
The following screen will appear the first
time power is turned ON.
The reversed part of the display is called
cursor. Use the cursor keys to select
items.
2-1-1 Starting
See "Setup Manual" for camera setting distance and
the details of lens.
Appendix
Setup Manual "2-4 Camera"
NOTE: Read "Setup Manual" before attempting to setup or wire the F400 compo-
nents.
Appendix
Setup Manual "2-2 Connections", "2-3 Power Supply and Ground"
Vision Inspection System
F400-C10 Series
Color-Gray Menu Software
Ver. 2.00
(C) Copyright OMRON Corporation
1998-1999
All Rights Reserved
Cursor

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The F400 is operated with selecting functions from the screen and the console is used to
perform menu operations. Be sure to familiarize yourself with console operations before
actually using the menus.
Menu operations can be performed with computer via RS-232C port.
Appendix
Operation Manual "6-2 RS-232C Port"
Console
ESC TRIG
SHIFT
ENT
ENTer key
ESCape key
Up, Down, Left,
and Right keys
SHIFT key
TRIGger key
2-1-2 Quitting
The power can be turned OFF in any mode.
But do not turn OFF the power while saving or loading the data, and be sure to save the data
before turning OFF the power so as not to lose the data.See "Operation Manual" for saving the
setting data.
NOTE: Do not turn OFF the power while saving the measurement conditions in the following
procedure.Data in flash memory may be lost, and the F400 may not operate properly the next time
when it is started.
Appendix
Operation Manual "2-2-5 Quitting"

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2-2 Surface Defects on Bottle Caps
Thissectiondescribesfunctionsandsettingsteeps with the applicationof surfacedefects of bottle
caps.Read this section with actual operation using the picture of measurement object at the end
of this manual.
OK NG
Extension Tube 1(mm)
Camera
Lens 25 (mm)
Camera
distance
320 (mm)
Field of vision 50(mm)
Setting example
(acceptable) (unacceptable)
2. Select the scene mode.
Select "Color filter" mode.
Select "Colorgray" for the color filter.
Set the region with "surface defect".
3. Adjust the image.
5. Measure the objects.
Select "RUN" mode.
Select "SET" mode.
1. Change the operating mode.
4. Set the measurement region.

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2-2 Surface Defect on Bottle Caps
2-2-1 Changing Operating Mode
Select "SET" mode to set measurement condition.
1The following screen will be displayed when the power
is turned ON.
3Use the Up Key to move the cursor to "SET" mode
and press the ENTer key.
The screen enters setting mode.
After a short pause, the screen to se-
lect the scene mode will appear.
Select "SET" mode
2Use the Right Key to move the cursor to "MONitor"
and press the ENTer key.

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2-2-2 Selecting Scene Mode
1Select "Color filter" and press the ENTer key.
"Color filter" has been set to scene 0. Af-
ter a short pause, basic screen for "SET"
mode will appear.
A selection of 9 scenes (0 to 8) will be
displayed.
Clear the scene before changing the set-
ting already registerd.
2Select "Scene 0" and press the ENTer key.
3Press the SHIFT+ESCape keys at scene 0.
A selection of "Copy" and "Clear" will
be displayed.
4Select "Clear" and press the ENTer key.
A confirmation message will be dis-
played.
5Select "Execute" and press the ENTer key.
Scene data will be cleared and the dis-
play will return to the screen of .
2-2-1 Changing Operating Mode —>P.15
Measurement conditions, such as the type of measurement object and the contents of the inspection, are
input under "scenes". Up to 16 scenes can be set. "Color pickup mode" and "Color filter mode" are called
scene mode. One of these will be selected to inspect in each scene.Difference between "Color pickup
mode" and "Color filter mode" is described in the beginning of the book.
NOTE: Scene mode cannot be changed if scene 0 is already set.
Clear the scene or switch into another scene.
1Press the ESCape key.
Select "Color filter" mode.
<How to clear the scene> 2
3
4
5
Leaves "SET" mode.
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2-2 Surface Defect on Bottle Caps
2Select "Colorgray" and press the ENTer key.
2-2-3 Adjusting Images
1Select "Adjust" and press the ENTer key.
The image read by camera will be processed into the image can be easily measured.
Confirming the displayed image on the monitor, process it into "Colorgray filter" to get high-contrast
between the defect and the background.
3Press the ENTer key to set the color filter.
4Select "Color select" and press the ENTer key.
Select "Colorgray" for Color filter.
The screen to set the colorgray filter
will be displayed.

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5
6
The selected color will be lighted.
Adjust the position of cursor to get
highest contrast.
7
Press the ENTer key.
The screen of 4will appear.
Press the ESCape key and the screen of 1
will appear.
Use the Up and Down Keys to move the cursor parameter to
the color bar pointer.

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2-2 Surface Defect on Bottle Caps
1Select "Measurement region" and press the ENTer key.
2
Select "Surface defect" and press the ENTer key.
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Select "Box" and press the ENTer key.
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Set the measurement region in which the inspection is to be performed.
Select "Surface defect" to detect surface defect on the measurement object.
2-2-4 Setting Measurement Region
Select "0." and press the ENTer key.
5Select "Region" and press the ENTer key.
<About surface defect>
A measurement method detected by dispersion of light (density) on the object. Extremely dark or
light part of the object will be detected as defect. Degree of defect will be shown by "defect" 0 to 255.
Make output light for hue of measured color as close as registered color.
Set the measurement region with "Surface defect".
SettingoftheMeasurement Region