To get already converted color images from the camera, the source pixel format must be set to an appropriate color format. For example, if an RGB format with 8 bits per color channel is selected, then this is 24 bits of data per pixel (= 3 bytes). The required bandwidth on the transfer line is thus 3 times as high as for the transfer of a Bayer format.
Querying supported source pixel formats in the camera as strings
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for(constauto&entry:nodemapRemoteDevice->FindNode<peak::core::nodes::EnumerationNode>("PixelFormat")->Entries()) { if((peak::core::nodes::NodeAccessStatus::NotAvailable==entry->AccessStatus())|| (peak::core::nodes::NodeAccessStatus::NotImplemented==entry->AccessStatus())) { // Format not available (at the moment) } else { std::stringformat=entry->SymbolicValue(); } }
Querying the current source pixel format as string
The conversion of Bayer images can be done in IDS peak IPL. For this, the function library offers useful conversion functions. In the following example, Bayer images are received in the image acquisition loop and then converted to RBG format (see Receiving images). The ConvertTo() function creates a new IDS peak image with the desired target pixel format (IDS peak IPL::Image). Afterwards, the buffer can be returned to the buffer pool.
Note that only with the "ConvertTo()" function a copy of the buffer is created. Before this, the buffer must not be returned to the buffer pool, otherwise the data may be overwritten!
The quality and speed of the conversion can also be set.
Conversion Modes
Fast
Conversion mode optimized for minimum processing effort with slightly lower quality
HighQuality
Conversion mode optimized for quality, with slightly higher processing effort
Classic
Conversion mode with compatibility to uEye camera models. In terms of speed, comparable to "Fast".
Creating an image with target pixel format (BGRa8) directly from buffer
while(m_running) { try { // Get buffer from device's DataStream. Wait 5000 ms. The buffer is automatically locked until it is queued again. constautobuffer=m_dataStream->WaitForFinishedBuffer(5000); constautoimage=peak::BufferTo<peak::ipl::Image>(buffer).ConvertTo( peak::ipl::PixelFormatName::BGRa8,peak::ipl::ConversionMode::Fast); // Queue buffer again m_dataStream->QueueBuffer(buffer); } catch(conststd::exception&e) { // ... } }
while(m_running) { try { // Get buffer from device's DataStream. Wait 5000 ms. The buffer is automatically locked until it is queued again. varbuffer=m_dataStream.WaitForFinishedBuffer(5000); varimage=newpeak.ipl.Image((peak.ipl.PixelFormatName)buffer.PixelFormat(),buffer.BasePtr(), buffer.Size(),buffer.Width(),buffer.Height(),buffer.Timestamp_ns()); image=image.ConvertTo(peak.ipl.PixelFormatName.BGRa8,peak.ipl.ConversionMode.Fast); // Queue buffer again m_dataStream.QueueBuffer(buffer); } catch(Exceptione) { // ... } }
while m_running: try: # Get buffer from device's DataStream. Wait 5000 ms. The buffer is automatically locked until it is queued again. buffer = m_data_stream.WaitForFinishedBuffer(5000) image = ids_peak_ipl.Image.CreateFromSizeAndBuffer( buffer.PixelFormat(), buffer.BasePtr(), buffer.Size(), buffer.Width(), buffer.Height() ) image = image.ConvertTo(ids_peak_ipl.PixelFormatName_BGRa8, ids_peak_ipl.ConversionMode_Fast) # Queue buffer again m_data_stream.QueueBuffer(buffer) except Exception as e: # ... str_error = str(e)
Alternative 1: Creating a peak::ipl::image first and converting it later
This method will be needed later on, if further operations are to be done on the Bayer image before the Bayer conversion.
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while(m_running) { try { // Get buffer from device's DataStream. Wait 5000 ms. The buffer is automatically locked until it is queued again. constautobuffer=m_dataStream->WaitForFinishedBuffer(5000); // Create IDS peak IPL image from buffer constautoimage=peak::ipl::Image(peak::BufferTo<peak::ipl::Image>(buffer)); constautoimageProcessed=image.ConvertTo(peak::ipl::PixelFormatName::BGRa8,peak::ipl::ConversionMode::Fast); // Queue buffer again m_dataStream->QueueBuffer(buffer); } catch(conststd::exception&e) { // ... } }
Alternative 2: Specifying a previously created image buffer as the target for conversion
Prerequisite The created buffer has the correct size. In case of a BGRA8 conversion, this means 4x the size of the original Bayer buffer. The following example creates a QImage that can be easily displayed in a QWidget application. The image data area of the QImage is passed directly to the "ConvertTo()" function. The converted data will be written there. In addition to the pixel format, the "ConvertTo" function requires a pointer to the destination buffer and the size of this buffer. The function also creates a peak::ipl::Image from the image data and returns it.
m_imageWidth and m_imageHeight are the known values for the image width and height.
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while(m_running) { try { // Get buffer from device's DataStream. Wait 5000 ms. The buffer is automatically locked until it is queued again. constautobuffer=m_dataStream->WaitForFinishedBuffer(5000); // Create QImage with the correct image size QImageqImage(m_imageWidth,m_imageHeight,QImage::Format_RGB32); // Create IDS peak IPL image for debayering and convert it to RGBa8 format constautoimage=peak::BufferTo<peak::ipl::Image>(buffer).ConvertTo( peak::ipl::PixelFormatName::BGRa8,qImage.bits(),static_cast<size_t>(qImage.byteCount()),peak::ipl::ConversionMode::Fast); // Queue buffer again m_dataStream->QueueBuffer(buffer); } catch(conststd::exception&e) { // ... } }
Alternative 3: Mix of alternative 1 and 2
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while(m_running) { try { // Get buffer from device's DataStream. Wait 5000 ms. The buffer is automatically locked until it is queued again. constautobuffer=m_dataStream->WaitForFinishedBuffer(5000); // Create peak::ipl image from buffer constautoimage=peak::ipl::Image(peak::BufferTo<peak::ipl::Image>(buffer)); // Create QImage with the correct image size QImageqImage(m_imageWidth,m_imageHeight,QImage::Format_RGB32); // Create IDS peak IPL image for debayering and convert it to RGBa8 format constautoimageProcessed=image.ConvertTo( peak::ipl::PixelFormatName::BGRa8,qImage.bits(),static_cast<size_t>(qImage.byteCount()),peak::ipl::ConversionMode::Fast); // Queue buffer again m_dataStream->QueueBuffer(buffer); } catch(conststd::exception&e) { // ... } }
Alternative 4: Setting the conversion mode first via a Converter object
The conversion mode can also be preset independently of the image acquisition loop. For this, a so-called ImageConverter must be created and then the parameter must be set.
The conversion in the image acquisition loop is subsequently performed via the ImageConverter.
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while(m_running) { try { // Get buffer from device's DataStream. Wait 5000 ms. The buffer is automatically locked until it is queued again. constautobuffer=m_dataStream->WaitForFinishedBuffer(5000); // Create IDS peak IPL image from buffer constautoimage=peak::ipl::Image(peak::BufferTo<peak::ipl::Image>(buffer)); // Create QImage with the correct image size QImageqImage(m_imageWidth,m_imageHeight,QImage::Format_RGB32); autoimageProcessed=m_imageConverterIPL->Convert(image,peak::ipl::PixelFormatName::BGRa8,qImage.bits(),static_cast<size_t>(qImage.byteCount())); // Queue buffer again m_dataStream->QueueBuffer(buffer); } catch(conststd::exception&e) { // ... } }
