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Comparing Colors

You can use the color matching capability of IMAQ Vision to compare or

evaluate the color content of an image or regions in an image.

Complete the following steps to compare colors using color matching:

1. Select an image containing the color information that you want to use

as a reference. The color information can consist of a single color or

multiple dissimilar colors, such as red and blue.

2. Use the entire image or regions in the image to learn the color

information using CWIMAQVision.LearnColor, which stores the

results of the operation in a CWIMAQColorInformation object that

you supply as a parameter. The color information object has a color

spectrum that contains a compact description of the color information

that you learned. Refer to Chapter 14, Color Inspection, of the

IMAQ Vision Concepts Manual for more information. Use the

CWIMAQColorInformation object to represent the learned color

information for all subsequent matching operations.

3. Define an entire image, a region, or multiple regions in an image as the

inspection or comparison area.

4. Use CWIMAQVision.MatchColor to compare the learned color

information to the color information in the inspection regions. This

method returns an array of scores that indicates how close the matches

are to the learned color information.

5. Use the color matching score as a measure of similarity between the

reference color information and the color information in the image

regions being compared.

Learning Color Information

When learning color information, choose the color information carefully:

• Specify an image or regions in an image that contain the color or color

set that you want to learn.

• Specify the granularity required to represent the color information.

• Choose colors that you want to ignore during matching.

Contents

Main Page Important Information Warranty Copyright Trademarks WARNING REGARDING USE OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTS 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 Page 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 Documentation and Examples IMAQ Vision for Visual Basic Organization cwimaq.ocx CWIMAQ Control CWIMAQVision Control CWIMAQViewer Control niocr.ocx NIOCR control cwmv.ocx CWMachineVision control ActiveX Objects Creating IMAQ Vision Applications Chapter 1 Introduction to IMAQ Vision Figure 1-1. General Steps for Designing a Vision Application IMAQ Vision for Visual Basic User Manual 1-6 ni.com Chapter 1 Introduction to IMAQ Vision Figure 1-2. Inspection Steps for Building a Vision Application National Instruments Corporation 1-7 IMAQ Vision for Visual Basic User Manual Getting Measurement-Ready Images Set Up Your Imaging System Calibrate Your Imaging System Create an Image Page Acquire or Read an Image Acquiring an Image One-Shot Acquisition Continuous Acquisition Reading a File Converting an Array to an Image Display an Image Attach Calibration Information Analyze an Image Page 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 Figure 3-2. Tools Information Defining Regions Programmatically Defining Regions with Masks Measure Grayscale Statistics Measure Color Statistics Figure 3-3. Primary Components of an 32-bit Color Image Figure 3-4. Primary Components of a 64-bit Color Image CWIMAQVision.ColorValueConversion2. 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 Using Edge Detection to Build a Coordinate Transformation Page Using Pattern Matching to Build a Coordinate Transformation Page Chapter 5 Performing Machine Vision Tasks National Instruments Corporation 5-7 IMAQ Vision for Visual Basic User Manual Choosing a Method to Build the Coordinate Transformation Figure 5-4. Building a Coordinate Transformation 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 Effective 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 Effective 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 Read 1D Barcodes Read Data Matrix Barcode Read PDF417 Barcode 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 Mode Calibration Invalidation Simple Calibration Save Calibration Information Attach Calibration Information Page 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 Page Index Numerics A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W Z