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Source and Destination Images

Some IMAQ Vision functions that modify the contents of an image have

source image and destination image input parameters. The source image

receives the image to process. The destination image receives the

processing results. The destination image can receive either another image

or the original, depending on your goals. If you do not want the contents of

the original image to change, use separate source and destination images.

If you want to replace the original image with the processed image, pass the

same image as both the source and destination.

Depending on the function, the image type of the destination image can be

the same or different than the image type of the source image. The function

descriptions in the IMAQ Vision for LabWindows/CVI Function Reference

include the type of images you can use as image inputs and outputs. IMAQ

Vision resizes the destination image to hold the result if the destination is

not the appropriate size.

The following examples illustrate source and destination images with

imaqTranspose():

•imaqTranspose(myImage, myImage);

This function creates a transposed image using the same image for the

source and destination. The contents of myImage change.

•imaqTranspose(myTransposedImage, myImage);

This function creates a transposed image and stores it in a destination

different from the source. The myImage image remains unchanged,

and myTransposedImage contains the result.

Functions that perform arithmetic or logical operations between two

images have two source images and a destination image. You can perform

an operation between two images and then either store the result in a

separate destination image or in one of the two source images. In the

lattercase, make sure you no longer need the original data in the source

image before storing the result over the data.

The following examples show the possible combinations using

imaqAdd():

•imaqAdd(myResultImage, myImageA, myImageB);

This function adds two source images (myImageA and myImageB) and

stores the result in a third image (myResultImage). Both source

images remain intact after processing.

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