An Introduction with LabVIEW Practical Guide to Machine: Vision Software -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- 1. Basics of Machine Vision -- 1.1 Digital Images -- 1.1.1 Grayscale Image -- 1.1.2 Binary Image -- 1.1.3 Color Image -- 1.2 Components of Imaging System -- 1.2.1 Camera -- 1.2.2 Camera Bus: The Method to Connect PC and Camera -- 1.2.3 Lens -- 1.2.4 Lighting -- 2. Image Acquisition with LabVIEW -- 2.1 Acquiring Images with MAX -- 2.2 Acquiring Images Using LabVIEW -- 2.2.1 IMAQdx Functions -- 2.2.2 Image Management Functions -- 2.2.3 Block Diagram for Image Acquisition -- 2.2.4 Image Acquisition from Example -- 2.2.5 Vision Acquisition Express -- 3 Particle Analysis -- 3.1 Particle Analysis Using Vision Assistant -- 3.1.1 Image Acquisition Using Vision Assistant -- 3.1.2 Image Processing Functions -- 3.1.3 Setting a ROI (Region of Interest) -- 3.1.4 Binary Image Conversion -- 3.1.5 Morphology -- 3.1.6 Particle Analysis -- 3.2 LabVIEW Code Creation Using Vision Assistant -- 3.2.1 Block Diagram of Created LabVIEW Code -- 3.2.2 Image Type Modification -- 3.3 LabVIEW Code Modification -- 3.3.1 SubVI for Particle Analysis -- 3.4 Particle Analysis Using Vision Express -- 3.4.1 Vision Acquisition Express -- 3.4.2 Vision Assistant Express -- 3.5 Conversion of Pixels to Real-World Units -- 4. Edge Detection -- 4.1 Edge Detection via Vision Assistant -- 4.2 LabVIEW Code for Edge Detection -- 4.3 VI for Real-Time-Based Edge Detection -- 4.4 The Use of Vision Assistant Express for Real-Time Edge Detection -- 5. Pattern Matching -- 5.1 Pattern Matching Using Vision Assistant -- 5.2 LabVIEW Code Creation and Modification -- 5.3 Main VI for Pattern Matching -- 5.4 Vision Assistant Express -- 6. Color Pattern Matching -- 6.1 Color Pattern Matching Using Vision Assistant Express -- 6.1.1 Vision Acquisition Express.

6.1.2 Vision Assistant Express -- 6.1.3 Main VI -- 7. Dimension Measurement -- 7.1 Dimension Measurement Using Vision Assistant Express -- 7.1.1 Find Circular Edge Function -- 7.1.2 Clamp Function -- 7.1.3 Caliper Function -- 7.2 VI Creation for Dimension Measurement -- 7.2.1 Vision Assistant Express VI for Dimension Measurement -- 7.2.2 ROI Array -- 7.2.3 Front Panel of Main VI -- 7.2.4 Block Diagram of the Main VI -- 8. Dimension Measurement Using Coordinate System -- 8.1 Measurement Based on a Reference Coordinate System Using Vision Assistant Express -- 8.1.1 Pattern Matching -- 8.1.2 Coordinate System -- 8.1.3 Dimension Measurement Using the Clamp Function -- 8.1.4 Measurement of Circle Edge -- 8.2 Conversion of Vision Assistant Express to a Standard VI -- 9. Geometric Matching -- 9.1 Geometric Matching Using Vision Assistant Express -- 9.1.1 Geometric Matching for Circles -- 9.1.2 Geometric Matching for Ellipses -- 9.2 VI Creation for Geometric Matching -- 9.3 Shape Detection -- 10. Binary Shape Matching -- 10.1 Accessing Previously Saved Images with Vision Acquisition Express -- 10.2 Binary Shape Matching Using Vision Assistant -- 10.2.1 Binary Template Images -- 10.2.2 Binary Shape Matching -- 10.3 Overlay VI Creation for Shape Matching -- 10.4 VI for Binary Shape Matching -- 11. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) -- 11.1 OCR Using Vision Assistant -- 11.1.1 Character Training Using Vision Assistant -- 11.1.2 Character Identification Using Vision Assistant -- 11.2 VI for OCR -- 11.2.1 VI Creation for OCR Using Vision Assistant -- 11.2.2 SubVI for OCR -- 11.2.3 Main VI -- 12. Binary Particle Classification -- 12.1 Vision Acquisition Express to Load Image Files -- 12.2 Vision Assistant Express for Classification -- 12.2.1 Train for Particle Classification -- 12.2.2 VI Creation -- 12.3 VI Modification -- 12.4 Overlay for Classification.

12.5 Main VI for Classification -- 13. Contour Analysis -- 13.1 Contour Analysis -- 13.1.1 Image Acquisition Using a USB Camera -- 13.1.2 Contour Analysis Using Vision Assistant -- 13.1.3 Defect Detection Using Curvature -- 13.1.4 Defect Detection by Comparing Contours -- 13.1.5 VI Creation -- 13.2 VIs for Contour Analysis -- 13.2.1 Main VI -- 13.2.2 Overlay for Defects -- 13.2.3 Perspective Errors in Images -- 14. Image Calibration and Correction -- 14.1 Method for Creating an Image Correction File -- 14.1.1 Image Acquisition -- 14.1.2 New Calibration File -- 14.2 Image Correction -- 14.2.1 Image Correction Using Vision Assistant Express -- 14.2.2 VI Creation for Image Correction -- 15. Saving and Reading Images -- 15.1 Saving Image -- 15.2 Image Read from File -- 15.2.1 IMAQ Readfile -- 15.2.2 Example of Reading Image from Image Files -- 16. AVI File Write and Read -- 16.1 AVI File Creation Using Image Files -- 16.2 AVI File Creation Based on Real-Time Image Acquisition -- 16.3 Read Frame from AVI Files -- 17. Tracking -- 17.1 Tracking with the Use of Vision Assistant -- 17.2 VI Creation for Tracking Objects -- 18. LabVIEW Machine Vision Applications* -- 18.1 Semiconductor Manufacturing -- 18.2 Automobile Industry -- 18.3 Medical and Bio Applications -- 18.4 Inspection -- 18.5 Industrial Printing -- 19. Student Projects -- Project 1: Noncontact Motion Measurement and its Analysis -- Project 2: Intelligent Surveillance Camera -- Project 3: Driving a LEGO NXT Car (LEGO Mindstorm) with Finger Motion -- Project 4: Piano Keyboard Using Machine Vision -- Index -- End User License Agreement.