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NIVisionforVisualBasicReferenceHelpJune2008,370053G-01NIVisionforVisualBasicisalibraryoffunctionsthatyoucanusewithMicrosoftVisualBasictodevelopmachinevisionandscientificimagingapplications.Formoreinformationaboutthishelpfile,refertothefollowingtopics:UsingHelpRelatedDocumentationGlossaryImportantInformationTechnicalSupportandProfessionalServicesTocommentonNationalInstrumentsdocumentation,refertotheNationalInstrumentsWebsite.©2001–2008NationalInstrumentsCorporation.Allrightsreserved.

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ActivatingYourSoftwareHowdoIactivatemysoftware?UsetheNIActivationWizardtoobtainanactivationcodeforyoursoftware.YoucanlaunchtheNIActivationWizardtwoways:

Launchtheproductandchoosetoactivateyoursoftwarefromthelistofoptionspresented.LaunchNILicenseManagerbyselectingStart»AllPrograms»NationalInstruments»NILicenseManager.ClicktheActivatebuttoninthetoolbar.NoteYoudonotneedtoactivateyoursoftwareifitismanagedbyNIVolumeLicenseManagerasapartofaVolumeLicenseAgreement.

Whatisactivation?Activationistheprocessofobtaininganactivationcodetoenableyoursoftwaretorunonyourcomputer.Anactivationcodeisanalphanumericstringthatverifiesthesoftware,version,andcomputerIDtoenablefeaturesonyourcomputer.Activationcodesareuniqueandarevalidononlyonecomputer.WhatistheNIActivationWizard?TheNIActivationWizardisapartofNILicenseManagerthatstepsyouthroughtheprocessofenablingsoftwaretorunonyourmachine.WhatinformationdoIneedtoactivate?Youneedyourproductserialnumber,username,andorganization.TheNIActivationWizarddeterminestherestoftheinformation.Certainactivationmethodsmayrequireadditionalinformationfordelivery.Thisinformationisusedonlytoactivateyourproduct.CompletedisclosureofNationalInstrumentslicensingprivacypolicyisavailableatni.com/activate/privacy.Ifyouoptionallychoosetoregisteryoursoftware,yourinformationisprotectedundertheNationalInstrumentsprivacypolicy,availableatni.com/privacy.HowdoIfindmyproductserialnumber?Youcanfindyourserialnumberontheproof-of-ownershipandregistrationcardthatyoureceivedwithyourproduct,asshowninthefollowingexample.

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IfyoursoftwarekitdoesnotincludeaCertificateofOwnership,youcanfindyourserialnumberontheproductpackingsliporontheshippinglabel.WhatisaComputerID?ThecomputerIDcontainsuniqueinformationaboutyourcomputer.NationalInstrumentsrequiresthisinformationtoenableyoursoftware.YoucanfindyourcomputerIDthroughtheNIActivationWizardorbyusingNILicenseManager,asfollows:

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NIVisionDevelopmentModuleReadme—Containsinformationaboutnewfunctionality,minimumsystemrequirements,installationinstructions,anddescriptionsofthedocumentationforthefollowing:NIVisionforLabVIEW,NIVisionforLabWindows/CVI,NIVisionforVisualBasic,andVisionAssistant.NIVisionforVisualBasicUserManual—DescribeshowtocreatemachinevisionandimageprocessingapplicationsinMicrosoftVisualBasicusingtheVisionDevelopmentModule.Themanualguidesyouthroughtasksbeginningwithsettingupyourimagingsystemtotakingmeasurements.NIVisionConceptsManual—Describesthebasicconceptsofimageanalysis,imageprocessing,andmachinevision.Thisdocumentalsocontainsin-depthdiscussionsaboutimagingfunctionsforadvancedusers.NIOCRTrainingInterfaceHelp—ContainsinformationabouthowtousetheOCRTrainingInterfacetotraincharacters,savecharactersets,andverifycharactersbycomparingthemtoareferencecharacter.NIClassificationTrainingInterfaceHelp—ContainsinformationabouthowtousetheNIClassificationTrainingInterfacetotrainandclassifybinarysamples.NIVisionTemplateEditorHelp—ContainsinformationabouthowtousetheNIVisionTemplateEditortolearnandedittemplateimagesthatyoucanusewithpatternmatching,geometricmatching,andgoldentemplatecomparisonfunctions.

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NIVisionOverviewNIVisionforVisualBasicisacollectionofActiveXcontrolsyoucanusetodevelopimageanalysisandmachinevisionapplicationsinanycompatibleActiveXcontrolcontainer.WithNIVisionforVisualBasic,youcanacquireimagesfromimageacquisitiondevicessupportedbytheNI-IMAQdriversoftware,displaythemintheapplication,performinteractivevieweroperations,andanalyzetheimagestoextractinformation.TheNIVisionforVisualBasicpackagecontainsthefollowingcomponents:

TheCWIMAQcontrolisanActiveXcontrolforacquiringimagesfromdevicessupportedbytheNI-IMAQdriversoftware.TheCWIMAQViewercontrolisanActiveXcontrolfordisplayingimagesintheapplication.Withthiscontrol,youcaninteractivelyselectaregionofinterest,zoomandpananimage,andapplydifferentcolorpalettes.TheCWIMAQVisioncontrolisanActiveXcontrolforanalyzingandprocessingimages.Functionsincludecalipertools,patternmatching,histogram,particleanalysis,andsoon.TheNIOCRcontrolisanActiveXcontrolyoucanuseforopticalcharacterrecognition(OCR)inmachinevisionapplications.TheCWMachineVisioncontrolisanActiveXcontrolyoucanusetoperformhigh-levelmachinevisiontasks,suchasmeasuringdistances.NoteIfyoureceivedtheCWIMAQcontrolaspartofNI-IMAQandhavenotpurchasedNIVisionforVisualBasic,theCWIMAQViewer,CWIMAQVision,NIOCR,andCWMachineVisioncontrolsareinevaluationmode.

TheNIVisionforVisualBasicActiveXcontrolsaredesignedforuseinVisualBasic6.0.SomefeaturesandutilitieshavebeenincorporatedwiththeVisualBasicuserinmind.However,youcanuseActiveXcontrolsinotherapplicationsthatsupportthem,includingVisualC++andDelphi.

ImageAcquisitionControlOverviewUsetheCWIMAQcontroltoacquireimagesfromimageAcquisitionhardware,includingthecaptureofsingleormultipleimagesincontinuousorsingle-shotmode.YoucanconfiguretheCWIMAQcontrolformanydifferentmodes,includingstarttriggers,skipcounts,andframeorfieldmode.Afterthepropertiesareset,theapplicationcanperformacquisitionsusingmethodcalls.TheImagescollectionandImageobjectsrepresenttheacquiredimages.Whenyouacquiremultipleimages,additionalImageobjectsareaddedtotheImagescollection.Youcanviewacompletelistanddescriptionofallproperties,methods,andeventsassociatedwiththeCWIMAQcontrol.

ImageAcquisitionConfigurationInstallandConfigureDriverSoftwareTousetheCWIMAQcontroltoacquireimagesfromtheNationalInstrumentsimageacquisitiondevices,youmustinstallNI-IMAQ.TheNI-IMAQdriversoftwareperformsthelow-levelcallstothehardware.YoucanconfigurethesystemusingMeasurement&AutomationExplorer(MAX),theNationalInstrumentsconfigurationutilityprovidedwiththehardware.MAXalsoprovidesparametersandvaluesyouneedtouseinthecontrols.InstallthemostcurrentversionoftheNI-IMAQdriver.TheNIVisionforVisualBasiccontrolsmightrequirefeaturesprovidedonlyinthenewestversionofthedriver.YoucandownloadthemostcurrentversionofthedriverfromtheNationalInstrumentsWebsite.Toruntheinstallationandconfigurationprograms,followthedirectionsincludedwithNI-IMAQ.Also,reviewthereadmefileandreleasenotes,whichprovidethelatestinformationaswellasoperatingsystemdetails.ConfigureYourimageacquisitionHardwareBeforeusingtheimageacquisitionhardwarewiththeNIVisioncontrols,configuretheimageacquisitiondeviceusingMAX.UseMAXtotestthehardwareandperformimageacquisitionoperations.Whenthedeviceisconfigured,MAXassignsthedeviceaninterfacenamethatyoucanusetoreferenceitinapplications.

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VisionControlOverviewNoteIfyoureceivedtheIMAQHardwarecontrolaspartofNI-IMAQandhavenotpurchasedIMAQVisionforVisualBasic,theVisioncontrolisinevaluationmode.

TheCWIMAQVisioncontrolincludesmultipleimageprocessingfunctions.EachfunctionisamethodoftheCWIMAQVisioncontrol.Youcanpassparameterstoafunctionasyouwouldwithanyotherfunction.MostfunctionstakeImageobjectsasinputs,outputs,orboth.Operationscanbeperformedin-placewhenthesameImageobjectisusedasbothaninputandanoutput.Thefollowinglineofcodeaddsimage1toimage2andstorestheresultinimage1.CWIMAQVision1.Addimage1,image2,image1TheCWIMAQVisioncontrolhandleserrorcheckingintwodifferentways.Bydefault,anexceptionisgeneratedwhenanerroroccursinandishandledbytheprogrammingenvironment.YoucandisableexceptiongenerationusingtheExceptionOnErrorpropertyoftheCWIMAQVisioncontrol.Ifyoudisableexceptions,eachcalltoamethodreturnsanerrorcode.Ifthecodeisequaltozero,themethodcompletednormally.Ifthevalueisnonzero,anerroroccurredandtheapplicationshouldhandlethecondition.Youcanviewacompletelistofallproperties,methods,andeventsassociatedwiththeCWIMAQVisioncontrol.

ViewerControl(UserInterfaceControl)NoteIfyoureceivedtheCWIMAQcontrolaspartofNI-IMAQandhavenotpurchasedNIVisionforVisualBasic,theCWIMAQViewercontrolisinevaluationmode.

UsetheCWIMAQViewercontroltodisplayandmanipulateimages.Thiscontroldisplaysstaticordynamicimagesandsupportsgraphicalregionofinteresttools.ObjectsintheCWIMAQViewercontrolrepresentthedifferentpartsdisplayedonthephysicalrepresentationoftheviewer,includingtheViewerobject,RegionscollectionandRegionobject,Paletteobject,andImageobject.

Viewerobject—Anobjectthatcontainsthebasicpropertiesofthecontrol,suchasBorderWidthandZoomScale.RegionscollectionandRegionobject—Objectsusedtocontroltheselectionofregionsofinterestontheimage.Paletteobject—Anobjectthatcontrolsthemappingofbitmappixelvaluestocolorsviewedonscreen.Usepalettestoviewimagedataindifferentways.Youcanuseanyofthepredefinedpalettesordefineyourown.Imageobject—Theobjectthatholdstheimagedatatheviewerisdisplaying.Displaymappingobject—Theobjectthatenablesdisplaymappingfor16-bitimages.

Youcanviewacompletelistanddescriptionofallproperties,methods,andeventsassociatedwiththeCWIMAQViewercontrol.

OCRControlOverviewUsetheNIOCRcontroltoperformopticalcharacterrecognition(OCR).OCRistheprocessbywhichmachinevisionsoftwarereadstextand/orcharactersinanimage.OCRconsistsofthefollowingtwoprocedures:

TrainingcharactersReadingcharacters

Trainingcharactersistheprocessbywhichyouteachthemachinevisionsoftwarethetypesofcharactersand/orpatternsyouwanttoreadintheimageduringthereadingprocedure.YoucanuseNIOCRtotrainanynumberofcharacters,creatingacharacterset,whichisthesetofcharactersthatyoulatercomparewithobjectsduringthereadingprocedure.Youstorethecharactersetyoucreateinacharactersetfile.Trainingmightbeaone-timeprocess,oritmightbeaprocessyourepeatseveraltimes,creatingseveralcharactersetstobroadenthescopeofcharactersyouwanttodetectinanimage.Readingcharactersistheprocessbywhichthemachinevisionapplicationyoucreateanalyzesanimagetodetermineiftheobjectsmatchthecharactersyoutrained.Themachinevisionapplicationreadscharactersinanimageusingthecharactersetthatyoucreatedwhenyoutrainedcharacters.

