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Camera and Measurement Software

IMAGEX-S2M

Microscope Digital CCD System

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Features

This system supports the microscope evolving from "looking through a microscope" to "seeing by using a microscope" and to "measure the observed image." It is the digital camera system for microscope that the usability and the high performance are sought.
The camera is applying C mount type, 1/1.8" color CCD, 2 million pixels, 15 fps (frame/sec), and USB2.0.
To connect with the microscope, an adaptor is applicable when the inner diameter of the eyepiece is 23.2mm or 30mm. C mount is also available for connecting.
Other than the microscope, it can be mounted to a 3D measuring machine (manual) and a hardness gauge as an optical camera head via C mount adaptor.

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Specifications

Item	Standard component	2 million pixels color CCD camera ( USB2.0）
		Software ( CD-ROM）
		Eyepiece lens tube attachment adaptor
		USB cable, installation guide, calibration reticle
Camera	Imaging device	1/1.8″CCD（color）
	Effective pixels	2 million pixels （1628 x 1236）
	White balance	Auto or manual adjustment
	Frame rate	15fps
	Mount	C mount
	Exterior dimension	W51×H51×D48.8㎜
	Weight	Approx. 0.145kg
Live (movie)	Image adjustment	Auto/manual exposure adjustment (shutter, gain, sharp), white balance (auto/manual (red gain, blue gain)), contrast
	Image capture	Standard image capture, antihalation capture, self-timer capture, X Y coordinate input capture, Z coordinate input capture
	Reticle display	Center line, ruler (X Y), scale (X Y）, concentric circle, angle (click & drag to move, write-able to images)
	Live measurement
	Measurement template	Reading above measurement command
	Time-lapse	Automatic import of a still image by setting quantity/total time/acquire interval, etc. and conversion and replaying movies (pseudo) are available.
	Saving images	Still image, movie (compressed AVI format)
	Image size	※To create the compressed AVI format, separate installation of Codec is necessary.
	Others	Saving and reflecting illumination unevenness correction, image top-bottom/right-left reverse, image 180°rotation, and current setting
Measurement function	Manual measurement	Distance between 2 points (length, angle), specified circle with 3 points (radius, diameter, center, area, perimeter), square (height, width, area), polygon (height, width, area, perimeter), ellipse (radius (height, width), center, area, perimeter), angle (3 points, 4 points angle), 3 points arc (radius, diameter, center, angle), vertical line distance, parallel line distance, distance between circle centers, arbitrary shape (perimeter, area), point (coordinate, quantity)
	Automatic edge detection	Edge detection method (max. /fixed brightness difference, automatic/ fixed binarization, secondary differentiation, 0point), subpixel (linear shape interpolation, bi-cubic), fitting method (least-square method, hough transform)
	Measurement template	Saving and reading measurement commands
	Labeling number count	Label quantity, start point, end point, center, Ferret, area, circle-equivalent diameter, gravity center, perimeter, envelope, circulation degree, size, fluid diameter, concave-convex level, absolute max. length, diagonal length, cut length, needle ratio, amplitude, moment, direction, ellipse, hole count, area ratio, horizontal chord length, Martin diameter, vertical chord length Area and perimeter including Martin diameter and holes, distance between gravity center and outline, circumscribed rectangle coordinate, total processing area, extracted area, proportion of extracted area to processing area
	Measurement result detailed display	Display of detailed list, Display of relative data by selecting 2 figures (distance between angle, intersection, and center, average distance, etc.), output form: clip board (image, measurement line, text, table), CSV save, edit, Exceltransfer
Image processing	Image correction	Brightness, contrast, color phase, intensity, white balance, color extraction, same color extraction, concentration conversion, white-on-black, grey scale conversion, binarization (white-black/pseudo binary image, automatic binarization, single threshold/binary threshold), image rotation (horizontal, vertical rotation, 90 degree rotation, arbitrary angle correction), airbrushing, mosaic process, shading correction, magnification, reduction
	Window display	Thumbnail display （variable display position), total screen display/zoom display,2screen display, guide display ( cross cursor display), scale reduction (grid) display, scale display, image center point display
	Image analysis	Concentration profile display (in processing range, vertical section, horizontal section), concentration projection display (vertical projection, horizontal projection), histogram display, magnified window display(16 x 16, 32 x 32, 64 x 64, 128 x 128, 256 x 256), 3Ddisplay
	Contrasting filter	Max. value, min. value, average value, intermediate value, Sobel, Laplacian, Gaussian, gladiate, sort, Roberts, sharpening, low-pass
	Binaryfilter	Expansion, contraction, exclusive expansion, thinning, isolation removal, isolation abstraction, smooth, outline extraction, contraction (vertical, horizontal), end abstraction, invert, hole-plugging
Image editing	Calculation between images	ABS、AVE、MAX、MIN、AND、OR、XOR、SUM、DIV
	Image comparison	Automatic fitting, fine adjustment, difference image only are display-able
	Automatic fitting, fine adjustment, difference image only are display-able.	Straight line, square, polygon, circle, ellipse
	Calibration	Measured correction (according to automatic edge detection) by circle diameter, scale (X・Y), manual input
	Image editing	Undo, redo function, image copy, image paste, image duplicate, simple image write (square, polygon, circle, ellipse, arrow), pen function (size, color select, dropper), text input (font, size, text color, background color select), stylized text input (current/photographed date and time, file name, stylized text), speech balloon input
	Image file	Load/save:BMP,JPEG,PNG,HTML
	Image record	Write the measurement line and text on the image and save
	Print function	Specified magnification print (magnification setting, image display position, comment, title input available)
	Mail function	Mail transmission with arbitrary/all images attached, HTML format saving and transmitting, JPEG conversion, LZH compression
	Image viewer	File and in-folder display, transfer
Image combination	Image joining	Automatic fitting by arbitrary setting of characteristic points and rotation correction
Image combination	Focus combination	All focus image combination, display by height colors available
Performance environment	OS	WindowsVista, WindowsXP, or Windows7 Japanese version (pre-installed by the maker before shipping)
	CPU	Pentium 4-2 GHz or higher recommended (movie recording:Core2 Duo-2 GHz or higher recommended)
	Memory	512MB or higher recommended (movie recording:1 GB or higher recommended)
	Display	Resolution1024 x 768 or higher True Color（32 bit）
	USB port	USB2.0 standard specification
	Others	CD-ROM drive, HDD:1GB or higher free space, video memory:32MB

