Industrial imaging tools
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Matrox Imaging Library 10 ana video analytics 1 medical Matrox Imaging Library' Machine vision, image analysis and medical imaging software development kit

Overview Industrial imaging tools Matrox Imaging Library (MIL)1 is a comprehensive collection of software tools for developing machine vision, image analysis and medical imaging applications. MIL includes tools for every step in the process: from application feasibility, to prototyping, through to development and ultimately deployment. The toolkit features interactive software and programming functions for image capture, processing, analysis, annotation, display and archiving. These tools are designed to enhance productivity, thereby reducing the time and effort required to bring your...

Overview (cont.) About MIL development First released in 1993, MIL has evolved to keep pace with and foresee new industry requirements. It was conceived with an easyto-use coherent application programming interface (API) that has stood the test of time. MIL pioneered the concept of hardware independence with the same API for different image acquisition and processing platforms. A team of highly-skilled and dedicated computer scientists, mathematicians, software engineers and physicists continue to maintain and enhance MIL. In addition to the thorough manual testing performed prior to each...

Overview (cont.) Unified calibration of multiple 3D Enhancements to ID mark reader/ DataMatrix codes, support for Aztec wavelets, image orientation, local adap- tive segmentation, adaptive equalization and fusion for extended depth of field More speed optimizations including use New Matrox Profiler utility New Matrox Capture Assistant utility Enhanced graphical annotations DirectShow® video capture and H.264 Visual Studio® add-on for intelligent code completion and contextual help3 Support for C# / Visual Basic® JIT Redesigned Matrox Example Launcher3 Matrox Imaging Library 10 | p4

Image analysis / processing tools Field-proven tools Central to MIL are tools for calibrating, enhancing and transforming images, locating objects, extracting and measuring features, reading character strings, and decoding and verifying identification marks. These tools are carefully developed to provide outstanding performance and reliability, and can be used within a single computer system or distributed across several computer systems. Pattern recognition MIL includes two tools for performing pattern recognition: Pattern Matching and Geometric Model Finder. These tools are primarily used...

Image analysis / processing tools (cont.) Feature extraction and analysis MIL provides a choice of tools for image analysis: Blob Analysis and Edge Finder. These tools are used to identify and measure basic features for determining object presence and location, and to further examine objects. The Blob Analysis tool works on segmented binary images, where objects are previously separated from the background and one another. The tool, using run-length encoding, very quickly identifies blobs and can measure over 50 binary and grayscale characteristics. Measurements can be used to sort and...

Image analysis / processing tools (cont.) 1D and 2D measurements MIL offers three tools for measuring: Measurement, Bead Inspection and Metrology. These tools are predominantly used to assess manufacturing quality. The Measurement tool uses the projection of image intensity to very quickly locate and measure straight edges or stripes as well as circles within a carefully defined rectangular region. The tool can make several 1D measurements on edges, stripes and circles, as well as between edges, stripes and circles. The Bead Inspection tool is for inspecting material that is applied as a...

Image analysis / processing (cont.) Color analysis MIL includes tools to help identify parts, products and items using color, assess quality from color, and isolate features using color. The Color Distance tool reveals the extent of color differences within and between images. The Color Projection tool separates features from an image based on their colors and can also be used to enhance color to grayscale conversion for subsequent analysis using other grayscale tools. The Color Matching tool determines the best matching color from a collection of samples, for each region of interest within...

Image analysis / processing tools (cont.) Character recognition MIL provides three tools for character recognition: SureDotOCR, String Reader and OCR. These tools combine to read text that is engraved, etched, marked, printed, punched or stamped on surfaces. The SureDotOCR™ tool3 is uniquely designed for the specific challenge of reading dot-matrix text produced by inkjet printers. Its use is straightforward, just needing to specify the dot size and the dimension, but not the location, of the text region. The tool reads text located at any angle, with varying contrast and on an uneven...

Image analysis / processing tools (cont.) 1D and 2D code reading and verification MIL offers Code Reader, a fast and dependable tool for locating and reading 1D, 2D and composite identification marks. The tool handles rotated, scaled and degraded codes in tough lighting conditions. It simultaneously reads multiple 1D and DataMatrix3 codes as well as small codes found in complex scenes. The tool can return the orientation, position and size of a code. In addition to reading, the tool can also be used to verify the quality of a code based on the ANSI/AIM and ISO/IEC grading standards4....

Image analysis / processing tools (cont.) Image processing primitives A professional imaging toolkit must include a complete set of operators for enhancing and transforming images, and for retrieving statistics in preparation for ensuing analysis. MIL includes an extensive list of fast operators for arithmetic, Bayer interpolation, color space conversion, de-interlacing, spatial and temporal filtering, geometric transformations, histogram, logic, LUT mapping, morphology, orientation3, projection, segmentation, statistics, thresholding and wavelets3. Image Processing Matrox Imaging Library...