SAM™ uses state of the art vision technology and multivariate statistics to learn from your process what is legitmate process variation. Rather than requiring the programmer to predict how a component or joint may vary in appearance, SAM™ creates mathematical models that predict legitimate variation. This ultimately results in the lowest false call rate in the industry. Click here to see the Flash animation of how SAM™ models process variation and helps deliver Process Assurance™ products from CyberOptics.

The images to the right show how SAM™ morphs the real world model in both gradient and color modes. As you can see, real life is variable and variation can be the biggest obstacle to successfully deploying AOI.