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connectivity-4 Only pixels adjacent in the horizontal and vertical directions are considered

neighbors.

connectivity-8 All adjacent pixels are considered neighbors.

contrast A constant multiplication factor applied to the luma and chroma

components of a color pixel in the color decoding process.

convex hull The smallest convex polygon that can encapsulate a particle.

convex hull function Computes the convex hull of objects in a binary image.

convolution See linear filter.

convolution kernel 2D matrices, or templates, used to represent the filter in the filtering

process. The contents of these kernels are a discrete two-dimensional

representation of the impulse response of the filter that they represent.

D

Danielsson function Similar to the distance functions, but with more accurate results.

determinism A characteristic of a system that describes how consistently it can respond

to external events or perform operations within a given time limit.

digital image An image f (x, y) that has been converted into a discrete number of pixels.

Both spatial coordinates and brightness are specified.

dilation Increases the size of an object along its boundary and removes tiny holes in

the object.

driver Software that controls a specific hardware device, such as an IMAQ or

DAQ device.

E

edge Defined by a sharp transition in the pixel intensities in an image or along

an array of pixels.

edge contrast The difference between the average pixel intensity before and the average

pixel intensity after the edge.

edge detection Any of several techniques to identify the edges of objects in an image.

Contents

Main IMAQ Page Important Information Warranty Copyright Trademarks Patents Contents About This Manual Chapter 1 Introduction to IMAQ Vision Chapter 2 Getting Measurement-Ready Images Chapter 3 Making Grayscale and Color Measurements Chapter 4 Performing Particle Analysis Chapter 5 Performing Machine Vision Tasks Chapter 6 Calibrating Images Page About This Manual Conventions Related Documentation IMAQ Vision NI Vision Assistant NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection Other Documentation Introduction to IMAQ Vision About IMAQ Vision Application Development Environments IMAQ Vision Function Tree IMAQ Machine Vision Function Tree Creating IMAQ Vision Applications Chapter 1 Introduction to IMAQ Vision National Instruments Corporation 1-5 IMAQ Vision for LabWindows/CVI User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction to IMAQ Vision IMAQ Vision for LabWindows/CVI User Manual 1-6 ni.com Getting Measurement-Ready Images Set Up Your Imaging System Calibrate Your Imaging System Create an Image Page Source and Destination Images Acquire or Read an Image Acquiring an Image Reading a File Converting an Array to an Image Display an Image Attach Calibration Information Analyze an Image Improve an Image Lookup Tables Filters Convolution Filter Nth Order Filter Grayscale Morphology FFT Complex Image Operations Making Grayscale and Color Measurements Define Regions of Interest Defining Regions Interactively Page Page Page Tools Palette Transformation Defining Regions Programmatically Defining Regions with Masks Measure Grayscale Statistics Measure Color Statistics Figure 3-4. Primary Components of a 32-Bit Color Image Figure 3-5. Primary Components of a 64-Bit Color Image Note You can also use imaqExtractColorPlanes() to process the red, green, and blue components of a 64-bit image. Comparing Colors Learning Color Information Specifying the Color Information to Learn Using the Entire Image Using a Region in the Image Using Multiple Regions in the Image Choosing a Color Representation Sensitivity Ignoring Learned Colors Performing Particle Analysis Create a Binary Image Improve the Binary Image Removing Unwanted Particles Separating Touching Particles Improving Particle Shapes Make Particle Measurements Page Page Page Page Page Page Performing Machine Vision Tas ks Locate Objects to Inspect Page Using Edge Detection to Build a Coordinate Transform Page Using Pattern Matching to Build a Coordinate Transform Chapter 5 Performing Machine Vision Tasks National Instruments Corporation 5-7 IMAQ Vision for LabWindows/CVI User Manual Choosing a Method to Build the Coordinate Transform Figure 5-4. Building a Coordinate Transform Set Search Areas Defining Regions Interactively Defining Regions Programmatically Find Measurement Points Finding Features Using Edge Detection Finding Lines or Circles Finding Edge Points Along One Search Contour Finding Edge Points Along Multiple Search Contours Finding Points Using Pattern Matching Defining and Creating Good Template Images Symmetry Feature Detail Positional Information Background Information Training the Pattern Matching Algorithm Defining a Search Area Setting Matching Parameters and Tolerances Match Mode Minimum Contrast Rotation Angle Ranges Testing the Search Algorithm on Test Images Using a Ranking Method to Verify Results Finding Points Using Color Pattern Matching Defining and Creating Good Color Template Images Color Information Symmetry Feature Detail Positional Information Training the Color Pattern Matching Algorithm Defining a Search Area Setting Matching Parameters and Tolerances Color Sensitivity Search Strategy Color Score Weight Minimum Contrast Rotation Angle Ranges Testing the Search Algorithm on Test Images Finding Points Using Color Location Convert Pixel Coordinates to Real-World Coordinates Make Measurements Distance Measurements Analytic Geometry Measurements Instrument Reader Measurements Identify Parts Under Inspection Classifying Samples Reading Characters Reading Barcodes Reading 1D Barcodes Reading Data Matrix Barcodes Reading PDF417 Barcodes Display Results Page Page Calibrating Images Perspective and Nonlinear Distortion Calibration Defining a Calibration Template Defining a Reference Coordinate System Page Learning Calibration Information Specifying Scaling Factors Choosing a Region of Interest Choosing a Learning Algorithm Using the Learning Score Learning the Error Map Learning the Correction Table Setting the Scaling Method Calibration Invalidation Simple Calibration Save Calibration Information Attach Calibration Information A Technical Support and Professional Services Glossary Numbers A B Page C D E F G H I Page J K L Page M N O P Q R S T V Index Numerics A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W