Software Utilities facilitates DPM/FFC file creation.
Press Release Summary:
To supplement factory created files for Camera Link® and GigE Lynx cameras, FFC Processor is used to create Flat Field Correction (FFC) file that corrects for variations of image brightness due to optical effects, such as vignetting, as well as pixel-to-pixel sensitivity variations inherent in camera's CCD. DPC Processor utility allows users to create Defective Pixel Map (DPM) files to correct sensitivity variations that appear in pixels scattered over multi-megapixel CCDs.
Original Press Release:
Imperx Introduced Two New Software Utilities at Vision East
18 May 2006 (Boca Raton, Fla.) -- High-performance camera manufacturer Imperx introduced two software utilities at this year's Vision East show. Both utilities give users access to powerful capabilities built into the company's Camera Link and GigE Lynx smart cameras, but previously used only at the factory during camera final testing.
The FFC Processor utility is a stand-alone program that allows users to create their own Flat Field Correction (FFC) files. The camera uses these files to correct for variations of image brightness due to optical effects, such as vignetting, as well as pixel-to-pixel sensitivity variations inherent in the camera's CCD. While the FFC files produced at the factory during final test allow the camera to correct the CCD output under test conditions, they cannot fully correct optical effects appearing under other lens, illumination, or environmental conditions, or any sensitivity variations that arise as the CCDs age. With the FFC Processor utility, power users can create FFC files to correct their CCDs under actual-use conditions.
The DPC Processor utility allows users to create their own Defective Pixel Map (DPM) files. The camera uses these files to correct extreme sensitivity variations - so extreme as to classify the pixels as "defective" - that appear in only a few pixels scattered over multi-megapixel CCDs. As with FFC files, the factory creates DPM files using criteria appropriate for the majority of applications, but which may not be ideal for certain applications. The DPC Processor utility gives power users the ability to create their own DPM files based on their own criteria.
About Imperx
Imperx, Inc. designs, develops and manufactures advanced, state-of-the-art imaging products used in the machine vision, medical, defense, surveillance and astronomy markets - wherever there is a need to capture high-resolution digital color or black/white images for both still and full-rate motion processing.
Imperx' product portfolio is focused in four core areas: cameras, frame grabbers, adapters and repeaters. The LYNX mega-pixel camera line features rich, high resolution, high speed, color and monochrome image-capture devices, and offers unprecedented performance for today's demanding machine vision and surveillance applications. The VCE series of analog frame grabbers have achieved number-one market share. Framelink(TM) digital frame grabbers for Camera Link® cameras are the only products of their kind on the market! The Adapt-A-Link(TM) series of adapters allows customers to leverage their investment in existing cameras or frame grabbers with dissimilar interfaces by performing the necessary adaptation. The Imperx series of Adapt-A-Link(TM) repeaters overcomes distance limits imposed by the Camera Link® and LVDS standards, providing virtually unlimited physical reach for distributed image-sensing systems.
For more information, visit the Imperx, Inc. website at www.imperx.com.
Framelink(TM) and Adapt-A-Link(TM) are registered trademarks of Imperx, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla.
Camera Link® is a registered trademark of the Automated Imaging Association, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Company Contact:
Petko Dinev, Ph.D.
President, Chief Executive Officer
Imperx, Inc.
6421 Congress Avenue
Suite 204
Boca Raton, Fla. 33487 U.S.A.
Toll free: 1-866-849-1662
Phone: 1-561-989-0006
Fax: 1-561-989-0045
email: info@imperx.com
URL: www.imperx.com
