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GigE camera and driver features

GigE Camera and Drivers Features V3.0.0

This document is a master document for all Allied Vision GigE camera models and is NOT camera specific

BinningHorizontalMode [Enum] R/W

Determines whether the result of binned pixels is averaged or summed up.

Changing BinningHorizontalMode also changes BinningVerti-

calMode.

BinningVertical [Integer] R/W

The vertical binning factor. Binning is the summing of charge (for CCD sensors)

or gray value (for CMOS sensors) of adjacent pixels on a sensor, giving a lower

resolution image, but at full region of interest. Image sensitivity is also

improved due to summed pixel charge / gray value.

BinningVerticalMode [Enum] R/W

Determines whether the result of binned pixels is averaged or summed up.

Changing BinningVerticalMode also changes BinningHorizon-

talMode.

DecimationHorizontal [Integer] R/W

Decimation (also known as sub-sampling) is the process of skipping neighbor-

ing pixels (with the same color) while being read out from the CCD chip. Dec-

imationHorizontal controls the horizontal sub-sampling of the image.

There is no increase in the frame rate with horizontal sub-sampling.

Sum [Default] Binning is accomplished by summing the charge / gray

value of adjacent pixels on sensor

Average Binning is accomplished by averaging the charge / gray value of

adjacent pixels on sensor. This increases SNR by SQRT(number of

binned pixels)

Range: [1 – Camera dependent] Default: 1

Note



• BinningVertical and DecimationVertical

are mutually exclusive. Setting BinningVertical >

1 forces DecimationVertical to 1.

• Color cameras only: Color information is lost while bin-

ning is active due to summing of adjacent different fil-

tered pixels on the Bayer filter array.

Sum [Default] Binning is accomplished by summing the charge / gray

value of adjacent pixels on sensor

Average Binning is accomplished by averaging the charge / gray value of

adjacent pixels on sensor. This increases SNR by SQRT(number of

binned pixels)

Range: [1–8] Default: 1

1 Off

2 2x reduction factor. 2 of 4 columns displayed

4 4x reduction factor. 2 of 8 columns displayed

8 8x reduction factor. 2 of 16 columns displayed