MachineVisionControlOverviewNoteIfyoureceivedtheCWIMAQcontrolaspartofNI-IMAQandhavenotpurchasedNIVisionforVisualBasic,theCWMachineVisioncontrolisinevaluationmode.

TheCWMachineVisioncontrolscontainsfunctionsyoucanusetoperformhigh-levelmachinevisiontasks,suchasmeasuringdistances.ThiscontroliswrittenentirelyinVisualBasicusingmethodsontheCWIMAQVisionandCWIMAQViewercontrols.SourcecodefortheCWMachineVisioncontrolisincludedinNIVisionforVisualBasic.FormoreinformationaboutCWMachineVisionmethods,refertotheNIVisionforVisualBasicUserManual.Youcanviewacompletelistofallproperties,methods,andeventsassociatedwiththeCWMachineVisioncontrol.

NIVisionObjectsReferenceObject DescriptionCWIMAQ CWIMAQisthetop-levelobjectfortheCWIMAQ

control.

CWIMAQAIMGradeReport CWIMAQAIMGradeReportcontainstheresultsofgradingaDataMatrixbarcode.IfaDataMatrixbarcodecannotbelocatedbyCWIMAQVision.ReadDataMatrixBarcode2,thefunctionassignstheDataMatrixbarcodethevaluecwimaqAIMGradeFforallgradesandthevalue0forallrawscores.

CWIMAQAnnulus CWIMAQAnnuluscontainspropertiesthatspecifyanannulus,asshowninthefollowingillustration.

CWIMAQArc CWIMAQArccontainspropertiesthatspecifyanarc.

CWIMAQArcs CWIMAQArcsisacollectionofCWIMAQArcobjects.UseCWIMAQArcstospecifymultiplearcs.

CWIMAQAVISession CWIMAQAVISessionisanobjectusedtoreadandwriteAVIfiles.

CWIMAQBarcode2DReport CWIMAQBarcode2DReportisacollectionofCWIMAQBarcode2DReportItemobjects.ItcontainsoneentryforeverybarcodefoundintheimagebyCWIMAQVision.ReadDataMatrixBarcodeorCWIMAQVision.ReadPDF417Barcode.

CWIMAQBarcode2DReportItem CWIMAQBarcode2DReportItemcontainsparametersthatspecifytheresultsofreadinga2Dbarcode.

CWIMAQBarcodeReport CWIMAQBarcodeReportisacollectionofCWIMAQBarcodeReportItemobjects.ThiscollectioncontainsoneelementaftercallingCWIMAQVision.ReadBarcode.

CWIMAQBarcodeReportItem CWIMAQBarcodeReportItemcontainsparametersthatspecifytheresultsofreadingabarcode.

CWIMAQBasicParticleReport CWIMAQBasicParticleReportisacollectionof

CWIMAQBasicParticleReportItemobjects.Itcontainsoneentryforeachparticleintheimage.

CWIMAQBasicParticleReportItem CWIMAQBasicParticleReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticle.

CWIMAQBCGOptions CWIMAQBCGOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhenperformingaBCGTransformoraColorBCGTransform.

CWIMAQBMPFileOptions CWIMAQBMPFileOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhenwritingaBMPfile.

CWIMAQBrokenline CWIMAQBrokenlinecontainsthepointsofabrokenlineshape.Thisshapeissimilartoapolygon,butisnotclosed.

CWIMAQCalibrationGridOptions CWIMAQCalibrationGridOptionscontainsinformationaboutthecalibrationgridimageusedbytheCWIMAQVision.LearnCalibrationGridmethod.

CWIMAQCalibrationPoints CWIMAQCalibrationPointsspecifiesasetofreferencepointsusedinlearningacalibrationtransformation.

CWIMAQCalibrationReport CWIMAQCalibrationReportcontainsparametersspecifyingtheresultoftheCWIMAQVision.GetCalibrationInformationmethod.

CWIMAQCaliperOptions CWIMAQCaliperOptionscontainsoptionsfortheCWIMAQVision.Caliper2method.

CWIMAQCaliperReport CWIMAQCaliperReportisacollectionofCWIMAQCaliperReportItemobjectsthatcontaintheresultsoftheCWIMAQVision.Caliper2method.Itcontainsoneitemforeachdetectededgepair.

CWIMAQCaliperReportItem CWIMAQCaliperReportItemcontainsinformationaboutadetectededgepair.

CWIMAQCIEXYZColor CWIMAQCIEXYZColorspecifiestheacolorintheCIEXYZcolorspace.

CWIMAQCircleDescriptor CWIMAQCircleDescriptorcontainspropertiesthatspecifythesetofcirclestodetect.

CWIMAQCircleMatchReport CWIMAQCircleMatchReportisacollectionofCWIMAQCircleMatchReportItemobjects.ItcontainsoneentrypercirclefoundintheimagebyCWIMAQVision.DetectCircles.

CWIMAQCircleMatchReportItem CWIMAQCircleMatchReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticulardetectedcircle.

CWIMAQCirclesReport CWIMAQCirclesReportisacollectionofCWIMAQCirclesReportItemobjectsthatcontaintheresultsoftheCWIMAQVision.FindCirclesmethod.Ithasoneentryforeachcircledetectedintheimage.

CWIMAQCirclesReportItem CWIMAQCirclesReportItemcontainsinformationaboutadetectedcircle.

CWIMAQClassifier CWIMAQClassifierisanobjectthatassignsimagesorfeaturevectorstoclassesbasedonhowithasbeentrained.

CWIMAQClassifierAccuracyReport CWIMAQClassifierAccuracyReportisareportontheaccuracyoftheclassifier,basedonhowwellitclassifiesthesamplesitwastrainedwith.

CWIMAQClassifierReport CWIMAQClassifierReportcontainstheresultsoftheCWIMAQClassifier.ClassifyandCWIMAQCustomClassifier.CustomClassifymethods.

CWIMAQClassifierSample CWIMAQClassifierSamplerepresentsasampleonwhichtheclassifierwillbetrained.

CWIMAQClassifierSamples CWIMAQClassifierSamplesisacollectionofCWIMAQClassifierSampleobjects.Itcontainsoneitemforeachsampleintheclassifier.

CWIMAQClassScore CWIMAQClassScorecontainstheresultsofclassificationforaclassintheclassifier.

CWIMAQClassScores CWIMAQClassScoresisacollectionofCWIMAQClassScoreobjectsthatcontaintheresultsoftheCWIMAQClassifier.Classifymethod.Itcontainsoneitemforeachclassintheclassifier.

CWIMAQColor CWIMAQColorcontainsparametersspecifyingtheresultofacoloracquisition.

CWIMAQColorInformation TheCWIMAQColorInformationobjectcontainsinformationtousewithCWIMAQVision.MatchColor.YoucangeneratethisinformationusingCWIMAQVision.LearnColor.

CWIMAQColorValueConversionOptions CWIMAQColorValueConversionOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhenconvertingcolorvaluestonumericalvalues.

CWIMAQContourSegmentsReport CWIMAQContourSegmentsReportisacollectionofCWIMAQContourSegmentsReportItemobjectsthatcontaintheresultsoftheCWIMAQVision.GetPointsOnContourmethod.Thiscollectioncontainsoneitemforeachsegmentintheimage.

CWIMAQContourSegmentsReportItem CWIMAQContourSegmentsReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticularedgesegmentfoundbytheCWIMAQVision.GetPointsOnContourmethod.

CWIMAQCoordinatesReport CWIMAQCoordinatesReportcontainstheconvertedcoordinatesthatresultfromtheCWIMAQVision.ConvertRealWorldToPixelCoordinatesortheCWIMAQVision.ConvertPixelToRealWorldCoordinatesmethods.

CWIMAQCoordinateSystem CWIMAQCoordinateSystemspecifiesthecoordinatesystemdefinedbyanorigin,angle,andaxisorientation.

CWIMAQCurveOptions CWIMAQCurveOptionscontainsparametersusedbyvariousmethodstofindcurvesinanimage.

CWIMAQCurveReport CWIMAQCurveReportisacollectionofCWIMAQCurveReportItemobjectsthatcontainthe

resultsoftheCWIMAQVision.ExtractCurvesmethod.Thiscollectioncontainsoneitemforeachcurveintheimage.

CWIMAQCurveReportItem CWIMAQCurveReportItemcontainsinformationaboutacurvefoundbytheCWIMAQVision.ExtractCurvesmethod.

CWIMAQCustomClassifier CWIMAQCustomClassifierisaclassifierthatclassifiesfeaturevectors.

CWIMAQCustomClassifierSample CWIMAQCustomClassifierSamplerepresentsasampleonwhichtheclassifierwillbetrained.

CWIMAQCustomClassifierSamples CWIMAQCustomClassifierSamplesisacollectionofCWIMAQCustomClassifierSampleobjects.Itcontainsoneitemforeachsampleinthecustomclassifier.

CWIMAQData CWIMAQDataisanobjectyoucanusetosimplifytheprocessofwritingandreadingdata.CWIMAQDatacontainspropertiesthatyoucansetasappropriate.YoucanuseCWIMAQDatatoreadandwritenumericalandstringdata.Forexample,youcanuseCWIMAQDatatorecordtemperaturedataandpassittoframesofanAVI.Also,youcanuseCWIMAQDatatocaptureimagedescriptioninformationintheformofastringvalue,andpassthatvaluetoanimageascustomdata.

CWIMAQDataMatrixDescriptionOptions CWIMAQDataMatrixDescriptionOptionsdescribestheDataMatrixbarcodethatCWIMAQVision.ReadDataMatrixBarcode2shouldlookfor.

CWIMAQDataMatrixOptions CWIMAQDataMatrixOptionsdefineshowthemethodsearchesfortheDataMatrixbarcode.

CWIMAQDataMatrixReport CWIMAQDataMatrixReportcontainsparametersthatspecifytheresultsofreadingaDataMatrixbarcode.

CWIMAQDataMatrixSearchOptions CWIMAQDataMatrixSearchOptionscontainsthesearchoptionsthefunctionuseswhensearchingfortheDataMatrixbarcodeintheimage.

CWIMAQDataMatrixSizeOptions CWIMAQDataMatrixSizeOptionscontainsthesizeoptionsthemethoduseswhensearchingforaDataMatrixbarcodeintheimage.

CWIMAQDiscriminationData Obsolete—CWIMAQDiscriminationDatacontainsparameterstospecifytheactionofaparticlediscriminationmethod.

CWIMAQDisplayMapping CWIMAQDisplayMappingenablesthepixelmappingpolicyfordisplaying16-bitimages.Because16-bitgrayscaleimagescannotbedisplayedwiththeirfullresolutionon32-bitcolordisplaysusingcommonvideoadapterslimitedto8-bitresolutionpercolorplane,16-bitimagesmustbemappedtothe8-bitrange(0to255).

CWIMAQEdgeCoordinatesReport CWIMAQEdgeCoordinatesReportcontainsinformationabouttheedgesfoundbyCWIMAQVision.Rake,

CWIMAQVision.Spoke,orCWIMAQVision.ConcentricRake.

CWIMAQEdgeInfoItem CWIMAQEdgeInfoItemcontainsinformationaboutadetectededge.

CWIMAQEdgeInfoItems CWIMAQEdgeInfoItemsisacollectionofCWIMAQEdgeInfoItemobjects.ItcontainsoneentryforeachedgefoundintheimagebyCWIMAQVision.FindEdges3.

CWIMAQEdgeOptions CWIMAQEdgeOptionsdefinesthecharacteristicsofthefilterusedtodetectedges.

CWIMAQEdgeOptions2 CWIMAQEdgeOptions2definesthecharacteristicsofthefilterusedtodetectedges.

CWIMAQEdgeReport CWIMAQEdgeReportisacollectionofCWIMAQEdgeReportItemobjectsthatcontaintheresultsoftheCWIMAQVision.FindEdges2method.Itcontainsoneitemforeachdetectededge.

CWIMAQEdgeReport2 CWIMAQEdgeReportItemcontainsinformationaboutadetectededge.

