Image Acquisition Explorer

Click this button to select a device configuration file, also known as a camera file or digitizer configuration format file, from your computer. Some image acquisition devices use these files to store device configuration information. The app uses this file to determine the video format and other configuration information.

When you open the app, the rest of the app toolstrip is disabled until you select a camera file. You can change the camera file at any time.

Dependencies

This button is available only for devices that support camera files.

This parameter is read-only.

This is the name of the camera file that you selected using the Select Camera File button. You can view the full file path by hovering your cursor over the file name.

Dependencies

This parameter is available only for devices that support camera files.

Select the video format used by the device to capture images and video. The list of values for this parameter depends on the video formats supported by your device. The format selected when you open the app is the device's default format.

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This parameter is available only for devices that support video format.

Select the color space that the app uses when it returns image data. The list of values for this parameter depends on the Video Format selected.

If you select grayscale, you can set the Colormap and Color Limits parameters.

If you select bayer, you can set the Sensor Alignment parameter.

Select the 2-by-2 pixel Bayer color filter array pattern of the Bayer color filter array. The specified pattern is used to convert the Bayer pattern image to RGB. There are four possible sensor alignments. For more information about which one to select, refer to your device documentation.

green blue
red   green

green red
blue  green

blue  green
green red

red   green
green blue

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This parameter is enabled only if your device supports Bayer sensor alignment and Color Space is set to bayer.

Edit the name of the image file or name of the workspace variable to save snapshot image data as.

When you click the Capture button, the snapshot image data is saved as the specified file or workspace variable.

For more information, see Log Data in Image Acquisition Explorer.

Edit the name of the video file or name of the workspace variable to save recorded data as.

When you click the Record button, the recorded data is saved as the specified file or workspace variable.

For more information, see Log Data in Image Acquisition Explorer.

Click this button to immediately capture a single image frame and save it as an image file or as a workspace variable, depending on your selection of File or Workspace Variable in the Logging section. For more information, see Capture Image Snapshot.

Set the recording mode as finite and specify the number of frames or seconds to save when you click the Record button. When you select this option, you have two options for finite recording.

Set the recording mode as continuous to start saving frames when you click the Record button. For more information, see Record Continuously.

Set the recording mode as hardware trigger. Hardware triggered acquisition is supported for GigE Vision^® and GenICam™ GenTL devices. When you select this option, the app opens a Hardware Trigger tab. You can define the following hardware trigger parameters.

If you are using this recording mode, make sure you also enable hardware triggered acquisition in the Device Properties by setting Trigger Mode to On and specifying other Trigger Selector parameters for your setup.

For more information, see Set Up Hardware Triggering and Record with Hardware Trigger.

Dependencies

This parameter is enabled only if your device supports hardware triggered acquisition.

Click this button to acquire multiple frames and save them as a video file or as a workspace variable, depending on your selection of File or Workspace Variable in the Logging section. This button becomes a Stop button after you click it. End recording at any time and save the recorded data by clicking Stop.

While you are recording, the app toolstrip and all property tabs are disabled. You can not change the value of any parameters during recording.

For more information, see Record Video.

Click this button to launch the Image Viewer app and send it the most recent image data captured in this app session.

You must have Image Processing Toolbox installed to use the Image Viewer app.

Click this button to launch the Video Viewer app and send it the most recent video data recorded in this app session.

You must have Image Processing Toolbox installed to use the Video Viewer app.

Click this button to launch the Color Thresholder app and send it the most recent image data captured in this app session.

You must have Image Processing Toolbox installed to use the Color Thresholder app.

Click this button to launch the Image Segmenter app and send it the most recent image data captured in this app session.

You must have Image Processing Toolbox installed to use the Image Segmenter app.

Click this button to select an option to generate a MATLAB live script for capturing a snapshot or recording a video and open it in the Live Editor. The live script contains code for the current device configuration, as specified in the Configure Format section, and code for saving data as a file or workspace variable, as specified in the Logging section.

For more information, see Export Code from Image Acquisition Explorer.