ALLIED Vision Technologies Guppy F-503 - Manual (Page 158)

Description of the data path
GUPPY Technical Manual V7.1.0
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Advanced registers for high dynamic range
mode (HDR) (GUPPY F-036 only)
The GUPPY F-036 cameras offer the so-called high dynamic range mode
(HDR mode) with one or two knee points.
Register Name Field Bit Description
0xF1000280 HDR_CONTROL Presence_Inq [0] Indicates presence of this feature
(read only)
--- [1..5] Reserved
ON_OFF [6] Enable/disable HDR mode
--- [7..19] Reserved
MaxKneePoints [20..23] Read only
Maximum number of knee points (2)
--- [24..27] Reserved
KneePoints [28..31] Number of active knee points
(max. 2)
0xF1000284 KNEEPOINT_1 KneeVoltage_1 [0..7] Regulation of saturation level
KneeVoltage_2 [8..15] Regulation of saturation level
KneeTime_1 [16..31] Not implemented, but value must be
greater 0
0xF1000288 KNEEPOINT_2 KneeVoltage_3 [0..7] Regulation of saturation level
KneeVoltage_4 [8..15] Regulation of saturation level
KneeTime_2 [16..31] Not implemented, but value must be
greater 0.
0xF100028C KNEEPOINT_3 --- [0..31] Reserved
Table 55: High dynamic range (HDR) configuration register
Note
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The HDR mode of GUPPY F-036 runs in automatic knee
point adjustment mode only, which means: the knee times
are calculated by the sensor automatically (calculated from
the knee point’s voltage values).