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PixelPro

 

3.2

 

Instruction

 

Manual

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Multi-camera connection and hot-plug functions are supported on Windows systems 
only. Using USB3.0 ports for hot swap is strongly recommended, and do not connect or 
disconnect cameras while the camera list is being refreshed. 
In the camera list, all recognized camera models are displayed. Click a camera name to 
switch to that camera. 
When the current camera is removed, it will automatically switch to another camera, or 
display no camera. 

Note: 

Hot swap is not supported in the Mac version. 

② Control Bar

All function modules supported by the camera are displayed on the left side. Click on a 
module’s status bar button to check detailed functions.   
Click the
Click the

button to display all functions. 

button to collapse all functions. 

Preview Window

1) Displays a real-time view and captured images.
2) Mouse wheel to zoom out/zoom in on pictures; the cursor always appears at the

center of the picture.

3) Hold down the left button / right button / scroll wheel of mouse to drag the image

display area.

4) Click the control button at the edge of the window. Left, right, and down expands or

contracts the corresponding operating bar.

5) Click the

button to save the currently selected picture. The following window 

Содержание Pixel Pro 3.2

Страница 1: ...R Pixel Pro 3 2 User Manual To ensure proper use of this instrument as well as to avoid injury while operating instrument understanding this manual completely before use is highly recommended...

Страница 2: ...14 3 8 Histogram 16 3 9 Temperature Control only for Cooling camera 17 3 10 File Save 18 3 11 ROI 19 3 12 Mask 20 3 13 Image Stitching Live 21 3 14 EDF Live 22 3 15 Realtime Dye 23 3 16 Video Record 2...

Страница 3: ...1 Automatic Counting Property 42 5 Measure 42 5 1 Measure Tool 43 5 2 Calibration 45 5 3 Measure Layer 47 5 4 Metrics Flow 48 5 5 Graphics Properties 50 5 6 Manual Class Counting 51 5 7 Scale Property...

Страница 4: ...PixelPro 3 2 Instruction Manual 3 R 9 1 Preferences 62 9 2 Help 63 9 3 About 63 10 Customer Service 64...

Страница 5: ...en a user combines customized configurations with customized work flows the software presents a personalized working layout ensuring accuracy for the user s experiment results whether the software is...

Страница 6: ...allation automatic white balance defaults to a gamma value of 2 10 and the exposure mode to the right Industrial At software installation the default color temperature value is 6500K area white balanc...

Страница 7: ...en consists of five parts status bar control bar preview window data bar picture bar Status Bar There are seven main modules in the status bar Capture Image Measure Report Camera List Display Config I...

Страница 8: ...version Control Bar All function modules supported by the camera are displayed on the left side Click on a module s status bar button to check detailed functions Click the Click the button to display...

Страница 9: ...ictures and videos captured or opened from other locations are displayed on the right side of the main window Thumbnails are listed in descending order by time from top to bottom Clicking any image sw...

Страница 10: ...n on the left side Click the button to close the window The save location and all the images under this path will display on the right side of the window Click the button to add the current save locat...

Страница 11: ...orner to exit contrast Static contrast Contrast between two saved pictures Select an image then right click the picture bar to pop up the operation menu select Contrast to open the selected picture on...

Страница 12: ...icture format or picture save path Pause F7 Pause Resume the preview When the preview is paused a pause state prompt appears on the interface as shown below 3 Capture 3 1 Capture Click the button to c...

Страница 13: ...he Auto Exposure box is checked the software automatically adjusts exposure time to obtain an image with appropriate brightness Area Exposure When the Area Exposure box is checked the software automat...

Страница 14: ...options the area white balance box will appear for preview pictures The size of the area white balance box is adjustable Under stable lighting conditions move the area white balance box to any white p...

Страница 15: ...16 bits The default bit depth of USB3 0 color camera is 8 bits The bit depth of USB2 0 camera is 8 bits only 16 bits is not supported 3 7 Image Adjust Conduct real time dynamic adjustment of pictures...

Страница 16: ...pots on the microscope eyepieces and objectives With flat field calibration those types of defects can be effectively reduced imaging effects will be more uniform and color reproduction of the images...

