Instruction
Manual
SCS1
Series
145
12. APPENDIX A: IMAGE ELABORATION TECHNIQUES
12.1. General concepts: digital image
What is a digital image?
A digital image is simply a matrix of numbers.
Each matrix element is called picture’s element or pixel. ( e.g.: SCS1 resolution is 640x480 and
consequently the image is composed of 640 columns and 480 lines, forming a total of more than
300000 pixels).
Each pixel can be considered a source of information. In greyscale systems, each pixel provides a
numeric value included between 0 and 255, corresponding to the brightness of the selected pixel. 0
corresponds to black, 255 to white. In colour systems, each pixel supplies three different brightness
values: one relative to red, one to blue and one to green. These three values form the RGB value
(Red, Green, Blue) of the pixel.
Each colour can be represented theoretically by a specific combination of these three basic colours.
The pixel part inside the image is identified by the coordinates (X, Y).
The system origin is positioned conventionally in the top right angle above the image.
12.2.
Machine vision
“Machine vision” refers to a machine equipped with a set of visible tools. These machines, exploiting
their “sight”, inspect an object tracking defects and missing parts as well as making measurements,
reading codes and other similar applications. The machine eye is a sensor that, according to the user
instructions, acquires object images and gathers all the information necessary to carry-out the
elaboration.
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