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Main Features of High-Performance Software Image X Earth

Image combination function

It combines several adjacent images to a wide-field image seamlessly. Therefore, observing with a wide field of view is available even with a narrow-field view microscope. It provides an easy image combination just by specifying combining positions and executing automatic fitting. Measurement is also available on the image after combining.

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Focus stacking function

Because the focus depth (view field in focus) is small in the microscopic images, it is difficult to grasp the total image of the object. However, with this function, it is available to display a wide-field image that has focus at all over the image by combining several images with different focuses. In addition, by inputting a numeral value for Z axis position during image shooting, colored display with height-direction images is also available.

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Live screen display (full-size display is also available)

Displaying a live image in a full size (maximum size) is available, which provides easy exterior inspection on the monitor.

Image processing

Binalization of the image, rotation and inclination corrections, writing comments on the image, color shade and brightness adjustment of the image are available.

In-screen measurement

Measurement with high general-purpose property is available with the frequently-used basic 13 types of measurement commands and automatic edge detection function.
※Unavailable with the live images

Inspection table creation (Linked with Excel)

Data are transferred to arbitrary cells in Excel; therefore, it strongly support to create inspection tables.

In-image measurement (with calibration function)

After selecting 13 types of basic measurement commands, in-image measurement in the microscope image is available just by clicking.

Automatic edge detection

After clicking near the edge of the object, press the automatic edge detect button. The edge is immediately detected.

Measurement template

Measurement lines displayed on the images with measurement commands can be saved as a template. (When several measurement lines exist on one image, those measurement lines are saved in a lump)

Time lapse timer function

During image taking with a microscope, sometimes, an operator cannot stay by the microscope all the time. With this system, a long-time unmanned imaging is available.
※ It creates pseudo movies by combining consecutive time lapse images. Playing and saving such movie in AVI format file are available.

Real-time measurement with live images

Measurement on live images is available as well as on the saved image. This function is convenient when the measurement result is necessary in a short time.

Image adjustment function

Several settings are available for taking and saving microscope images more beautifully.

Reticle display useful for comparison inspection

With this function, the center line, ruler (X Y axis), scale (X Y axis), concentric circles (several), angle line can be displayed on the live image. Detailed settings are also available such as line type, color, pitch, etc.

Movie image function

As well as still images of the object under the microscope, the moving objects can also be filmed. Therefore, it can record even successive changes and tiny changes for sure.

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