Страница 17: ...obtain more realistic images for observation and analysis Color level adjustment means redefining the R G B color levels in each channel and then re allocating pixel values Adjust color levels gradat...

Страница 18: ...max 3 9 Temperature Control only for Cooling camera The software supports temperature adjustments by cooling cameras noise reduction can be achieved by reducing the working temperature of the picture...

Страница 19: ...orted in the Mac version File name The file to be saved is named TS by default but the user can give the file any desired name The file name cannot contain the following special characters If the user...

Страница 20: ...to change save paths The default save location is C Users Administrator Desktop Image The path cannot contain the following special characters If the user attempts to enter special characters an error...

Страница 21: ...top left corner of the image as well as the width and height then click OK to apply the ROI settings 3 12 Mask Select Masking Area Use a computer mouse Click and drag within the image preview to defin...

Страница 22: ...round Color The default background color of ignored areas on the stitched image is black but can be customized Click on to select the desired color in the palette The color takes effect once stitching...

Страница 23: ...y images 2 Since the stitched images are large in size and will likely occupy a massive amount of computer memory once the process of stitching takes up 75 of available computer memory the stitching m...

Страница 24: ...ing process A new merged Image including all depth focusing information will be generated in the image gallery 3 15 Realtime Dye This module is generally used when taking fluorograms with a monochrome...

Страница 25: ...frames Total Time s The length of time spent capturing images based on how long the time is set to Setting ranges from 1 to 9999 seconds Delay time Introduces a delay before capturing images Three tim...

Страница 26: ...resolution frame with the total number of frames at 10 frames and the total default capturing time at 10 seconds Image data is saved by default to the local hard drive 3 17 Delay Capture Total Time C...

Страница 27: ...yback frame rate The final value of total time total number of frames playback frame rate is rounded down 3 18 Trigger only for Monochrome Cooling camera There are two output modes for image output fr...

Страница 28: ...ntegration Captures continuous multi frame images according to specified parameters combines multi frame data into one image and previews integration effect in real time 1 Integration by frames combin...

Страница 29: ...rames ranges from 1 to 99 Default is 10 4 Import and export are import and export correction factors respectively 5 Dark field correction should be performed for different exposure times and scenes as...

Страница 30: ...currently selected parameter group files Export Saves parameter group files to a specified folder Import Loads selected parameter group files from a specified folder Reset All Restores factory default...

Страница 31: ...d due to moving the sample or camera the camera will automatically adjust the focal length to ensure a clear picture One Shot AF Select focus area in preview screen Camera will conduct one time focusi...

Страница 32: ...in the preview image with the mouse then double left click or double right click to complete the screenshot The screenshot will appear in the picture bar to the right Click to save the current screens...

Страница 33: ...ng focal length on blurred edges of the image leading to a more vivid color in the specified area of the image Default value is 0 Adjustment ranges from 0 to 3 To finalize the parameter adjustments fo...

Страница 34: ...ye Cancel Cancels adding custom colors to dyes 4 3 Fluorescence In biological related science research fields different fluorochromes are used to label different cell structures A complete fluorescent...

Страница 35: ...to combine together An instructional dialog window appears as shown below 3 Select the original image requiring fluorescence synthesis from the right picture bar the synthesized image will be display...

Страница 36: ...from each of multiple images captured within the same observation field but not at the same focus planes and merges them into a new image which has clearly focused areas throughout the whole image Im...

Страница 37: ...alue of the pixels on a grayscale image to either 0 or 255 based on a user defined threshold This process renders the whole image in a distinct black and white format a binary image which is a digital...

Страница 38: ...olor of the picture Automatic Color Scale Click Auto to set the brightest and darkest pixel in each channel as white and black respectively and then proportionally redistribute the pixel values betwee...

Страница 39: ...nnel and combines complementary hues of mixed colors with the base color The combined color is always the brightest color Extract Color Extract the selected color from the RGB color group Inverse Colo...

Страница 40: ...ck to enter the counting process All The counting area is the full image Rectangle Left click to diagonally opposite corners of a rectangular area The counting area is the selected rectangle Polygon L...

Страница 41: ...ape of cells in the image For example if the image is of a bright cell on a dark background this function will smooth the cell boundary separate connected cells and remove small black holes in the cel...