CWIMAQEdgeReportItem CWIMAQEdgeReportItemcontainsinformationaboutadetectededge.

CWIMAQEdgesOnLine CWIMAQEdgesOnLinecontainsthecoordinatesofalledgesfoundalongagivensearchline.

CWIMAQEdgesOnLines CWIMAQEdgesOnLinesisacollectionofCWIMAQEdgesOnLineobjects.Ithasoneentryforeachsearchline.

CWIMAQEllipseDescriptor CWIMAQEllipseDescriptorcontainspropertiesthatspecifytheellipsestodetect.

CWIMAQEllipseMatchReport CWIMAQEllipseMatchReportisacollectionofCWIMAQEllipseMatchReportItemobjects.ItcontainsoneentryperellipsefoundintheimagebyCWIMAQVision.DetectEllipses.

CWIMAQEllipseMatchReportItem CWIMAQEllipseMatchReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticulardetectedellipse.

CWIMAQEncoder CWIMAQEncoderrepresentsencoderdataandpropertiesthatyoucanconfigure.

CWIMAQFileInformation CWIMAQFileInformationcontainsinformationregardingthecontentsofthefilethatwaspassedtoCWIMAQVision.GetFileInformation.

CWIMAQFitCircleOptions CWIMAQFitCircleOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhencallingCWIMAQVision.FitCircle2.

CWIMAQFitCircleReport CWIMAQFitCircleReportcontainsresultsoftheCWIMAQVision.FitCircle2method.

CWIMAQFitEllipseOptions CWIMAQFitEllipseOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhencallingCWIMAQVision.FitEllipse2.

CWIMAQFitEllipseReport CWIMAQFitEllipseReportcontainsresultsoftheCWIMAQVision.FitEllipse2method.

CWIMAQFitLineReport CWIMAQFitLineReportcontainsresultsoftheCWIMAQVision.FitLinemethod.

CWIMAQFlattenOptions CWIMAQFlattenOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewithCWIMAQVision.FlattenImage.

CWIMAQFreeline CWIMAQFreelinecontainsthepointsofafree-formlineshape.Thisshapeissimilartoabrokenline,butindividualpointscannotbedragged.

CWIMAQFreeregion CWIMAQFreeregioncontainsthepointsofafree-formregion.Thisshapeissimilartoapolygon,butindividualpointsarenotdraggable.

CWIMAQFullParticleReport CWIMAQFullParticleReportisacollectionofCWIMAQFullParticleReportItemobjectsthatcontainparametersspecifyingtheresultofaparticleanalysismethod.Thiscollectionhasoneitemforeachparticleontheimage.

NoteTheCWIMAQFullParticleReportobjectisusedonlywiththeCWIMAQVision.Particlemethod.

CWIMAQFullParticleReportItem CWIMAQFullParticleReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticle.

NoteTheCWIMAQFullParticleReportItemobjectisusedonlywiththeCWIMAQVision.Particlemethod.

CWIMAQGeometricFeatureReport CWIMAQGeometricFeatureReportisacollectionofCWIMAQGeometricFeatureReportItemobjects.

CWIMAQGeometricFeatureReportItem CWIMAQGeometricFeatureReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticulargeometricfeature.

CWIMAQGeometricFeatureTypeOptions Specifiesasetofgeometricfeaturetypes.

CWIMAQGeometricPatternMatchReport CWIMAQGeometricPatternMatchReportisacollectionofCWIMAQGeometricPatternMatchReportItemobjects.Itcontainsoneentryforeverymatchfoundintheimage.

CWIMAQGeometricPatternMatchReportItem CWIMAQGeometricPatternMatchReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticulargeometricpatternmatch.

CWIMAQGridDescriptor CWIMAQGridDescriptorcontainsinformationaboutagridimagethatisusedtolearnthecalibration.

CWIMAQHistogramOptions CWIMAQHistogramOptionsspecifiestheoptionsneededtoperformahistogramoperation.

CWIMAQHistogramReport CWIMAQHistogramReportisacollectionofCWIMAQHistogramReportItemobjects.ThisreportisfilledwithoneitembyCWIMAQVision.Histogram2andCWIMAQVision.ColorHistogram3.

CWIMAQHistogramReportItem CWIMAQHistogramReportItemcontainsparametersthatspecifytheresultofahistogramoperation.

CWIMAQIgnoreColorSpectra CWIMAQIgnoreColorSpectracontainsinformationaboutcolorspectrathatisignoredbyCWIMAQVision.LearnColorPattern.Anycolorspectrumexcludedduringthelearningprocessisalsoignoredfromthetemplateinthematchphase.Usethisobjecttoignorebackgroundcolorsthatyoudonotwanttobepartofthetemplateimage.

CWIMAQImage CWIMAQImagerepresentsimagedataandpropertiesthatyoucanconfigureonaperimagebasis.

CWIMAQImageClassifier CWIMAQImageClassifierisanobjectthatassignsimagestoclassesbasedonhowithasbeentrained.

CWIMAQImageDialog CWIMAQImageDialogisadialogboxforselectingimagesthatshowspreviewsoftheimages.

CWIMAQImages CWIMAQImagesisacollectionofCWIMAQImageobjects.AddCWIMAQImageobjectstotheCWIMAQImagescollectiontospecifythenumberofimagesinanacquisition.

CWIMAQInspectionAlignment CWIMAQInspectionAlignmentspecifiesthelocationwithinanimagewherethegoldentemplateislocated.

CWIMAQInspectionOptions CWIMAQInspectionOptionsspecifiestheoptionsusedbyCWIMAQVision.CompareGoldenTemplate.

CWIMAQJPEG2000FileAdvancedOptions CWIMAQJPEG2000FileAdvancedOptionsspecifiestheadvancedoptionstousewhenwritingaJPEG2000file.

CWIMAQJPEGFileOptions CWIMAQJPEGFileOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhenwritingaJPEGfile.

CWIMAQKernel CWIMAQKernelrepresentsimageprocessingkerneldataandpropertiesthatyoucanconfigureonaperkernelbasis.

CWIMAQLCDInformation TheCWIMAQLCDInformationobjectcontainsinformationtousewithCWIMAQVision.ReadLCD.YoucangeneratethisinformationusingCWIMAQVision.FindLCDSegments.

CWIMAQLCDSegmentsReport CWIMAQLCDSegmentsReportisacollectionofCWIMAQLCDSegmentsReportItemobjectsthatisreturnedbyCWIMAQVision.ReadLCD.ItcontainsoneitemforeveryLCDdigit.

CWIMAQLCDSegmentsReportItem CWIMAQLCDSegmentsReportItemcontainsinformationregardingthestateofsegmentsintheLCDdigit.

CWIMAQLearnCalibrationOptions CWIMAQLearnCalibrationOptionscontainsparametersusedbyCWIMAQVision.LearnCalibrationGridandCWIMAQVision.LearnCalibrationPointstolearnthe

calibrationtemplate.

CWIMAQLearnColorPatternOptions CWIMAQLearnColorPatternOptionscontainsparametersusedbyCWIMAQVision.LearnColorPatterntolearnthetemplate.

CWIMAQLearnGeometricPatternAdvancedOptions CWIMAQLearnGeometricPatternAdvancedOptionscontainsparametersusedbyCWIMAQVision.LearnGeometricPatterntolearnthetemplate.

CWIMAQLearnGeometricPatternOptions CWIMAQLearnGeometricPatternOptionscontainsparametersusedbyCWIMAQVision.LearnGeometricPatterntolearnthetemplate.

CWIMAQLearnPatternAdvancedOptions CWIMAQLearnPatternAdvancedOptionscontainsadvancedparametersusedbyCWIMAQVision.LearnPattern2tolearnthetemplate.

CWIMAQLearnPatternAdvancedRotationOptions CWIMAQLearnPatternAdvancedRotationOptionscontainsadvancedparametersusedbyCWIMAQVision.LearnPattern2duringtherotationphasetolearnthetemplate.

CWIMAQLearnPatternAdvancedShiftOptions CWIMAQLearnPatternAdvancedShiftOptionscontainsadvancedparametersusedbyCWIMAQVision.LearnPattern2duringtheshiftphasetolearnthetemplate.

CWIMAQLearnPatternOptions CWIMAQLearnPatternOptionscontainstheLearnModeparameterusedbyCWIMAQVision.LearnPattern2tolearnthetemplate.Creatingthisobjectisoptional;youcandirectlypasstheLearnModetoCWIMAQVision.LearnPattern2.

CWIMAQLine CWIMAQLinecontainspropertiesthatspecifyaline.

CWIMAQLinearAveragesReport CWIMAQLinearAveragesReportcontainsresultsoftheCWIMAQVision.LinearAveragesmethod.

CWIMAQLineDescriptor CWIMAQLineDescriptorcontainspropertiesthatspecifythesetoflinestodetect.

CWIMAQLineEquation CWIMAQLineEquationcontainspropertiesofalineequationinnormalform,Ax+By+C=0.

CWIMAQLineMatchReport CWIMAQLineMatchReportisacollectionofCWIMAQLineMatchReportItemobjects.ItcontainsoneentryperlinefoundintheimagebyCWIMAQVision.DetectLines.

CWIMAQLineMatchReportItem CWIMAQLineMatchReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticulardetectedline.

CWIMAQLines CWIMAQLinesisacollectionofCWIMAQLineobjects.Thiscollectionisusedtospecifymultiplelines.

CWIMAQLocalThresholdOptions CWIMAQLocalThresholdOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhenperformingalocalthresholdusingCWIMAQVision.LocalThreshold.

CWIMAQMatchColorPatternOptions CWIMAQMatchColorPatternOptionscontainsparametersusedby

CWIMAQVision.MatchColorPatterntofindthecolortemplateintheimage.

CWIMAQMatchGeometricPatternAdvancedOptions CWIMAQMatchGeometricPatternAdvancedOptionscontainsparametersusedbytheCWIMAQVision.MatchGeometricPatternandCWIMAQVision.MatchMultipleGeometricPatternstofindthetemplateintheimage.

CWIMAQMatchGeometricPatternOptions CWIMAQMatchGeometricPatternOptionscontainsparametersusedbytheCWIMAQVision.MatchGeometricPatternandCWIMAQVision.MatchMultipleGeometricPatternsmethodstofindthetemplateintheimage.

CWIMAQMatchPatternAdvancedOptions CWIMAQMatchPatternAdvancedOptionscontainsparametersusedbyCWIMAQVision.MatchPattern2findthetemplateintheimage.

CWIMAQMatchPatternOptions CWIMAQMatchPatternOptionscontainsparametersusedbyCWIMAQVision.MatchPattern2tofindthetemplateintheimage.

CWIMAQMeterArc CWIMAQMeterArcobjectdescribesthearcthatametersweeps.ItcontainsinformationthattheReadMetermethoduses.

CWIMAQMultipleGeometricTemplate CWIMAQMultipleGeometricTemplatespecifiesthetemplateimages,theassociatedlabelsandthematchoptionsrequiredtofindthesetemplatesinthetargetimage.

CWIMAQMultiThresholdData CWIMAQMultiThresholdDataisacollectionofCWIMAQMultiThresholdDataItemobjectsthatspecifiesthethresholdranges.Addoneitemforeachrangethatyouwanttothreshold.

CWIMAQMultiThresholdDataItem CWIMAQMultiThresholdDataItemcontainsparametersthatspecifythemodeandthresholdrange.TheseparametersareanalogoustothoseusedbyCWIMAQVision.Threshold.

CWIMAQNearestNeighborEngineOptions CWIMAQNearestNeighborEngineOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhentrainingwithaNearestNeighborengine.

CWIMAQNearestNeighborTrainClassScore CWIMAQNearestNeighborTrainClassScorecontainstheresultoftrainingwiththeNearestNeighborengineforeachclass.

CWIMAQNearestNeighborTrainClassScores CWIMAQNearestNeighborTrainClassScoresisacollectionofCWIMAQNearestNeighborTrainClassScoreobjectsthatcontaintheresultsoftheCWIMAQClassifier.TrainNearestNeighbormethod.Itcontainsoneitemforeachclassintheclassifier.

