ALLIED Vision Technologies Guppy F-503 - Manual (Page 5)

GUPPY Technical Manual V7.1.0
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How demosaicing works ...................................................................................... 108
Format_7 Mode_0: sensor readout and color .......................................................... 110
Format_7 Mode_1: sensor readout and color .......................................................... 112
Color correction (only interlaced GUPPYs)....................................................................... 113
Horizontal and vertical mirror function
(only Guppy F-036/F-503)............................................................................................ 114
White balance ............................................................................................................ 114
White balance and interlaced GUPPYs ........................................................................ 118
One-push white balance .......................................................................................... 119
Auto white balance (AWB) ..................................................................................... 120
Manual gain............................................................................................................... 122
Auto gain .................................................................................................................. 124
Brightness (black level or offset) .................................................................................. 126
Auto shutter .............................................................................................................. 128
Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function ....................................................................... 131
Loading an LUT into the camera ............................................................................... 132
Defect pixel correction (only Guppy F-503B/C) ................................................................ 133
Building defect pixel data ....................................................................................... 135
Grab an image with defect pixel data .................................................................... 135
Calculate defect pixel coordinates ........................................................................ 135
Reset values (resolution, shutter, gain, brightness) ................................................ 136
Activate/deactivate defect pixel correction ................................................................ 136
Store defect pixel data non-volatile .......................................................................... 136
Load non-volatile stored defect pixel data ................................................................. 136
Send defect pixel data to the host ............................................................................ 137
Receive defect pixel data from the host ..................................................................... 137
DPC data: storing mechanism ................................................................................... 137
Binning
(only Guppy F-036B and Guppy F-503B/C) ...................................................................... 138
2 x and 4 x binning ................................................................................................ 138
2 x vertical binning and 4 x vertical binning .............................................................. 139
2 x horizontal binning and 4 x horizontal binning....................................................... 141
2 x full binning and 4 x full binning.......................................................................... 143
Sub-sampling (only Guppy F-503B/C)............................................................................. 145
What is sub-sampling? ............................................................................................ 145
Which Guppy models have sub-sampling?................................................................... 145
Description of sub-sampling..................................................................................... 145
Binning and sub-sampling access
(only Guppy F-503) ..................................................................................................... 151
Packed 12-Bit Mode................................................................................................... 153
HDR (high dynamic range) (GUPPY F-036 only) ............................................................... 154
HDR overview (HiDy sensor)..................................................................................... 154
Pixel operations in detail ........................................................................................ 155
Single knee point vs. two knee points ....................................................................... 156
Effects of a HiDy sensor .......................................................................................... 157
Advanced registers for high dynamic range mode (HDR) (GUPPY F-036 only) ................... 158
BAYER pattern (raw data output) .................................................................................. 159
Serial interface........................................................................................................... 162