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registration, metrology, character recognition (template-based, and for both
normal and dot-matrix text, feature-based using String Reader and SureDotOCR
respectively), code recognition and verification (1D, 2D, and composite code
types), bead inspection (continuous strip of material), 3D reconstruction and
analysis, and color analysis.
MIL applications are easily ported to new Matrox hardware platforms and can be
designed to take advantage of multi-processing and multi-threading
environments.
MIL-Lite MIL-Lite is a subset of MIL. It includes all the MIL functions for image
acquisition, transfer, display control, and archiving. It also allows you to perform
processing operations that are typically useful to pre-process grabbed images.
Documentation conventions
Your Matrox Iris GTR is a network-aware device. The terminology used
throughout this document mirrors that of local area networks (LANs).
In this document, any computer that can communicate with your Matrox
Iris GTR is referred to as āyour computerā. If you use your computer to develop
your applications for your Matrox Iris GTR, it is referred to as your development
computer.
The procedure to select a menu item from a submenu uses a simplified format.
For example, the following procedure:
will be replaced by:
Throughout this manual, every mention of MIL/MIL-Lite refers to version 10.0
or higher.
Select the Edit menu item from the main menu, and then select the Copy
menu command from the presented submenu.
Select the Edit Copy menu item.