CWIMAQNearestNeighborTrainingReport CWIMAQNearestNeighborTrainingReportcontainstheresultoftrainingwithCWIMAQClassifier.TrainNearestNeighbor.

CWIMAQOval CWIMAQOvalcontainspropertiesthatspecifyanoval.

CWIMAQOverlay CWIMAQOverlaycontainsmethodsthatdrawshapesontotheoverlay.TheseshapesaredisplayedontopofaCWIMAQImage.Overlaysdonotmodifytheactualimagepixelsandaredeletedwhentheimageisresized.Tosaveoverlayinformationalongwithanimage,useCWIMAQVision.WriteImageAndVisionInfo

CWIMAQOverlays CWIMAQOverlaysisacollectionofCWIMAQOverlayobjectsthatisassociatedwithaparticularimage.Whenthiscollectioniscreated,adefaultCWIMAQOverlayobjectwithanindexof1iscreated.

CWIMAQPalette CWIMAQPaletterepresentspalettedataandpropertiesthatyoucanconfigureonaperpalettebasis.

CWIMAQParticleClassifier CWIMAQParticleClassifierisaclassifierthatclassifiesparticlesinbinaryimages.

CWIMAQParticleClassifierOptions CWIMAQParticleClassifierOptionscontainsoptionsonhowtheCWIMAQParticleClassifierclassifiesparticles.

CWIMAQParticleFilter2Data CWIMAQParticleFilter2DataisacollectionofCWIMAQParticleFilter2DataItemobjects.TheseobjectsareusedbyCWIMAQVision.ParticleFilter2tofilterparticlesfromanimage.Addoneentryforeachfiltercriterion.

CWIMAQParticleFilter2DataItem CWIMAQParticleFilter2DataItemcontainsparametersthatdeterminewhichparticlesCWIMAQVision.ParticleFilter2willfilterfromanimage.

CWIMAQParticleFilterData Obsolete—CWIMAQParticleFilterDataisacollectionofCWIMAQParticleFilterDataItemobjects.TheseobjectsareusedbyCWIMAQVision.ParticleFiltertofilterparticlesfromanimage.Addoneentryforeachfiltercriterion.

CWIMAQParticleFilterDataItem Obsolete—CWIMAQParticleFilterDataItemcontainsparametersthatdeterminewhichparticlesCWIMAQVision.ParticleFilterwillfilterfromanimage.

CWIMAQParticlePreprocessingOptions CWIMAQParticlePreprocessingOptionscontainsoptionsonhowtheCWIMAQParticleClassifierconvertsimagesintoparticles.

CWIMAQParticleReport CWIMAQParticleReportisacollectionofCWIMAQParticleReportItemobjects.TheseobjectsarereturnedbyCWIMAQVision.ParticleReportwithinformationabouteachparticle.

CWIMAQParticleReportItem CWIMAQParticleReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticle.

CWIMAQParticleSelectionData Obsolete—CWIMAQParticleSelectionDataisacollectionofCWIMAQParticleSelectionDataItemobjects.Addanitemforeachselectioncriterionyouwanttouse.

CWIMAQParticleSelectionDataItem Obsolete—CWIMAQParticleSelectionDataItemcontainsparametersthatspecifyaselectioncriterion,whichisusedbyCWIMAQVision.SelectParticlestofilterentriesfromaCWIMAQBasicParticleReportora

CWIMAQFullParticleReport.

CWIMAQPatternMatchReport CWIMAQPatternMatchReportisacollectionofCWIMAQPatternMatchReportItemobjects.ItcontainsoneentryforeverymatchfoundintheimagebyCWIMAQVision.MatchPattern2orCWIMAQVision.MatchColorPattern.CWIMAQPatternMatchReportwillnevercontainmoreentriesthanNumMatchesRequested.

CWIMAQPatternMatchReportItem CWIMAQPatternMatchReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticularpatternmatch.

CWIMAQPeakValleyReport CWIMAQPeakValleyReportisacollectionofCWIMAQPeakValleyReportItemobjects.ItcontainsoneentryforeverypeakorvalleydetectedbyCWIMAQVision.DetectPeaksOrValleys.

CWIMAQPeakValleyReportItem CWIMAQPeakValleyReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticularpeakorvalley.

CWIMAQPNGFileOptions CWIMAQPNGFileOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhenwritingaPNGfile.

CWIMAQPoint CWIMAQPointcontainspropertiesthatspecifyapoint.

CWIMAQPoints CWIMAQPointsisacollectionofCWIMAQPointobjects.

CWIMAQPolygon CWIMAQPolygoncontainsthepointsofapolygon.

CWIMAQProfileReport CWIMAQProfileReportisacollectionofCWIMAQProfileReportItemobjects.ThisreportisfilledwithoneitembyCWIMAQVision.LineProfileandCWIMAQVision.RegionsProfile.

CWIMAQProfileReportItem CWIMAQProfileReportItemcontainsresultsofaprofilinganalysismethod.

CWIMAQPulse CWIMAQPulserepresentspulsedataandpropertiesthatyoucanconfigureonaperpulsebasis.

CWIMAQPulses CWIMAQPulsesisacollectionofCWIMAQPulseobjects.YoucanaddCWIMAQPulseobjectstotheCWIMAQPulsescollectionandassociateaCWIMAQPulseobjectwithaCWIMAQSignalobject.

CWIMAQQRCodeReport CWIMAQQRCodeReportcontainsparametersthatspecifytheresultsofreadingaQRcode.

CWIMAQQRDataToken CWIMAQQRDataTokencontainscontainsthedatatokenizedinexactlythewayitwasencodedintheQRcode.Thisisusefulifthesymbolisencodedusingmultiplelanguages.

CWIMAQQRDataTokens CWIMAQQRDataTokensisacollectionofCWIMAQQRDataTokenobjects.

CWIMAQQRDescriptionOptions CWIMAQQRDescriptionOptionsdescribestheQRcodethatCWIMAQVision.ReadQRCodeshouldlookfor.

CWIMAQQRSearchOptions CWIMAQQRSearchOptionscontainsthesearchoptionsthefunctionuseswhensearchingfortheQR

codeintheimage.

CWIMAQQRSizeOptions CWIMAQQRSizeOptionscontainsthesizeoptionsthemethoduseswhensearchingforaQRcodeintheimage.

CWIMAQQuantifyReport CWIMAQQuantifyReportisacollectionofCWIMAQQuantifyReportItemobjects.ItcontainsoneitemforeachregionsuppliedtoCWIMAQVision.Quantify.

CWIMAQQuantifyReportItem CWIMAQQuantifyReportItemcontainsquantificationdatarelativetoaregionwithintheimagepassedtoCWIMAQVision.Quantify.

CWIMAQRange CWIMAQRangecontainspropertiesthatspecifyarangeofvalues.

CWIMAQRanges CWIMAQRangesisacollectionofCWIMAQRangeobjects.Thiscollectionisusedtospecifymultipleranges.

CWIMAQRectangle CWIMAQRectanglecontainspropertiesthatspecifyarectangle.

CWIMAQRectangleDescriptor CWIMAQRectangleDescriptorcontainspropertiesthatspecifythesetofrectanglestodetect.

CWIMAQRectangleMatchReport CWIMAQRectangleMatchReportisacollectionofCWIMAQRectangleMatchReportItemobjects.ItcontainsoneentryperrectanglefoundintheimagebyCWIMAQVision.DetectRectangles.

CWIMAQRectangleMatchReportItem CWIMAQRectangleMatchReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticulardetectedrectangle.

CWIMAQRegion CWIMAQRegionrepresentsregiondataandpropertiesthatyoucanconfigureonaperregionbasis.Thisobjectcontainsashapeobject.UsetheShapepropertytofindoutwhattypeofshapeaCWIMAQRegioncontains.Toaccesstheshapeobject,settheregiontoashapevariableoftheappropriatetype.Forexample,SetMyLine=MyRegions(1)allowsyoutomanipulatethelinethatiscontainedinMyRegions(1).

CWIMAQRegions CWIMAQRegionsisacollectionofCWIMAQRegionobjects.EveryCWIMAQViewercontrolhasaCWIMAQRegionscollectionassociatedwithit,whichyoucanusetoaddandmanipulateregionobjectsontheviewer.Inaddition,youcancreateaCWIMAQRegionsobjectthatisnotassociatedwithaCWIMAQViewercontrol.

CWIMAQRotatedRectangle CWIMAQRotatedRectanglecontainspropertiesthatspecifyarectangle.Arotatedrectangleisspecifiedbyacenterpoint,width,height,andanangle.Thewidthandheightparameterssettheaxesthatarehorizontalandvertical,respectively,whentherectangleisnotrotated(Angle=0).

CWIMAQSearchLine CWIMAQSearchLinecontainsinformationaboutasearchline

CWIMAQSearchLines CWIMAQSearchLinesisacollectionofCWIMAQSearchLineobjects.

CWIMAQShapeDetectionOptions CWIMAQShapeDetectionOptionsspecifiestheoptionsthatCWIMAQVision.DetectCircles,CWIMAQVisionDetectEllipses,CWIMAQVision.DetectLines,orCWIMAQVision.DetectRectanglesusetodetectshapes.

CWIMAQShapeReport CWIMAQShapeReportisacollectionofCWIMAQShapeReportItemobjects.ItcontainsoneCWIMAQShapeReportItemforeachmatchfound.

CWIMAQShapeReportItem CWIMAQShapeReportItemcontainsinformationabouteachmatchfoundbyCWIMAQVision.ShapeMatch.

CWIMAQSignal CWIMAQSignalrepresentssignaldataandpropertiesthatyoucanconfigureonapersignalbasis.

CWIMAQSignals CWIMAQSignalsisacollectionofCWIMAQSignalobjects.AddCWIMAQSignalobjectstotheCWIMAQSignalscollectiontospecifythenumberofsignalsinanacquisition.

CWIMAQSimpleCalibrationOptions CWIMAQSimpleCalibrationOptionscontainsoptionsfortheCWIMAQVision.SetSimpleCalibrationmethod.

CWIMAQStraightEdge CWIMAQStraightEdgerepresentsasinglefoundstraightedge.

CWIMAQStraightEdgeOptions CWIMAQStraightEdgeOptionsdefinestheoptionsusedtodetectstraightedges.

CWIMAQStraightEdges CWIMAQStraightEdgesisacollectionofCWIMAQStraightEdgeobjects.ItcontainsoneentryperstraightedgefoundbyCWIMAQVision.FindStraightEdges.

CWIMAQStructuringElement CWIMAQStructuringElementrepresentsimageprocessingstructuringelementdataandpropertiesthatyoucanconfigureonaper-structuring-elementbasis.

CWIMAQTextOptions CWIMAQTextOptionsspecifieshowthetextisdrawnbyCWIMAQOverlay.DrawTextorCWIMAQVision.DrawText2.

CWIMAQThresholdData Obsolete—UseCWIMAQMultiThresholdDatainstead.CWIMAQThresholdDatacontainsparameterstousewiththresholdingfunctions.

CWIMAQTIFFFileOptions CWIMAQTIFFFileOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhenwritingaTIFFfile.

CWIMAQViewer CWIMAQVieweristhetop-levelobjectfortheCWIMAQViewercontrol.

CWIMAQViewerBackgroundOptions CWIMAQViewerBackgroundOptionsallowforthebackgroundoftheCWIMAQViewertobechanged.

CWIMAQVision CWIMAQVisionisthetop-levelobjectfortheCWIMAQVisioncontrol.

CWMachineVision CWMachineVisionisanActiveXcontrolthatusesthe

CWIMAQVisionandCWIMAQViewercontrolstoperformcommonmachinevisiontasks.

CWMVAxisEdgeOptions CWMVAxisEdgeOptionscontainsparametersthatspecifythefiltersusedtodetectanaxis.

CWMVCircle CWMVCirclecontainspropertiesthatspecifyacircle.

CWMVCommonEdgeOptions CWMVCommonEdgeOptionscontainstheparametersusedbytheCWIMAQVision.Rakealgorithmandsettingsthatindicatewhichresultstooverlay.

CWMVCoordinateTransformation CWMVCoordinateTransformationcontainstheinformationnecessarytotransformaCWIMAQRegionscollectionfromthereferencecoordinatesystemtothemeasurementcoordinatesystem.

