IDS Software Suite 4.96.1

Under "Format", you can set parameters for the color format and display mode of your uEye camera.

"Pixel format" tab

With these settings you define the target format to which you want to convert the sensor's raw data (raw Bayer). The Color formats chapter provides a detailed list of all uEye color formats and their representation in the memory.

•Debayering quality
With this setting you select the conversion algorithm.

oSoftware

▪Normal
The conversion is performed by software in the PC. The standard filter mask is used for the conversion.

▪High
The conversion is performed by software in the PC. A large filter mask is used for the conversion.

oHardware: Normal
The conversion is performed in the camera. The standard filter mask is used for the conversion. When you select hardware Debayering, you can also perform the functions LUT, Gamma and Hot pixel correction directly in the camera.

With the format option, you specify the format in which the image data are written to the memory. The following formats are available:

•Sensor raw 8
Direct output of the sensor's raw data (8 bits per pixel). If you are using a color camera, the pattern of the Bayer color filter is visible. With monochrome cameras, raw Bayer corresponds to the grayscale format with the exception of the LUT/gamma curves.

•Sensor raw 10
Direct output of the sensor's raw data (10 bits per pixel).

•Sensor raw 12
Direct output of the sensor's raw data (12 bits per pixel, starting from the least significant bit (LSB)).

•Mono 8
Output of a grayscale image to which the LUT/gamma curve has been applied (8 bits per pixel).

•Mono 10
Output of a grayscale image to which the LUT/gamma curve has been applied (10 bits per pixel).

•Mono 12
Output of a grayscale image to which the LUT/gamma curve has been applied (12 bits per pixel, starting from least significant bit (LSB)).

•RGB15 (5 5 5)
Output of an image converted according to RGB 15 (5 bits per pixel for R, G and B).

•RGB24 (8 8 8)
Output of an image converted according to RGB 24 (8 bit per pixel for R, G and B).

•RGB32 (8 8 8)
Output of an image converted according to RGB 32 (8 bits per pixel for R, G and B, 8 fill bit).

•RGB30 (10 10 10) unpacked
Output of an image converted according to RGB 30 (10 bits per pixel for R, G and B, 2 fill bits (MSB = 0)).

•RGB30 (10 10 10) packed
Output an unpacked 10 bits image (10 bits per pixel for R, G and B each with 2 fill bits per color).

•RGB36 (12 12 12)
Output of an image converted according to RGB 36 (12 bits per pixel for R, G and B, 4 fill bits).

•UYVY (YUV422)
Output of an image converted according to YUV (8 bits per pixel for U, Y, V and Y).

•CBYCRY
Output of an image converted according to YUV (8 bits per pixel for Cb, Y, Cr and Y).

“Miscellaneous” tab

With these radio buttons you select the display mode for the image.

•Device independent (DIB)
The processor actively renders the image. This color format is supported by all graphics hardware and is recommended for applications that will be used on different PCs.

•Enable OpenMP
OpenMP (Open Multi-Processing) is a programming interface that supports distributed computing on multi-core processors. If the uEye driver recognizes a multi-core system during installation OpenMP is activated by default so that intensive computing operations, such as the Bayer conversion, are distributed across several processor cores to accelerate execution. The use of OpenMP, however, increases the CPU load.

Resetting the parameters

Click on the "Reset" button to reset all parameters to the model-specific defaults.