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Glossary-28 Vicon MX Hardware System Reference
Vicon MX Vicon integrated system for
digital optical motion measurement and
analysis, based on video cameras that
perform centroid processing. It consists
of specialized cameras, illumination
equipment, controlling hardware units,
application software, and a host PC.
MX network equipment, accessories,
calibration apparatus, and cables are
supplied with the system. Third-party
devices can be integrated with the
system. Also see Accessory kit, Host PC,
Calibration kit, MX Bridge, MX Control,
MX Link, MX Net, MX Sync, MX Camera,
and Strobe unit.
Vicon V-series system Vicon 3D
motion capture and analysis system,
based on analog cameras and a
Datastation that performs the processing.
It consists of specialized cameras,
illumination equipment, controlling
hardware unit, application software, and
a host PC. Vicon accessories, calibration
apparatus, and cables are supplied with
the system. Vicon 460, Vicon 6,
Vicon 612, Vicon 624, and Vicon 8i are
V-series systems. Also see Accessory kit,
Calibration kit, Datastation, Host PC,
MCam, MCam2, Strobe unit, SV Cam, and
VCam.
Video Burn-in window A function in
some Vicon application software that
embeds a small window containing a
display of either the current timecode or
frame count into the video output signal.
Also see Frame, Reference video, and
Timecode.
View pane The area in the middle of a
Vicon application software window that
enables users to specify the type of data
from one or more Vicon cameras to be
viewed. Each type of view pane may
contain its own menu bar, toolbar, and
workspace. Also see View pane menu
bar, View pane toolbar, and Workspace.
View pane menu bar A set of menus
in some Vicon application software from
which the type of view pane to display in
the workspace is selected. Also see
3D Workspace, Camera view pane, Frame
rate view pane, Fullscreen preview, Ortho
view pane, View pane, and View pane
toolbar.
View pane toolbar A set of buttons
with which the number and arrangement
of view panes displayed in the workspace
is specified. Also see View pane and View
pane menu bar.
.ViewTypes file Vicon Nexus view
pane layout configuration file. An XML file
with extension .ViewType, which contains
configuration settings for view pane
layouts in the Nexus window. Also see
Nexus.
Virtual point A virtual marker that is
derived through calculations based on a
specified group of markers—or other
virtual points—whose proximity to one
another is relatively fixed. Some Vicon
application software can use virtual
points as though they were reconstructed
markers (e.g. to edit, filter, fill gaps in
other marker trajectories, and
visualization). Also see Marker, Point,
Reconstruction, and Trajectory.
Visualization software Vicon or third-
party application software in which
motion data can be visualized and
manipulated in real time. Also see
Polygon and Vicon iQ.
VITC Vertical Interval Timecode. A form
of timecode that is encoded directly into
the video tracks, picked up by the helical
scan heads on a Video Cassette Recorder
(VCR), and then output on the video
signal. This means that even if the VCR is
in a pause or slow mode, the VITC can
still be read. Also see EBU timecode, LTC,
SMPTE timecode, and Timecode.
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