CWMVCountAndMeasureObjectsOptions CWMVCountAndMeasureObjectsOptionscontainsoptionalparametersusedbytheCWMachineVision.CountAndMeasureObjectsmethod.Theseoptionalparametersincludeparameterstothealgorithmaswellaspropertiesthatindicatewhatoverlaystoaddtotheimage.

CWMVFindCircularEdgeOptions CWMVFindCircularEdgeOptionscontainsoptionalparametersusedbytheCWMachineVision.FindCircularEdgemethod.TheseoptionalparametersincludeparameterstoCWIMAQVision.Spoke,aswellaspropertiesthatindicatewhatoverlaystoaddtotheimage.

CWMVFindCircularEdgeReport CWMVFindCircularEdgeReportcontainstheresultsofCWMachineVision.FindCircularEdge.Theseresultsincludetheedgepointsfound,thefittedcircle,andameasureofthefitaccuracy.

CWMVFindConcentricEdgeReport CWMVFindConcentricEdgeReportcontainstheresultsofCWMachineVision.FindConcentricEdge.Theseresultsincludetheedgepointsfound,thefittedline,andameasureofthefitaccuracy.

CWMVFindCTUsingPatternOptions CWMVFindCTUsingPatternOptionscontainsoptionalparametersusedbytheCWMachineVision.FindCoordTransformUsingPatternmethod.TheseoptionalparametersincludeparameterstoCWIMAQVision.MatchPattern2aswellaspropertiesthatindicatewhatoverlaystoaddtotheimage.

CWMVFindCTUsingTwoRectsOptions CWMVFindCTUsingTwoRectsOptionscontainsoptionalparametersusedbytheCWMachineVision.FindCoordTransformUsingTwoRectsmethod.TheseoptionalparametersincludetwosetsofparameterstoCWIMAQVision.Rake,oneforeachsearcharea,andpropertiesthatindicatewhatoverlaystoaddtotheimage.

CWMVFindPatternOptions CWMVFindPatternOptionscontainsoptionalparametersusedbytheCWMachineVision.FindPatternmethod.TheseoptionalparametersincludeparameterstoCWIMAQVision.MatchPattern2aswellaspropertiesthatindicatewhatoverlaystoaddtotheimage.

CWMVFindStraightEdgeReport CWMVFindStraightEdgeReportcontainstheresultsofCWMachineVision.FindStraightEdge.Theseresultsincludetheedgepointsfound,thefittedline,andameasureofthefitaccuracy.

CWMVLightMeterLineReport CWMVLightMeterLineReportcontainstheresultsofCWMachineVision.LightMeterLine.Thereportstoresinformationaboutthepixelintensitiesalongaline.

CWMVLightMeterRectangleReport CWMVLightMeterRectangleReportthatcontainstheresultsofCWMachineVision.LightMeterRectangle.Thereportstoresinformationaboutthepixelintensitieswithinarotatedrectangle.

CWMVObjectsReport CWMVObjectsReportcontainsthestatisticsforeveryobjectfoundbyCWMachineVision.CountAndMeasureObjects.

CWMVObjectsReportItem CWMVObjectsReportItemcontainsstatisticsaboutaparticularparticlefoundbyCWMachineVision.CountAndMeasureObjects.

CWIMAQCWIMAQisthetop-levelobjectfortheCWIMAQcontrol.

PropertiesAcquiredImageEnabled BooleanthatdeterminesiftheCWIMAQcontrolshouldgeneratethe

AcquiredImageevent.

AcquireField FieldtoacquireifyousetFrameFieldModetocwimaqFieldMode.

AcquisitionInProgress Stateofanacquisitionforthecurrentinterface.

AcquisitionType Typeofacquisitiontoperform.

AcquisitionWindowHeight Heightoftheacquisitionwindow,inlines.

AcquisitionWindowLeft Leftedgeoftheacquisitionwindow.

AcquisitionWindowTop Topedgeoftheacquisitionwindow.

AcquisitionWindowWidth Widthoftheacquisitionwindow,inpixels.

Attribute HiddenpropertythattakesaparameterandallowsyoutosetandgetNI-IMAQattributesthatarenotsupportedintheCWIMAQcontrol.

BitsPerPixel Numberofbitsusedtorepresenteachpixelvalue.

BlackReferenceVolt Blackreferencevalue,involts.

CalibrationDate Calibrationdateoftheimageacquisitiondevice.

CameraAttribute Valueofacameraattribute.

CaptureStopBuffers Thenumberofbufferstocaptureafteratriggerisreceived.

Channel Currentchannelfortheacquisition.

Color CWIMAQColorobjectthattheCWIMAQcontrolusesforcolorsettings.

ColorAverageCount Obsolete—UseCWIMAQColor.AverageCountinstead.

Numberofcolorimagestoacquireandaverageforoneoutputimage(1-128).Thedefaultvalueis1.

ColorBrightness Obsolete—UseCWIMAQColor.Brightnessinstead.

Brightnessoftheimage,inIRE.IREisthepercentageofthewhitelevel.Thedefaultvalueis0.

ColorContrast Obsolete—UseCWIMAQColor.Contrastinstead.

Contrastoftheimage.Thevalueisascalingfactorappliedtoeverypixel.Thecontrastadjustmentiscenteredaroundthemedianpixelvalue.Forexample,an8-bitimageiscenteredaround128.Thedefaultvalueis1.

ColorImageRep Obsolete—UseImageRepinstead.

Typeofimagedatareturnedwhenacolorimageisacquired.

ColorMode Obsolete—UseStillColorModeinstead.

Colormodeoftheacquisition.Validoptionsarenone,ormonochrome,RGB,orCompositeStillColor.

ColorSaturation Obsolete—UseCWIMAQColor.Saturationinstead.

Colorsaturationoftheimage.Asaturationof0correspondstoamonochromeimage.Thedefaultvalueis1.

Encoder ACWIMAQEncoderobjectthatspecifiestheencoderfunctionalityfortheacquisition.

ErrorEventMask Contextsforwhichthecontrolgenerateserrorevents.

ExceptionOnError Errorhandling.SetthispropertytoTruetospecifythatthecontrolmethodsgenerateanexceptiononanerrorcondition.SetthispropertytoFalsetospecifythatthecontrolmethodsreturnanegativenumbertoindicatetheerror.

FrameCount Numberofframescountedsincethestartofanacquisition.

FrameFieldMode Currentmodeoftheacquisition.SetthispropertytocwimaqFieldModetospecifyafieldmodefortheacquisition.SetthispropertytocwimaqFrameModetospecifyaframemodefortheacquisition.

FrameTimeout Timeoutvalueforaframe,inmilliseconds.

HScaleMode Horizontalhardwarescalingfactorforthechannelassociatedwithanacquisition.

ImageRep Imagerepresentationoftheacquisition.

Images CollectionofCWIMAQImageobjectsthatdefinetheimagesintowhichyourimageacquisitiondeviceacquiresdata.

ImagesPerEvent NumberofimagesthatyourimageacquisitiondeviceacquiresbeforethecontrolgeneratestheAcquiredImageevent.

Interface Currentinterfaceselectedfortheacquisition.Aninterfacefilestoresconfigurationinformation.Youcanassociateanimageacquisitiondevicewithmorethanoneinterface,whichallowsyoutohavemultipleconfigurationsforonedevice.

InterfaceType Interfacetypeforaparticularinterface.

IsCalibrated Calibrationstatusoftheimageacquisitiondevice.

LastValidFrame Lastvalidframeacquired.

LastValidImage Indexofthelastimageacquired.

LookupTable Lookuptableoftheimageacquisitiondevice.Youcanchooseoneofsixstandardlookuptables--normal,inverse,binary,inversebinary,log,andinverselog.

LostFrames Numberofframesthatthecurrentacquisitionhaslost.

OnboardRAMSize Amountofonboardmemoryforthecurrentinterface.

Port Currentportfortheacquisition.

PortCount Thenumberofportsavailable.

Pulses CollectionofCWIMAQPulseobjectsthatdescribeapulseyourimageacquisitiondevicegeneratesonasignalI/Oline.

ROIHeight Heightoftheregionofinterest(ROI),inlines.

ROILeft Leftmostedgeoftheregionofinterest(ROI).

ROITop Topmostedgeoftheregionofinterest(ROI).

ROIWidth Widthoftheregionofinterest(ROI).

SessionID HiddenpropertythatallowsyoutogetthesessionIDofanopensession.

Signals CollectionofCWIMAQSignalobjectsthatspecifythesignalI/Otouseintheacquisition.

StartCondition Obsolete—UseCWIMAQSignalstosetupahardwaretrigger.

Acquisitiontostartimmediatelyoronatrigger.

StartField FieldtostartacquiringonwhenFrameFieldModeissettocwimaqFrameMode.

StillColorMode StillColormodeoftheacquisition.

StopCondition Obsolete—UseAcquisitionTypetospecifyOne-ShotorContinuous.UseCWIMAQSignalstosetuparetriggeredacquisition.

Conditiononwhichtheacquisitionstops.Validoptionsareimmediatelyafterallimagesareacquired,continuous,orcontinuouswithatriggeratthebeginningofeachiteration.

VHA StatusofVariableHeightAcquisition(VHA)onthedevice.

VScaleMode Verticalhardwarescalingfactorforthechannelassociatedwithanacquisition.

WhiteReferenceVolt Whitereferencevalue,involts.

MethodsAboutBox DisplaystheAboutboxforthecontrol.

AcquireImage Runsanacquisitionsynchronously.

Configure Configuresthechannelanddeviceofthecurrentinterfaceforanacquisition.

DisableSignalOccurrences DisablesallsignalI/Orelatedevents.

EnableSignalOccurrence EnablestheSignalOccurrenceeventtogenerateonasignal.

ExportStyle ExportsthestyleoftheNIVisioncontroltoafile.

ExtractImage Extractsanimagefromaliveacquisition.

GetTrigger Obsolete—UseCWIMAQSignalsinstead.

Getstheactionandpolarityforatriggerline.

GetTriggerStatus Obsolete—UseCWIMAQSignal.Statusinstead.

Returnsthestatusonatriggerlineyouspecify.

ImportStyle Importsapreviouslyexportedstyle.

LoadInterfaceDefaults LoadsthesettingsforthecurrentinterfacethatyouconfiguredinMeasurement&AutomationExplorer(MAX)intotheCWIMAQcontrolproperties.

ReleaseImage ReleasesanimagethatyouheldoutofaliveacquisitionwiththeExtractImagemethod.

Reset Stopsanacquisitioninprogressandresetsanyinternallyconfiguredresourcestotheirdefaultvalues.

SaveImageToDisk Savesanimagetodisk.Thismethodsavesborderandpaddinginformationwiththeimagedata.TowriteanimagetofilewithouttheborderandpaddinginformationusetheWriteImagemethod.

SetTrigger Obsolete—UseCWIMAQSignalsinstead.

Setstheactionandpolarityforatriggerline.

SetUserLookupTable Setsthespecifiedlookuptableontheimageacquisitiondevicewithauser-definedlookuptable.

Start Startstheacquisitionasynchronously.

Stop Stopsanacquisitioninprogress.

WaitOnSignal Waitsforasignaltogenerate.

WindowPlot Obsolete—UsetheCWIMAQViewerobjecttodisplayimages.

Plotsanimagetoawindowgivenanativewindowhandle.Usethismethodtodisplayanimageafteritisacquired.

EventsAcquiredImage Fireswhentheimageacquisitiondeviceacquiresthespecifiednumberofimages.

CWIMAQgeneratesthiseventonlyforacquisitionsthatyouinitiatewiththeStartmethod.

IMAQError FireswhenanNI-IMAQerroroccurs,dependingonthevalueoftheErrorEventMaskproperty.TheErrorEventMaskpropertyselectsthecontexts—configuring,readingdata,andsoon—forwhichtheCWIMAQcontrolgeneratesIMAQErrorevents.

IMAQWarning FireswhenanNI-IMAQwarningoccurs.

SignalOccurrence Fireswhenasignaloccurs.

