National Instruments IMAQTM Identify Parts Under Inspection

Chapter 5 Performing Machine Vision Tasks

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•FindMidLine—Finds the line that is midway between a point and a

line and is parallel to the line.

•FindPolygonArea—Calculates the area of a polygon specified by its

vertex points.

Instrument Reader Measurements

You can make measurements based on the values obtained by meter, LCD,

and barcode readers.

Use CWIMAQMeterArc.CreateFromPoints or

CWIMAQMeterArc.CreateFromLines to calibrate a meter or

gaugethat you want to read. CWIMAQMeterArc.CreateFromLines

calibrates the meter using the initial position and the full-scale position

ofthe needle. CWIMAQMeterArc.CreateFromPoints calibrates the

meter using three points on the meter: the base of the needle, the tip of

the needle at its initial position, and the tip of the needle at its full-scale

position. Use CWIMAQVision.ReadMeter to read the position of the

needle using the CWIMAQMeterArc object.

Use CWIMAQVision.FindLCDSegments to calculate the regions of

interest around each digit in an LCD or LED. Tofind the area of each

digit, all the segments of the indicator must be activated. Use

CWIMAQVision.ReadLCD to read the digits of an LCD or LED.

Identify Parts Under Inspection

In addition to making measurements after you set regions of inspection,

you also can identify parts using classification, OCR, and barcode reading.

Classifying Samples

Use classification to identify an unknown object by comparing a set of its

significant features to a set of features that conceptually represent classes

of known objects. Typical applications involving classification include the

following:

• Sorting—Sorts objects of varied shapes. For example, sorting different

mechanical parts on a conveyor belt into different bins.

• Inspection—Inspects objects by assigning each object an identification

score and then rejecting objects that do not closely match members of

the training set.

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