This release supports the following new features:

• This release adds support for the Cognex L68 series of 3D laser displacement sensors. Cognex recommends L68 sensors in new or existing 3D applications for its high resolution within a small field of view and it highly detailed 3D images.

  See the topic Acquiring Images from an L68 3D Sensor for more information on acquiring images with the L68.

• This release introduces the ViDiEL OCR tool to find and identify characters in your acquired images. By default, a ViDiEL OCR tool can identify many known characters from just a single training image, but using additional training images improves the ability of the tool to identify all possible characters in your finished application.

  See the topic Using a ViDiEL OCR Tool for more information.

  Note: Cognex recommends you read the topic Development and Deployment Requirements for VisionPro 9.10 and later as you create your vision application using a ViDiEL OCR tool.

• This release enhances the Image Acquisition Device/Frame Grabber list of the QuickBuild Image Source dialog box to list each connected GenTL acquisition device in a unique and repeatable order by the following information:

  • Transport layer
  • Make and model
  • Serial number
  • A unique ID when two identical devices share the same serial number

  See the section Acquiring From a Connected Device for more information on selecting an acquisition device within a QuickBuild Job.

Your processor must support the AVX2 instruction set for any Cognex 3D operations.

VisionPro supports the CPUCanExecute3D method to return True if the processor in your computer is capable of executing Cognex 3D operations. Otherwise the method returns False. Use the CPUCanExecute3D method to verify any computer you use to create or deploy your application can perform 3D operations.

VisionPro supports development and deployment on single or multiprocessor machines using native languages (English, Japanese, German, Korean, and Simplified Chinese) on a variety of Windows 64-bit operating systems.

VisionPro supports 2D vision tools and features on Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, and Windows 11 Pro.

VisionPro supports various 3D sensors and 3D vision tools based on your 64-bit operating system:

VisionPro 9.21 SR1 supports application development and deployment using any version of Visual Studio that enables the targeting of projects to .NET Framework 4.8.

Note: Be aware that only versions of Visual Studio prior to and including VS2017 support adding VisionPro UI tool controls to Visual Studio Winform Designer.

See the VisionPro Camera Support website for a complete list of cameras VisionPro supports. Be aware that not all acquisition platforms are supported on all operating systems.

• GigE Vision and related performance drivers
• 3D-A5000 3D Sensor
• DS1000 Series 3D Sensors
• 3D-L4000 Series 3D Sensors (3D-L4050, 3D-L4100, 3D-L4300, 3D-L4033)
• DS900 Series 3D Sensors
• DSMax Series 3D Sensors
• MVS-851x series (Only MVS-8511, MVS-8511e, MVS-8514, MVS-8514e)
• CFG-8700 series
• USB 3.0 cameras by means of a GenTL consumer

Refer to the following for information on using Cognex Designer and VisionPro Deep Learning with VisionPro 9.21 SR1:

VisionPro uses a USB security key attached to your computer to ensure the software is properly authorized for use. This release supports firmware version 4.12 for VisionPro security keys. See the topic Security Key Updates for how to check the firmware version on your security key.

If you are using a security key with a previous version of firmware, contact Cognex Support for assistance in upgrading to the latest version. Keep your security key firmware up to date to take advantage of the latest features and improvements to Cognex software security.

The VisionPro Support website contains additional VisionPro documentation not included with your VisionPro installation.

The following table lists the specific instruction set your processor must support for various vision tools: