Baumer USB3 Vision, User Manual

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Binning 9.1.9
On digital cameras, you can find several operations for progressing sensitivity. One of
these is "Binning". Here, the charge carriers of neighboring pixels are aggregated. Thus
the progression is greatly increased by the amount of binned pixels. By using this opera-
tion, the progression in sensitivity is coupled with a reduction in resolution.
Baumer cameras support three types of binning - vertical, horizontal and bidirectional.
In unidirectional binning, vertically or horizontally neighboring pixels are aggregated and
reported to the software as a single "superpixel".
In bidirectional binning, a square of neighboring pixels is aggregated.
Binning Illustration Example
without
1x2
2x1
2x2
◄ Figure 17
Full frame image, no
binning of pixels.
◄ Figure 18
Vertical binning causes
a doubly bright ,vertical-
ly compressed image.
◄ Figure 19
Horizontal binning
causes a doubly bright,
horizontally compressed
image.
◄ Figure 20
Bidirectional binning
causes both a hori-
zontally and vertically
compressed image with
quadruple brightness.