User Manual

PIKE Technical Manual V5.1.2
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Auto gain .................................................................................................................. 146
Manual gain ............................................................................................................... 149
Brightness (black level or offset).................................................................................... 150
Horizontal mirror function ............................................................................................ 151
Shading correction ...................................................................................................... 153
Building shading image in Format_7 modes ................................................................. 153
First example..................................................................................................... 153
Second example ................................................................................................. 153
How to store shading image ...................................................................................... 153
Automatic generation of correction data ..................................................................... 155
Requirements .................................................................................................... 155
Algorithm ......................................................................................................... 155
Loading a shading image out of the camera.................................................................. 158
Loading a shading image into the camera .................................................................... 159
Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function......................................................................... 160
Loading an LUT into the camera ................................................................................. 162
Defect pixel correction (Pike F-1100/1600 only)................................................................ 163
Defect pixel definitions for Pike F-1100 ....................................................................... 163
Defect pixel definitions for Pike F-1600 ....................................................................... 164
AVT factory default settings ...................................................................................... 164
AVT defect pixel map................................................................................................ 164
Defect pixel editor in SmartView ................................................................................ 166
Defect Pixel editor: more details............................................................................ 169
Where is the defect pixel correction done?............................................................... 169
Binning (only Pike b/w models) ..................................................................................... 170
2 x / 4 x / 8 x binning .............................................................................................. 170
Vertical binning...................................................................................................... 171
Horizontal binning.................................................................................................. 173
2 x full binning/4 x full binning/8 x full binning ........................................................... 174
Sub-sampling (PIKE b/w and color) ................................................................................ 175
What is sub-sampling? ............................................................................................. 175
Which PIKE models have sub-sampling?....................................................................... 175
Description of sub-sampling ..................................................................................... 175
Binning and sub-sampling access ................................................................................... 182
Quick parameter change timing modes ............................................................................ 184
Why new timing modes? ........................................................................................... 184
Standard Parameter Update Timing...................................................................... 185
New: Quick Format Change Mode (QFCM)................................................................ 185
How to transfer parameters to the camera.................................................................... 186
Encapsulated Update (begin/end) ....................................................................... 186
Parameter-List Update....................................................................................... 187
Standard Update (IIDC)...................................................................................... 188
Packed 12-Bit Mode.................................................................................................... 189
High SNR mode (High Signal Noise Ratio) ........................................................................ 190
Frame memory and deferred image transport .................................................................... 191
Deferred image transport ......................................................................................... 191
HoldImg mode ....................................................................................................... 192
FastCapture mode ................................................................................................... 194