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1. SMA SS Processing aces 3 6 HOCUS AE Eire 3 6 354 o 3 7 A a ao aaa ae 3 7 User s Manual Page ii 1 0 General Information 1 0 GENERAL INFORMATION User s Manual Page 1 1 1 0 General Information 1 0 GENERAL INFORMATION rm 1 1 Software Overview iii iVision PM Image Processing and Measurement Software is a general software in image capturing image processing and in geometric measurement 1 2 System Requirements System IBM compatible PC with Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 32 bit operating system 1GHz CPU and 512MB RAM or higher are recommended due to the intensive calculation in image processing At least two USB2 0 ports are required with one for the USB license key and another for the USB camera if needed 1 3 Main Features 1 3 1 Image capturing Image capturing with USB cameras that are DirectShow compatible or through standard image files 1 3 2 Image processing and measurement Rich set of image processing utilities Geometric measurement functions 1 4 Standard Features 1 4 1 Geometric Measurement System provides the tools to draw and measure common geometric shapes such as lines angles 4 point angles for missing or hidden vertexes rectangles circles ellipses and polygons Note that the measurement assumes the system is calibrated 1 4 2 Image Processing System provides a rich set of image processing tools for advance2. MSVC 2 1Vision software platform 3 Related hardware drivers in the package such as the camera driver 4 iVision application modules such as 1Vision PM 2 2 Installation Instructions Double click the installer file i1Vision_v1 0 0_WIN32_XP_TZXXXXXX_installer exe to start the installation process and answer Yes at all the prompts in the camera driver installation where TZXXXXXX is the USB license key ID Note to change the drive in installation directory if other than the default D drive Also note that 1f installation error message II Camera 02 DirectX registration failed shows up in the installation process then it is necessary to manually register the camera DirectX driver after the installation process by running double clicking the reg bat in the iVision installation folder D Intelligent Instruments 1V ision_v1 0 0 Drivers II_Camera_02 DirectX User s Manual Page 2 2 3 0 Getting Started 3 0 GETTING STARTED User s Manual 3 0 Getting Started 3 0 GETTING STARTED 3 1 Camera Setup It is necessary to set up the USB camera for the system at the first time use and these steps can be totally skipped at later use 3 1 1 Camera driver installation When the USB camera is plugged in at the first time use after 1Vision is installed depending on the computer operation system the computer may ask to install the camera driver either manually or automatically Answer automatic since the camera driver is alrea
3. its own GUI If GUI of other application module 1s shown select menu View gt Clear image process view to clear the GUI User may adjust general GUI dimensions such as splitter dimensions table column widths etc and these new settings will be kept by the application Configurations Many other GUI settings such as menu orders can be configured in the Configuration Settings dialog through menu File gt View Edit configurations Language To choose a different GUI language go to menu Help and select menu Language Choose the new language and the application will exit After restarting the application the new language will take effect 3 2 2 Camera calibration Image stitching and extended focus imaging do not need camera calibration If the function of geometric measurement 1s not to be used in the system then this section can be skipped However to get quantitative geometric measurement from the camera image it is necessary to calibrate the camera to obtain the conversion from pixel locations to their object physical locations There are two methods to calibrate the camera in 1Vision 1 Manual calibration Manual calibration simply calculates the linear scale between the pixel distance and the physical distance of two points on image Place the calibration ruler or grid under the camera start video preview by selecting menu Image Capture gt Preview move the ruler or camera to make sure the lines are approximately aligned in preview
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5. and snap an image by selecting menu Image Capture gt Capture Image Select menu Calibration gt Manual calibration hold down the mouse and drag from one line to another line with known and adequate separation distance and then release mouse User s Manual Page 3 3 3 0 Getting Started A dialog will prompt user for the known physical distance between the dragged start and end lines and a name for the calibration After the manual calibration is done system will prompt user whether to load the done calibration or not In any case user can load the named calibration by selecting menu Calibration gt Calibration viewer and load the calibration from there Cornet Calibration Loaded Kalt ah Eee a tari 2 Automatic calibration Automatic calibration is much more complex in process but more convenient in usage It automatically finds the cross points on the grid image map them to their physically locations and obtain the true 2 D mapping between a physical location and its pixel location via interpolation In stead of a calibration ruler a calibration grid is needed to do the automatic calibration First select menu Calibration gt Auto calibration settings to set up the X amp Y line distance unit etc If the lines in User s Manual Page 3 4 3 0 Getting Started image will be darker than the background then Invert Image needs to be checked Snap an image with the grid approximately aligned Select menu Calibration gt Automati
