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Use cases

Any task where a person could point at the thing in an image and draw around it is a Model Bench use case. Most run on the Standard edition; acceleration and measurement need Pro. Typical marks applications the product supports that are not yet a named customer reference.

Use case What the model finds Annotation Edition Status
Surface defects on metal, plastic, painted parts Scratches, dents, cracks, chips, paint runs Box or polygon Standard Typical
Weld and joint inspection Missing, porous or misplaced welds; adhesive bead gaps Box or polygon Standard Typical
Assembly completeness Missing screws, clips, connectors, gaskets, labels Box Standard Typical
Electronics and PCB Missing or misplaced components, visible solder bridges Box Standard; Pro for line speed Typical
Castings and moulded parts Flash, short shots, surface porosity, burrs Box or polygon Standard Typical
Glass, bottles and closures Cap missing or not seated, chipped rim, foreign object Box Standard Typical
Pharma and medical packaging Empty or double blister cavities, broken tablets Box Standard Typical
Print and label quality Label missing, skewed, torn or wrong variant Rotated box or polygon Standard Typical
Textiles, wood and sheet goods Knots, holes, stains, tears Box or polygon Standard Typical
Food and produce grading Bruises, blemishes, foreign material, grade classes Box or polygon Standard Typical

Each defect type becomes a class. The model learns it from labelled examples, and the ctrlX app publishes the result to the Data Layer for the PLC to accept or reject the part.

Use case What the model finds Annotation Edition Status
Parcel detection and orientation on a conveyor Each parcel, with its four face corners Rotated box + package corners Standard (CPU); Pro on Hailo Measured on hardware
Pallet and carton recognition Cartons and pallets; missing or misplaced cartons in a stack Box Standard Typical
Package dimensioning (2D) Length and breadth of a box face in mm, with a squareness check Rotated box or 4-corner polygon Pro Typical
Package dimensioning (3D) Length, breadth and height from a Helios2 ToF point cloud Outline on the intensity image Pro Typical
Shipping label presence Label present and on the right face Box Standard Typical
Counting on a conveyor Objects per frame, per class Box Standard Typical
Industry Use case Edition
Automotive Part presence, connector and clip seating, label checks Standard
Battery manufacturing Visible cell, tab and busbar defects; part presence Standard
Agriculture Leaf, fruit and produce sorting; foreign-material detection Standard; Pro on Hailo
Robot guidance Position and orientation of parts for pick-and-place, from rotated boxes and corners Standard; Pro for speed
Machine builders (OEMs) Vision delivered inside a ctrlX machine; the end customer retrains from real production frames through the ctrlX capture loop Pro recommended
Area monitoring Person or forklift in a zone, as an advisory signal only Standard