Try Image Pro from Media Cybernetics, a very good image analysis package, it has all the image analysis tools you need. Or you could go for the free ImageJ which has the same features but lacks the slick user interface.
Hi Peter,
Are talking about some closed loop system or will it be a feed forward based upon the image data ?
How will you be doing the outline calculations, is a PLC capable of that ? All the systems I know use PC-based solutions to do image analysis.
If you are talking about a closed loop...