CWIMAQAcquireFieldModesEnumerationCWIMAQAcquireFieldModesaretheconstantsfortheAcquireFieldpropertyontheCWIMAQcontrol.Theseconstantsspecifyvaluesthatdeterminewhichfieldtoacquire.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqAllFields—Acquirebothevenandoddfields.cwimaqEvenField—Acquireevenfields.cwimaqOddField—Acquireoddfields.

CWIMAQAcquisitionTypesEnumerationCWIMAQAcquisitionTypesaretheconstantsfortheAcquisitionTypepropertyontheCWIMAQcontrol.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqAcquisitionContinuous—AcquirescontinuouslyintotheCWIMAQImagescollection.Whentheacquisitionreachesthelastimageinthecollection,itplacesthenextimageintothefirstimageofthecollection.cwimaqAcquisitionOneShot—AcquireintoeachimageintheCWIMAQImagescollectionandstop.

CWIMAQAIMGradeReportCWIMAQAIMGradeReportcontainstheresultsofgradingaDataMatrixbarcode.IfaDataMatrixbarcodecannotbelocatedbyCWIMAQVision.ReadDataMatrixBarcode2,thefunctionassignstheDataMatrixbarcodethevaluecwimaqAIMGradeFforallgradesandthevalue0forallrawscores.

PropertiesAxialNonuniformity TheaxialnonuniformityrawscorefortheDataMatrixbarcode,whichis

basedonhowmuchthesamplingpointspacingdiffersfromoneaxistoanother.

AxialNonuniformityGrade TheaxialnonuniformitygradefortheDataMatrixbarcode.

DecodingGrade ThelettergradeassignedtoaDataMatrixbarcodebasedonthesuccessindecodingtheDataMatrixbarcode.ThemethodsetsthisgradetocwimaqAIMGradeAifthemethodcoulddecodetheDataMatrixbarcode,otherwisethefunctionsetsthisgradetocwimaqAIMGradeF.

OverallGrade Theoveralllettergrade,whichisequaltothelowestoftheotherfivelettergrades.

PrintGrowth TheprintgrowthrawscorefortheDataMatrixbarcode,whichisbasedontheextenttowhichdarkorlightmarkingsappropriatelyfilltheirmoduleboundaries.

PrintGrowthGrade TheprintgrowthlettergradefortheDataMatrixbarcode.

SymbolContrast Thesymbolcontrastrawscorerepresentingthepercentagedifferencebetweenthemeanofthereflectanceofthedarkest10percentandlightest10percentoftheDataMatrixbarcode.

SymbolContrastGrade ThelettergradeassignedtoaDataMatrixbarcodebasedonthesymbolcontrastrawscore.

UnusedErrorCorrection TheunusederrorcorrectionrawscorefortheDataMatrixbarcode,whichisbasedontheextenttowhichregionalorspotdamageintheDataMatrixbarcodehaserodedthereadingsafetymarginprovidedbytheerrorcorrection.

UnusedErrorCorrectionGrade TheunusederrorcorrectionlettergradefortheDataMatrixbarcode.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.GradeDataMatrixBarcodeAIMCWIMAQVision.ReadDataMatrixBarcode2

CWIMAQAIMGradesEnumerationCWIMAQAIMGradesaretheconstantsthatdescribetheAIMgradeassignedaDataMatrixbarcode.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqAIMGradeA—ThemethodassignedtheDataMatrixbarcodeagradeofA.cwimaqAIMGradeB—ThemethodassignedtheDataMatrixbarcodeagradeofB.cwimaqAIMGradeC—ThemethodassignedtheDataMatrixbarcodeagradeofC.cwimaqAIMGradeD—ThemethodassignedtheDataMatrixbarcodeagradeofD.cwimaqAIMGradeF—ThemethodassignedtheDataMatrixbarcodeagradeofF.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.GradeDataMatrixBarcodeAIMCWIMAQAIMGradeReport

CWIMAQAnnulusCWIMAQAnnuluscontainspropertiesthatspecifyanannulus,asshown

inthefollowingillustration.

PropertiesCenter Centerpointoftheannulus.

EndAngle Endangle,indegrees,oftheannulus,

InnerRadius Internalradiusoftheannulus.

OuterRadius Externalradiusoftheannulus.

StartAngle Startangle,indegrees,oftheannulus.

MethodsCopyTo Copiesallofthepropertiesfromthesourceannulusintothedestinationannulus.

Initialize Setsallthepropertiesoftheannuluswithonemethodcall.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQRegions

CWIMAQArcCWIMAQArccontainspropertiesthatspecifyanarc.

PropertiesEndAngle Endangle,indegrees,ofthearc.

Oval Ovalonwhichthisarclies.

StartAngle Startangle,indegrees,ofthearc.

MethodsCopyTo Copiesallofthepropertiesfromthesourcearcintothedestinationarc.

Initialize Setsallofthepropertiesofthearcwithonemethodcall.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQArcs

CWIMAQArcsCWIMAQArcsisacollectionofCWIMAQArcobjects.UseCWIMAQArcstospecifymultiplearcs.

PropertiesCount Numberofobjectsinthecollection.

MethodsAdd Addsanobjecttothecollectionandreturnsthenewobject.

CopyTo Copiesonearcscollectionintoanother.

Item Returnsthespecifiedobjectfromthecollection.

Remove Removesthespecifieditemfromthecollection.

RemoveAll Removesallobjectsfromthecollection.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQArc

CWIMAQAutoThresholdMethodsEnumerationCWIMAQAutoThresholdMethodsaretheconstantsfortheMethodparameteroftheAutoThresholdmethod.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqATMethodCluster—Sortsthehistogramoftheimagewithinadiscretenumberofclassescorrespondingtothenumberofphasesperceivedinanimage.cwimaqATMethodEntropy—Bestfordetectingparticlesthatarepresentinminusculeproportionsontheimage.cwimaqATMethodInterVar—Well-suitedforimagesinwhichclasseshavewellseparatedpixelvaluedistributions.cwimaqATMethodMetric—Well-suitedforimagesinwhichclassesarenottoodisproportionate.cwimaqATMethodMoments—Suitedforimagesthathavepoorcontrast.

CWIMAQAVISessionCWIMAQAVISessionisanobjectusedtoreadandwriteAVIfiles.

PropertiesFilterName NameofthedecompressionfilterusedtoreadthisAVI.

FramesPerSecond NumberofframespersecondoftheAVI.

HasData BooleanthatindicatesifthisAVIhasdataattachedtoitsframes.

Height HeightoftheimagesintheAVI.

ImageType TypeoftheimagesoftheAVI.

MaxDataSize MaximumsizeofthedataattachedtotheframesofthisAVI.

NumFrames NumberofframesintheAVI.

Width WidthoftheimagesintheAVI.

MethodsClose Closesanopensession.

Create CreatesanewAVIfileandopensitforwrite.

GetFilterNames Returnsalistofvalidcompressionfiltersonyoursystem.

Open OpensanexistingAVIforread.

ReadFrame ReadsaframefromthecurrentlyopenAVI.

WriteFrame WritesaframetothecurrentlyopenAVI.

CWIMAQAxisOrientationsEnumerationCWIMAQAxisOrientationsaretheconstantsfortheAxisOrientationparameteroftheCWIMAQVision.BuildCoordinateSystemfunctionandtheAxisOrientationpropertyoftheCWIMAQCoordinateSystemobject.Asshowninthefollowingillustration,directaxisorientationindicatesthatthey-axisdirectionis90degreescounter-clockwisefromthex-axisdirection.Indirectaxisorientationindicatesthatthey-axisdirectionis90degreesclockwisefromthex-axisdirection.

Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:cwimaqAxisOrientationDirect—Directaxisorientation.Indicatesthatthey-axisdirectionis90degreescounter-clockwisefromthex-axisdirection.cwimaqAxisOrientationIndirect—Indirectaxisorientation.Indicatesthatthey-axisdirectionis90degreesclockwisefromthex-axisdirection.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.BuildCoordinateSystemCWIMAQCoordinateSystem

CWIMAQBarcode2DCellShapesEnumerationCWIMAQBarcode2DCellShapesareconstantsfortheCellShapepropertyoftheCWIMAQDataMatrixOptionsobject.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqBarcode2DCellShapeRound—Themethodusesanalgorithmfordecodingthe2Dbarcodethatworkswithrounddatacells.Usethisalgorithmonlywhenthedatacellshaveclear,distinctroundedgeswithaminimumofblurring.cwimaqBarcode2DCellShapeSquare—Themethodusesanalgorithmfordecodingthe2Dbarcodethatworkswithsquaredatacells.

CWIMAQBarcode2DContrastsEnumerationCWIMAQBarcode2DContrastsareconstantsfortheContrastpropertyoftheCWIMAQDataMatrixOptionsobject.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqBarcode2DContrastAll—Themethodsearchesforbarcodesofeachcontrasttype.Usingthisoptionreducestheperformanceofthemethod,limitingittousingnoregionorarectangleregion.cwimaqBarcode2DContrastBlackOnWhite—Themethodsearchesfor2Dbarcodescontainingblackdataonawhitebackground.cwimaqBarcode2DContrastWhiteOnBlack—Themethodsearchesfor2Dbarcodescontainingwhitedataonablackbackground.

CWIMAQBarcode2DReportCWIMAQBarcode2DReportisacollectionofCWIMAQBarcode2DReportItemobjects.ItcontainsoneentryforeverybarcodefoundintheimagebyCWIMAQVision.ReadDataMatrixBarcodeorCWIMAQVision.ReadPDF417Barcode.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.ReadDataMatrixBarcodeCWIMAQVision.ReadPDF417BarcodeCWIMAQBarcode2DReportItem

CWIMAQBarcode2DReportItemCWIMAQBarcode2DReportItemcontainsparametersthatspecifytheresultsofreadinga2Dbarcode.

PropertiesBinary IfTrue,thedatainthe2Dbarcodeisbinary.IfFalse,thedatainthe2D

barcodeisASCIItext.

BoundingPoints Coordinatesofthecornersoftherectanglesurroundingthe2Dbarcode.

Columns Thenumberofcolumnsinthe2Dbarcode.

Data Stringcontainingthedecoded2Dbarcodedata.

NumErasuresCorrected Thenumberoferasuresthemethodcorrectedwhendecodingthe2Dbarcode.

NumErrorsCorrected Thenumberoferrorsthemethodcorrectedwhendecodingthe2Dbarcode.

Rows Thenumberofrowsinthe2Dbarcode.

Type Typeofthe2Dbarcode.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.ReadDataMatrixBarcodeCWIMAQVision.ReadPDF417Barcode

CWIMAQBarcode2DSearchModesEnumerationCWIMAQBarcode2DCellShapesareconstantsfortheCellShapepropertyoftheCWIMAQDataMatrixOptionsobject.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqBarcode2DSearchMultiple—Themethodsearchesformultiple2Dbarcodes.cwimaqBarcode2DSearchSingleAggressive—Themethodsearchesforasingle2Dbarcodeusingamethodthatassumesthebarcodeoccupiesamajorityofthesearchregion.ThismethodskipssomeofthepredictiveportionsofthesearchalgorithmusedbycwimaqBarcode2DSearchSingleConservative,whichcanleadtoimprovedperformance.Usingthissearchmodewhenthebarcodedoesnotoccupyamajorityofthesearchregion,whenthebarcodeisrotatedorwhentheimageisblurrycanleadtoreducedperformance.cwimaqBarcode2DSearchSingleConservative—Themethodsearchesfor2DbarcodesusingthesamesearchingalgorithmascwimaqBarcode2DSearchMultiplebutstopssearchingafterlocatingonevalidbarcode.

CWIMAQBarcode2DShapesEnumerationCWIMAQBarcode2DShapesareconstantsfortheBarcodeShapepropertyoftheCWIMAQDataMatrixOptionsobject.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqBarcode2DShapeRectangular—Themethodsearchesforrectangular2Dbarcodes.cwimaqBarcode2DShapeSquare—Themethodsearchesforsquare2Dbarcodes.

