National Instruments IMAQ Vision for LabWindows TM /CVI - Manual (Page 4)

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Contents
About This Manual
Conventions ...................................................................................................................ix
Related Documentation..................................................................................................x
IMAQ Vision...................................................................................................x
NI Vision Assistant..........................................................................................x
NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection ..................................................x
Other Documentation ......................................................................................xi
Chapter 1
Introduction to IMAQ Vision
About IMAQ Vision ......................................................................................................1-1
Application Development Environments.......................................................................1-1
IMAQ Vision Function Tree..........................................................................................1-2
IMAQ Machine Vision Function Tree...........................................................................1-3
Creating IMAQ Vision Applications .............................................................................1-4
Chapter 2
Getting Measurement-Ready Images
Set Up Your Imaging System ........................................................................................2-1
Calibrate Your Imaging System ....................................................................................2-2
Create an Image .............................................................................................................2-2
Source and Destination Images .......................................................................2-4
Acquire or Read an Image .............................................................................................2-5
Acquiring an Image .........................................................................................2-6
Reading a File..................................................................................................2-6
Converting an Array to an Image ....................................................................2-7
Display an Image ...........................................................................................................2-7
Attach Calibration Information......................................................................................2-8
Analyze an Image ..........................................................................................................2-8
Improve an Image ..........................................................................................................2-9
Lookup Tables .................................................................................................2-10
Filters...............................................................................................................2-10
Convolution Filter .............................................................................2-11
Nth Order Filter.................................................................................2-11
Grayscale Morphology ....................................................................................2-11
FFT ..................................................................................................................2-12
Complex Image Operations ..............................................................2-13