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Installation

After inserting CD-ROM into the drive, an installation program of Adaptive Vision Studio should start automatically. If it fails to do so, 'avs_setup.exe' should be started. The installation process is simple and it allows users to choose the destination folder of the installation as well as the colour theme. If they so wish, users may also decide to create a shortcut on their Desktop.

If Adaptive Vision Studio happens to have been installed on a given computer previously, the installation program will automatically detect this and delete the previous installation before installing the new version. After the installation the program can be started by clicking the shortcut on the Desktop (provided that the shortcut was created during the installation) or by choosing the program from the Start menu: 'Start/Programs/Future Processing/Adaptive Vision Studio'.

Configuration

The main window of Adaptive Vision Studio consists of the following major elements: image preview windows, Filters catalogue window and the Program structure view.

The graphical interface of Adaptive Vision Studio was designed with focus on the user experience. The program offers the possibility of adjusting the view of application to user’s individual needs. Users may easily make changes in the colour scheme, the layout of windows or adjust the toolbars and menu.

Image acquisition

The image acquisition is the first step required to build a complete vision system. Adaptive Vision Studio supports GenICam interface which allows using all GenICam compliant cameras. It is also possible to use image as well as video files. For the purpose of testing using sample image files seems to be the best option. Once the software is started the main window will appear. In the Filters catalogue window there is a LoadImage item. It can be dragged and dropped on to Program structure view to start building the image analysis program. Once the LoadImage filter is added it is possible to select the image file name using the Filter Properties window.

Image analysis

Image processing and analysis program is graphically represented by a diagram in the Program structure view. When we drag an item, for instance, Threshold filter, to the Program structure window it appears under the cursor. It can be then linked with the other filters by dragging connections between fields representing filter parameters on the left side.

Once the image analysis program is created the 'Start Program' button can be clicked (triangle icon on the bar at the top). The messages generated during the program execution can be seen in the Console window. Double clicking on a filter in the Program structure view shows the filter output data (typically an image) in the main view window.