CWIMAQBarcode2DTypesEnumerationCWIMAQBarcode2DTypesareconstantsfortheTypepropertyoftheCWIMAQBarcode2DReportItemobject.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqBarcode2DTypeDataMatrixECC000—DataMatrixECC000.cwimaqBarcode2DTypeDataMatrixECC050—DataMatrixECC050.cwimaqBarcode2DTypeDataMatrixECC080—DataMatrixECC080.cwimaqBarcode2DTypeDataMatrixECC100—DataMatrixECC100.cwimaqBarcode2DTypeDataMatrixECC140—DataMatrixECC140.cwimaqBarcode2DTypeDataMatrixECC200—DataMatrixECC200.cwimaqBarcode2DTypePDF417—PDF417

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.ReadDataMatrixBarcodeCWIMAQVision.ReadPDF417Barcode

CWIMAQBarcodeReportCWIMAQBarcodeReportisacollectionofCWIMAQBarcodeReportItemobjects.ThiscollectioncontainsoneelementaftercallingCWIMAQVision.ReadBarcode.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.ReadBarcodeCWIMAQBarcodeReportItem

CWIMAQBarcodeReportItemCWIMAQBarcodeReportItemcontainsparametersthatspecifytheresultsofreadingabarcode.

PropertiesConfidenceLevel Qualitymeasureofthedecodedbarcoderangingfrom0to1000,where1000isthe

best.

OutputCharacter1 Contentsofthisstringdependonthebarcodetype.

OutputCharacter2 Contentsofthisstringdependonthebarcodetype.

Text Stringcontainingthedecodedbarcodedata.

Type Typeofbarcode.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.ReadBarcode

CWIMAQBarcodeTypesEnumerationCWIMAQBarcodeTypesareconstantsfortheBarcodeTypeparameteroftheReadBarcodemethod.Selectthetypecorrespondingtothetypeofbarcodethatyouarereading.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqBarcodeType2_OF_5—Interleaved2of5.cwimaqBarcodeTypeCODABAR—CodaBar.cwimaqBarcodeTypeCODE128—Code128.cwimaqBarcodeTypeCODE39—Code3of9.cwimaqBarcodeTypeCODE93—Code93.cwimaqBarcodeTypeEAN13—EAN-13.cwimaqBarcodeTypeEAN8—EAN-8.cwimaqBarcodeTypeMSI—MSI.cwimaqBarcodeTypePHARMACODE—Pharmacode.cwimaqBarcodeTypeRSSLIMITED—RSSLimited.cwimaqBarcodeTypeUPCA—UPC-A.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.ReadBarcode

CWIMAQBaselineOrientationsEnumerationCWIMAQBaselineOrientationsspecifiestheorientationoftheimagedatawithintheannulus.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqBaselineOrientationInside—Specifiesthatthebaseoftheimagedataislocatedalongtheinsideedgeofthecircularstrip.Thisisthedefaultorientation.cwimaqBaselineOrientationOutside—Specifiesthatthebaseoftheimagedataislocatedalongtheoutsideedgeofthecircularstrip.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.Unwrap

CWIMAQBasicParticleReportCWIMAQBasicParticleReportisacollectionofCWIMAQBasicParticleReportItemobjects.Itcontainsoneentryforeachparticleintheimage.

PropertiesArea Obsolete—UseCWIMAQBasicParticleReportItem.Areainstead.

Numberofpixelsintheparticle.

Count Numberofobjectsinthecollection.

RectHeight Obsolete—UseCWIMAQBasicParticleReportItem.BoundingRectangleinstead.

Heightoftheboundingrectangleoftheparticle.

RectLeft Obsolete—UseCWIMAQBasicParticleReportItem.BoundingRectangleinstead.

Leftedgeoftheboundingrectangleoftheparticle.

RectTop Obsolete—UseCWIMAQBasicParticleReportItem.BoundingRectangleinstead.

Topedgeoftheboundingrectangleoftheparticle.

RectWidth Obsolete—UseCWIMAQBasicParticleReportItem.BoundingRectangleinstead.

Widthoftheboundingrectangleoftheparticle.

Surface Obsolete—UseCWIMAQBasicParticleReportItem.Surfaceinstead.

Surfaceareaoftheparticle,inuser-definedunits.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.BasicParticleCWIMAQBasicParticleReportItem

CWIMAQBasicParticleReportItemCWIMAQBasicParticleReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticle.

PropertiesArea Numberofpixelsintheparticle.

BoundingRectangle Boundingrectangleoftheparticle.

Surface Surfaceareaoftheparticle,inuser-definedunits.

CWIMAQBCGOptionsCWIMAQBCGOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhenperformingaBCGTransformoraColorBCGTransform.

PropertiesBrightness Brightnessofanimage.Avalueof128leavesthebrightnessunchanged.Valuesbelow

128darkentheimage,andvaluesabove128brightentheimage.

Contrast Contrastofanimage.Avalueof45leavesthecontrastunchanged.Valuesbelow45decreasethecontrast,andvaluesabove45increasethecontrast.

Gamma Gammacorrectionofanimage.Avalueof1.0isneutral.Valuesbelow1.0enhancecontrastfordarkerpixelsattheexpenseofbrighterpixels.Valuesabove1.0enhancecontrastforbrighterpixelsattheexpenseofdarkerpixels.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.BCGTransformCWIMAQVision.ColorBCGTransform

CWIMAQBMPFileOptionsCWIMAQBMPFileOptionsspecifiestheoptionstousewhenwritingaBMPfile.

PropertiesCompress CompressionsettingfortheBMPfilewritten.ThedefaultisFalse,indicatingthattheBMP

fileisnotcompressed.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.WriteBMPFile

CWIMAQBorderMethodsEnumerationCWIMAQBorderMethodsaretheconstantsusedfortheBorderMethodparameteroftheConvoluteandBorderOperationmethods.Theyspecifyoperationsthatyoucanapplytotheborderoftheimage.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqBorderClear—Setsallpixelsintheborderto0.cwimaqBorderCopy—Copiesthevalueofthepixelclosesttotheedgeoftheimageintotheborder.cwimaqBorderMirror—Symmetricallycopiespixelvaluesfromtheimageintotheborder.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.ConvoluteCWIMAQVision.BorderOperation

CWIMAQBrokenlineCWIMAQBrokenlinecontainsthepointsofabrokenlineshape.Thisshapeissimilartoapolygon,butisnotclosed.

PropertiesPoints PointsoftheBrokenlineshape.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQRegionsCWIMAQPolygonCWIMAQFreelineCWIMAQFreeregion

CWIMAQCalibrationGridOptionsCWIMAQCalibrationGridOptionscontainsinformationaboutthecalibrationgridimageusedbytheCWIMAQVision.LearnCalibrationGridmethod.

PropertiesGridDescriptor Gridimagethatisusedtolearnthecalibration.

ThresholdRange Thresholdrangeusedtodetectthecirclesinthegridimage.TheMinimumandMaximumvaluesmustbebetween0and255.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.LearnCalibrationGrid

CWIMAQCalibrationMethodsEnumerationCWIMAQCalibrationMethodsindicatesthetypeofdistortionforwhichthecalibrationinformationislearned.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqCorrected—Corrected.CWIMAQVision.GetCalibrationInformationreturnsthisforacorrectedimage.Acorrectedimagecontainsinformationaboutthecalibrationunitandscalingfactor.cwimaqNonlinearCalibration—Nonlinearcalibration.ThisisavalidinputtoCWIMAQVision.LearnCalibrationGridandCWIMAQVision.LearnCalibrationPoints.Usethismethodiftheimagecontainslensdistortion.cwimaqPerspectiveCalibration—Perspectivecalibration.ThisisavalidinputtoCWIMAQVision.LearnCalibrationGridandCWIMAQVision.LearnCalibrationPoints.Usethismethodwhenlensdistortionisnegligible.cwimaqSimpleCalibration—Simplecalibration.CWIMAQVision.GetCalibrationInformationreturnsthisvalueforimagescalibratedbyCWIMAQVision.SetSimpleCalibration.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.SetSimpleCalibrationCWIMAQVision.GetCalibrationInformation

CWIMAQCalibrationPointsCWIMAQCalibrationPointsspecifiesasetofreferencepointsusedinlearningacalibrationtransformation.

PropertiesPixelCoordinates Coordinatesofthepixelreferencepoints.

RealWorldCoordinates Thereal-worldcoordinatescorrespondingtothePixelCoordinates.

Unit Theunitsinwhichtherealworldcoordinatesareexpressed.

CWIMAQCalibrationReportCWIMAQCalibrationReportcontainsparametersspecifyingtheresultoftheCWIMAQVision.GetCalibrationInformationmethod.

PropertiesCalibrationGridOptions Scalingconstantsusedtocalibratetheimage.

CalibrationRegions Theregionsthatcorrespondtotheregionoftheimagewherethecalibrationinformationisaccurate.

ErrorMap The2Derrormap,ifitwasdeterminedbyCWIMAQVision.LearnCalibrationGridorCWIMAQVision.LearnCalibrationPoints.

LearnCalibrationOptions Containsthesettingsusedtodeterminehowthealgorithmcalibratedyourimagingsetup.

QualityScore Thequalityscoreofthelearningprocess.Valuesarebetween0-1000.

ThresholdRange Thethresholdrangeusedtodetectthecirclesinthegridimage.

UserRegions Theregionsyouspecifiedatthetimeofcalibration.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.GetCalibrationInformation

CWIMAQCalibrationUnitsEnumerationCWIMAQCalibrationUnitsaretheconstantsfortheUnitparameteroftheGetImageCalibrationandSetImageCalibrationmethods.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqCalUnitAngstrom—Angstrom.cwimaqCalUnitCentimeter—Centimeter.cwimaqCalUnitFoot—Foot.cwimaqCalUnitGroundmile—Groundmile.cwimaqCalUnitInch—Inch.cwimaqCalUnitKilometer—Kilometer.cwimaqCalUnitMeter—Meter.cwimaqCalUnitMicroinch—Microinch.cwimaqCalUnitMicrometer—Micrometer.cwimaqCalUnitMillimeter—Millimeter.cwimaqCalUnitNauticmile—Nauticalmile.cwimaqCalUnitStep—Step.cwimaqCalUnitUndefined—Undefined.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision

CWIMAQCaliperOptionsCWIMAQCaliperOptionscontainsoptionsfortheCWIMAQVision.Caliper2method.

PropertiesSeparation Appropriateseparationbetweentheedgepairs.

SeparationDeviation Tolerancevaluefortheseparationbetweentheedges.

TwoEdgePolarity Polarityoftheleadingandtrailingedgeinthesearchprocess.ThedefaultiscwimaqTwoEdgePolarityRisingFalling.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.Caliper2

CWIMAQCaliperReportCWIMAQCaliperReportisacollectionofCWIMAQCaliperReportItemobjectsthatcontaintheresultsoftheCWIMAQVision.Caliper2method.Itcontainsoneitemforeachdetectededgepair.


Edge1Contrast Obsolete—UseCWIMAQCaliperReportItem.Edge1Contrastinstead.

Contrastofthefirstedge.

Edge1Position Obsolete—UseCWIMAQCaliperReportItem.Edge1instead.

PositionofthefirstedgeintheXCoordinatesarraythatyoupassedintotheCWIMAQVision.Caliperfunction.

Edge2Contrast Obsolete—UseCWIMAQCaliperReportItem.Edge2Contrastinstead.

Contrastofthesecondedge.

Edge2Position Obsolete—UseCWIMAQCaliperReportItem.Edge2instead.

PositionofthesecondedgeintheYCoordinatesarraythatyoupassedintotheCWIMAQVision.Caliperfunction.

Score Obsolete

Propertyiscurrentlyunused.

Separation Obsolete—UseCWIMAQCaliperReportItem.Separationinstead.

Distance,inpixels,betweenthetwoedges.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.Caliper2CWIMAQCaliperReportItem

CWIMAQCaliperReportItemCWIMAQCaliperReportItemcontainsinformationaboutadetectededgepair.

PropertiesEdge1 Coordinatesoftheleadingedge.

Edge1Contrast Contrastoftheleadingedge.

Edge2 Coordinatesofthetrailingedge.

Edge2Contrast Contrastofthetrailingedge.