6. c calibration to perform the automatic calibration after which the system will locate and mark most of the cross points of the grid image User s Manual Page 3 5 3 0 Getting Started 3 3 Appendix Using the standard features 3 3 1 Geometric Measurement Select any one of the sub menus on the menu GeoMeasure the geometric measurement main interface will appear Draw the standard geometric shapes on the image and their measurement results will be displayed on the data table on the right and on the shapes for some shape types User may edit a shape by click selecting the shape and mouse dragging on one of its control points and the corresponding measurement results will be automatically updated A hop ap a Mal rs Bi fon 3 3 2 Image Processing Select menu Preprocess and its sub menus to access the image processing tools 3 3 3 Document Entry Push on the Add text A tool button or select Add text sub menu under GeoMeasure then click on the image enter text at the small text entry box To edit the text or to enter complex HTML format some text to start with To edit the text in HTML format select HTML on Text type To insert table list or image click on the tool buttons at the right bottom The tool buttons to change font text color and text alignment lie at the left bottom User s Manual Page 3 6 3 0 Getting Started 3 3 4 Album Management O To view the album select menu V
7. d users The standard tools in the system include adjusting Brightness Contrast Gamma and Histogram Level and the Sharpen Smooth Invert and Convert to Grey functions On grey scale images system provides various advanced tools in filtering and finding edges as well as some standard tools in morphological operations such as Open Close Dilation Erosion Skeletonize and Flood Fill 1 4 3 Document Entry On an image system provides a document editor to enter edit documents with contents either in simple plain text format or in advanced HTML format with objects including tables list and images User s Manual Page 1 2 1 0 General Information 1 4 4 Album Management System allows user manage multiple images in an album which can be saved to and opened from an album file The images can have the standard geometric shapes and the documents as entered by user as described above 1 4 5 Printing With Magnification System can print the image with user specified magnification 1f 1t 1s calibrated User s Manual Page 1 3 2 0 Software Installation 2 0 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION User s Manual Page 1 1 2 0 Software Installation 2 0 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 Installation Overview 1Vision software 1s modular in architecture It consists of the application platform and upon which the application modules The following components are installed in 1Vision HB 1 Microsoft VC redistributable package since 1Vision is developed with
8. dy pre installed during installation 3 1 2 Camera selection Open iVision select menu Image Capture gt Open capture window to invoke the Media Capture window Then go to menu Devices and select II Camera 02 or another applicable camera Note that the following setup instructions apply to II Camera 02 only and different cameras have different parameter configurations LES core e ot e Devices Options Capture Integrated Camera ICamera02 Microphone 2 High Definition 3 1 3 Image resolution setup On Media Capture window select menu Options gt Video Capture Pin to bring up the camera video format setup Properties dialog and select desired resolution on Video Format under Format tab File Devices Capture z Video Format y ann Cat Wunder MPEG dimilai Siril Card males F Video Capture Filter El Cdit Video Capture Pin EST Cardia User s Manual Page 3 1 3 0 Getting Started 3 1 4 Camera parameter setup On Media Capture window select menu Options gt Video Capture Filter to bring up the camera parameters setup Properties dialog Under tab Plugin click button Plugin select menu Plugin Manager to invoke the Plugin Manager dialog Make sure all the plugin components are checked Contrai Capture Flags Plugin Flugi to Function Lamiral Image C
9. iew gt Image Album To change image display size in album move the splitter Album can be docked in the main window and it can be floated also O Double click on the image will copy the image into the album and conversely double click on the image on the album will copy it to the image panel To open save album file go to menu File To reorder the images in album drag an image with its frame and drop it to position 9 To remove an image or images on album click or right mouse popup menu Select All to select and press the Delete key 3 3 5 Printing With Magnification Connect to the printer first and select menu File gt Print to bring up the printing dialog Select or enter the desired magnification at the bottom the image print size will change accordingly in preview User may enter text can be in HTML format to include tables lists images etc under user input and the text will be saved for next printing Analysis result tables and statistics summaries can be checked for printing And all the above elements to be printed have options in printing locations in either top bottom left and right The textbox widths can be limited by their width inputs User s Manual Page 3 7
10. onvert Plugins Manager HV1I51UCI Fleaze choose plugin in blew Index Fans 0 eta Function Caniral Ei Imago Dateripiisa wed in Setting auto function puraaelar Finally go back to Media Capture window and select menu Preview camera video preview should appear on both Media Capture window and Vision main window Select menu Options gt Video Capture Filter to bring up the camera parameter setup Properties dialog again and adjust the A D gt Change Level under Capture tab and the Shutter gt Speed and the Gain gt Gain parameters under Control tab for the best quality image capture Note the Units selection in Shutter speed Exit 1Vision the above camera settings should be saved and there is no need to do the setup when 1Vision is opened the next time Control Capture Plugin Control Capture Plugin Snap Mode Shutter Snap Rate 41 477745 Soft Trigger Auto Shutter 1 Speed Snap Speed ich Frame Freeze Exposurellode Snap Mode Continuatic Strobe On Off Trigger Polarity Hi zh Strobe Folarity Hi zh 127 fio Reset Reset 100 o m eset 100 poo Reset O su set o 100 Maca e Le set zean n Blanking Black Level ae Horizon 25 Vertical User s Manual Page 3 2 3 0 Getting Started 3 2 Starting the application 3 2 1 Graphical User Interface GUI setup Layouts Different application module in 1Vision has
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