Sapera Processing is a Windows®- based comprehensive programming library for image processing and analysis designed to simplify vision application development, Sapera Processing offers a comprehensive set of optimized tools, as a suite or standalone. While Sapera Processing is optimized for use with DALSA's boards, it is hardware independent to facilitate portability across 3rd party platforms. Sapera uses high-performance C++ classes and MMX, SSE (streaming SIMD Extensions) and SSE2 to meet the challenging operational requirements of today's imaging systems. The Sapera Processing tool set includes:

Image Processing Libraries
A series of highly optimized basic image processing functions, including: filtering, geometry, measurement, morphology, point-to-point, segmentation, transform operations and subpixel edge detection.

Search (pattern matching)
Matches patterns to determine location and alignment, and includes correlation-based and geometric-based algorithms to achieve accuracy up to 1/50th of a pixel. Designed to work under poor and uneven lighting conditions, Search's fast, robust and accurate algorithms are well suited for demanding alignment applications.