Separation Distance,inpixels,betweenthetwoedges.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.Caliper2CWIMAQCaliperReport

CWIMAQCIEXYZColorCWIMAQCIEXYZColorspecifiestheacolorintheCIEXYZcolorspace.

PropertiesX TheXvalueoftheCIEXYZcolor.

Y TheYvalueoftheCIEXYZcolor.

Z TheZvalueoftheCIEXYZcolor.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQColorValueConversionOptionsCWIMAQVision.ColorHistogram3

CWIMAQCircleDescriptorCWIMAQCircleDescriptorcontainspropertiesthatspecifythesetofcirclestodetect.

PropertiesMaxRadius Maximumradiusallowedforadetectedcircle.

MinRadius Minimumradiusallowedforadetectedcircle.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.DetectCircles

CWIMAQCircleMatchReportCWIMAQCircleMatchReportisacollectionofCWIMAQCircleMatchReportItemobjects.ItcontainsoneentrypercirclefoundintheimagebyCWIMAQVision.DetectCircles.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.DetectCirclesCWIMAQCircleMatchReportItem

CWIMAQCircleMatchReportItemCWIMAQCircleMatchReportItemcontainsinformationaboutaparticulardetectedcircle.

PropertiesPosition Thecenterofthedetectedcircle.

Radius Theradiusofthedetectedcircle.

Score Thescoreofthedetectedcircle.Scoresrangefrom0–1000.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.DetectCircles

CWIMAQCirclesReportCWIMAQCirclesReportisacollectionofCWIMAQCirclesReportItemobjectsthatcontaintheresultsoftheCWIMAQVision.FindCirclesmethod.Ithasoneentryforeachcircledetectedintheimage.

PropertiesArea Obsolete—UseCWIMAQCirclesReportItem.CoreArea.htminstead.

Areaofthecircle,inpixels.

Count Numberofobjectsinthecollection.

Radius Obsolete—UseCWIMAQCirclesReportItem.Radiusinstead.

Radiusofthecircle,inpixels.

XCenter Obsolete—UseCWIMAQCirclesReportItem.Centerinstead.

X-coordinateofthecenterofthecircle.

YCenter Obsolete—UseCWIMAQCirclesReportItem.Centerinstead.

Y-coordinateofthecenterofthecircle.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.FindCirclesCWIMAQCirclesReportItem

CWIMAQCirclesReportItemCWIMAQCirclesReportItemcontainsinformationaboutadetectedcircle.

PropertiesCenter Centerpointofthecircle.

CoreArea Surfacearea,inpixels,ofthenucleusofthecircleasdefinedbytheDanielssondistancemap.

Radius Radiusofthecircle,inpixels.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.FindCirclesCWIMAQCirclesReport

CWIMAQClassifierCWIMAQClassifierisanobjectthatassignsimagesorfeaturevectorstoclassesbasedonhowithasbeentrained.

PropertiesEngineType Typeofenginethisclassifierhasbeentrainedwith.

NearestNeighborOptions Optionsusedwhentraining,ifthisclassifierwastrainedwiththeNearestNeighborengine.

Type Typeoftheclassifier.

MethodsClassify Classifiesthegivenimage.

GetAccuracy Getsareportontheaccuracyandpredictivevalueoftheclassifier.

TrainNearestNeighbor SetstheclassifiertousetheNearestNeighborengine,andconfigurestheoptionstheengineusesforclassification.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQParticleClassifierCWIMAQCustomClassifierCWIMAQVision.ReadClassifierFileCWIMAQVision.WriteClassifierFile

CWIMAQClassifierAccuracyReportCWIMAQClassifierAccuracyReportisareportontheaccuracyoftheclassifier,basedonhowwellitclassifiesthesamplesitwastrainedwith.

PropertiesAccuracy Theaccuracyoftheclassifier.

ClassAccuracy A1Darraythatcontainsaccuracyinformationforeachclass.

ClassificationDistribution A2Darraythatshowsthedistributionofsamplesamongvariousclasses.

ClassNames A1Darrayofthenamesoftheclassesthattheclassifiercontains.

ClassPredictiveValue A1Darrayofpredictivevaluesofeachclass.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQClassifier.GetAccuracy

CWIMAQClassifierEngineTypesEnumerationCWIMAQClassifierEngineTypesaretheenginesthataCWIMAQClassifiercanbetrainedwith.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqEngineNearestNeighbor—ThisclassifierhasbeentrainedwiththeNearestNeighborengine.cwimaqEngineNone—Thisclassifierhasnotbeentrainedyet,andsohasnoengine.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQClassifier.EngineTypeCWIMAQClassifier.TrainNearestNeighbor

CWIMAQClassifierReportCWIMAQClassifierReportcontainstheresultsoftheCWIMAQClassifier.ClassifyandCWIMAQCustomClassifier.CustomClassifymethods.

PropertiesAllScores Collectionofscores.Thecollectioncontainsonescoreforeachclassinthe

classifier.

BestClassName Nameoftheclasstheclassifiercategorizestheinputsamplein.

ClassificationScore Indicateshowmuchbettertheassignedclassrepresentstheinputsamplethanotherclasses.

IdentificationScore Theconfidencethatthesampleisinthereportedbestclass.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQClassifier.ClassifyCWIMAQCustomClassifier.CustomClassify

CWIMAQClassifierSampleCWIMAQClassifierSamplerepresentsasampleonwhichtheclassifierwillbetrained.

PropertiesClassName Nameoftheclassthissampleisassignedto.

MethodsGetThumbnail Getsathumbnailimageofthissample.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQClassifierSamples

CWIMAQClassifierSamplesCWIMAQClassifierSamplesisacollectionofCWIMAQClassifierSampleobjects.Itcontainsoneitemforeachsampleintheclassifier.

MethodsAdd Addsasampletotheclassifier.




SeeAlsoCWIMAQClassifierSample

CWIMAQClassifierTypesEnumerationCWIMAQClassifierTypesrepresentthetypesofobjectsthataclassifiercanclassify.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqClassifierCustom—Aclassifierthatclassifiesfeaturevectors,whicharearraysofDoubles.cwimaqClassifierParticle—Aclassifierthatclassifiesparticlesinanimage.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQClassifierCWIMAQParticleClassifierCWIMAQCustomClassifier

CWIMAQClassScoreCWIMAQClassScorecontainstheresultsofclassificationforaclassintheclassifier.

PropertiesClassName Nameofthisclass.

Distance Thedistancebetweentheclosestsampleinthisclassandtheinputsample.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQClassScoresCWIMAQClassifier.ClassifyCWIMAQCustomClassifier.CustomClassify

CWIMAQClassScoresCWIMAQClassScoresisacollectionofCWIMAQClassScoreobjectsthatcontaintheresultsoftheCWIMAQClassifier.Classifymethod.Itcontainsoneitemforeachclassintheclassifier.

SeeAlsoCWIMAQClassScore

CWIMAQColorCWIMAQColorcontainsparametersspecifyingtheresultofacoloracquisition.

PropertiesAverageCount Numberofcolorimagestoacquireandaverageforoneoutputimage.You

canacquire1to128colorimages.Thedefaultnumberis1.

Brightness Brightnessofanimage.Brightnessistheamountofwhitelightaddedtoorsubtractedfromeachimagepixel.Therangeis–50to+50IREinstepsof1,withadefaultof0IRE.IREisthepercentageofthewhitelevel.

ChromaBandwidth Resultingbandwidthofthechromainformationoftheimage.

ChromaComb Typeofcombfiltertouseinthechromapath.

ChromaPhase Value,indegrees,ofacorrectionanglethatyoucanapplytothechromavector.Thisvalueisanadjustmentofthetint.

ChromaProcess Processingappliedtothechromasignal.

ChromaTrap Chromatrapfilterinthelumasignalpath.AlwaysdisablethispropertyinS-Video(Y/C)mode.

Contrast Contrastoftheimage.Thisvalueisascalingfactorappliedtoeverypixel.Thecontrastadjustmentiscenteredaroundthemedianpixelvalue.Forexample,an8-bitimageiscenteredaround128.Therangeis0.5to1.5withadefaultof1.00.

Gain Hardwaregainoftheimageacquisitiondevice.

HSLCoringLevel HSLcoringlevel,iftheimagerepresentationisHSL.

HueCoringReplaceValue 8-bitvaluethatreplacesthecalculatedhuewhenthesaturationisbelowthevalueofHSLCoringLevel.

HueOffsetAngle Offsetangle,indegrees,themethodusestorotatethehueplane.

LumaBandwidth BandwidthfortheLuminancesignal.

LumaComb Typeofcombfilterusedinthelumapath.

NTSCSetupEnable Enablesasetup,orpedestal,correctionof7.5IREinNTSCmode.

NTSCSetupValue NTSCsetupcompensationvalue.

PeakingEnable Peakingfilterinthelumapath.

RGBCoringLevel RGBcoringlevel.

Saturation Saturationoftheimage—afactormultipliedbythechromainformationoftheimage.Therangeis0.5to1.5withadefaultof1.00.

SoftwareChromaFilter Softwarefiltertocleanthechromasignal.

CWIMAQColorChromaBandwidthModesEnumerationCWIMAQColorChromaBandwidthModesaretheconstantsfortheChromaBandwidthpropertyontheCWIMAQColorobject.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqChromaBandwidthHigh—Highbandwidth.cwimaqChromaBandwidthLow—Lowbandwidth.

CWIMAQColorChromaProcessModesEnumerationCWIMAQColorChromaProcessModesaretheconstantsfortheChromaProcesspropertyontheCWIMAQColorobject.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqChromaProcessAutoDetect—Automaticallyprocesschromainformation,ifpresent.cwimaqChromaProcessOff—Chromaprocessingoff.cwimaqChromaProcessOn—Chromaprocessingon.

CWIMAQColorCombTypesEnumerationCWIMAQColorCombTypesaretheconstantsfortheChromaCombandLumaCombpropertiesontheCWIMAQColorrobject.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqComb1Line—One-linecombfilter.cwimaqComb2Lines—Two-linecombfilter.cwimaqCombOff—Combfilteroff.

CWIMAQColorConstantsEnumerationCWIMAQColorConstantsaretheconstantsthatspecifyspecialcolorsrecognizedbycertainCWIMAQfunctions.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqTransparentColor—Transparentbackgroundcolor.UsethiscolorforCWIMAQTextOptions.BackColor

CWIMAQColorFormatsEnumerationCWIMAQColorFormatsaretheconstantsthatspecifyacolorspace.Formoreinformationaboutcolorspaces,refertotheNIVisionConceptsManual.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqColorFormatCieLAB—CIEL*a*b*cwimaqColorFormatCieXYZ—CIEXYZcwimaqColorFormatHSI—HSI(Hue,Saturation,Intensity).cwimaqColorFormatHSL—HSL(Hue,Saturation,Luminance).cwimaqColorFormatHSV—HSV(Hue,Saturation,Value).cwimaqColorFormatRGB—RGB(Red,Green,Blue).

SeeAlsoCWIMAQVision.ExtractColorPlanesCWIMAQVision.ReplaceColorPlanesCWIMAQVision.ColorThresholdCWIMAQVision.ColorHistogram3CWIMAQVision.IntegerToColorValueCWIMAQVision.ColorValueConversion2CWIMAQVision.ColorValueToIntegerCWIMAQVision.ColorUserLookup

CWIMAQColorGainModesEnumerationCWIMAQColorGainModesaretheconstantsfortheGainpropertyontheCWIMAQColorobject.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqGainSetting0—Gainof1.00.cwimaqGainSetting1—Gainof1.33.cwimaqGainSetting2—Gainof2.00.

CWIMAQColorImageRepsEnumerationObsolete—UseCWIMAQImageRepsinstead.CWIMAQColorImageRepsaretheconstantsfortheColorImageReppropertyonCWIMAQ.Youcanusethefollowingconstantswiththisdatatype:

cwimaqColorRepBlue8—8-bitblueplane.cwimaqColorRepGreen8—8-bitgreenplane.cwimaqColorRepHSI32—32-bitHSI(Hue,Saturation,Intensity).cwimaqColorRepHSL32—32-bitHSL(Hue,Saturation,Luminance).cwimaqColorRepHue16—16-bithueplane.cwimaqCo