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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

       Date of Report (date of earliest event reported) December 22, 1998


                       ADVANCED MACHINE VISION CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                   California
                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


                 0-20097                                   33-0256103
        (Commission File Number)               (IRS Employer Identification No.)

        3709 Citation Way #102
            Medford, Oregon                                   97504
(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)

                                  541-776-7700
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



                            Total Number of Pages: 8

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Item 5.      Other Events
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             On December 22, 1998, Advanced Machine Vision Corporation's ("AMV")
             Board of Directors  adopted the 1998 Senior Management and Director
             Stock  Purchase  Plan (the  "Plan")  whereby up to an  aggregate of
             $100,000 in loans may be made to participating  executive  officers
             to purchase AMV common stock on the open market.

             On December 22, 1998, AMV's Board of Directors amended the February
             1998 Stock  Rights  Agreement  ("Agreement")  to  provide  that FMC
             Corporation  may purchase up to an additional  1,600,000  shares of
             AMV common  stock from persons  other than AMV,  and such  purchase
             would  not be  deemed a  Triggering  Event,  shall not cause FMC to
             become an Acquiring  Person and shall not entitle the holder of any
             Rights  Certificates  to  exercise  any  rights  evidenced  thereby
             (capitalized terms are as defined in the Agreement previously filed
             with the Commission).

Item 7.      Financial Statements and Exhibits
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             * Amendment to Rights Agreement between the Company and American
               Stock Transfer and Trust Company.

             * 1998 Senior Management and Director Stock Purchase Plan.


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                         ADVANCED MACHINE VISION CORPORATION




Date:  January 14, 1999                  By:   /s/ Alan R. Steel
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Vice President, Finance and
                                         Chief Financial Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



4.1     Amendment to Rights Agreement between the Company and American Stock
        Transfer and Trust Company.

10.1    1998 Senior Management and Director Stock Purchase Plan.