Страница 42: ...ess Next Go to next step Add Adds the selected calculation type to the statistical table in the lower pane Delete Deletes the selected calculation type from the lower pane Minimum Sets the minimum val...

Страница 43: ...o 5 Precision Sets the number of significant decimal places for maximum and minimum values By default 3 decimal places are reserved Setting ranges from 0 to 6 5 Measure PixelPro provides tools for mea...

Страница 44: ...ots Line Segment Draws three dots connected by line segments Third click completes the drawing Multiple Dots Line Segment Draws a line segment defined by multiple dots Single click adds a new point on...

Страница 45: ...ting the two endpoints of its diameter Left click completes the drawing 3 Point Circle Draws a circle by selecting any three points on its circumference Left click completes the drawing Concentric Cir...

Страница 46: ...ng data type such as length angle slope diameter perimeter area etc Graphics drawn after checking and their associated information will appear on pictures at the same time Right click to toggle betwee...

Страница 47: ...on ruler The software default calibration ruler should be applied to all measurement projects Selected calibration rulers can be edited and added on the right side Right click to bring up a context me...

Страница 48: ...urements and display the new measurements on Layer 01 You can choose to display the measurement data from different layers or choose to view the different layers The user can choose which measurement...

Страница 49: ...gallery 2 Select the image of the standardized sample the reference image to calibrate and set the tolerances for later measurements and detections 3 Check Start Building a Metrics Flow to create a ne...

Страница 50: ...the template Click Delete to delete the template if it is no longer needed 7 Select the first image to be detected and compared to the template 8 After image detection and comparison against the sele...

Страница 51: ...Default value is 3 Setting ranges from 0 to 6 Line Width Sets the display line width of the measurement tool currently applied on the image Default value is 1 Setting ranges from 1 to 5 Line Style Sel...

Страница 52: ...all parameters set above to measurement graphics displayed on the image Default Revert and apply the default parameter settings to measurement graphics displayed on the image 5 6 Manual Class Countin...

Страница 53: ...le properties Show Scale Displays the scale on the measured image when checked Default setting is off Scale will automatically be positioned at the top left of the image and can be dragged to any desi...

Страница 54: ...e font name to choose the desired font and size Border Color Sets the border color of the current scale Default color is red Click the color swatch to open the color selection palette Border Width Set...

Страница 55: ...ult color is black Click the color swatch to open the color selection palette Ruler Font Sets font and size of crosshair labels No Background True is checked by default to set the label background as...

Страница 56: ...Sets the line style for the grid applied to the image The default style is solid Line style options are solid line dashed line dotted line dash dot line and two dot line Line Color Sets the color for...

Страница 57: ...hods Operating Procedure 1 Switch from the preview module to the measurement module or open an image and check Start to enable the function The measurement tool does not display but functions as expec...

Страница 58: ...th Sets the width and height of the crosshair center currently displayed on the image Default value is 20 Color Sets the crosshair line color Click the color swatch to open the color selection palette...

Страница 59: ...the software installation path Use the identifier to indicate content that needs to be displayed Where the identifier appears it means that the header of the data table is hidden Delete Deletes selec...

Страница 60: ...ntifies samples or parts This custom name will show up on the working report User Name The name of the user director worker or reporter Notes Records any notes supplemental information or comments rel...

Страница 61: ...m Out Reduces the current image and displays it smaller than its original size 1 1 Sets the currently displayed image to its original size Fit Adjusts the image zoom level to fit the preview window Bl...

Страница 62: ...splay it in the software interface Unchecked modules will not be displayed in the interface All modules are checked by default The program remembers this setting between sessions Up Moves the selected...

Страница 63: ...to the following specifications Percentage pixel Adjusts image size to the specified percentage pixel value Settings for percentage range from 1 to 200 Settings for pixel range from 4 to maximum reso...

Страница 64: ...nitial selection at program start up The program must be restarted before this setting takes effect 9 2 Help View the program operating instructions for reference by the user 9 3 About Click More info...

Страница 65: ...we will fulfill repairs for any damages corresponding with the warranty policies free of charge 2 The warranty policies are limited to defects in manufacturing and materials Any damage caused by the u...

Страница 66: ...al 65 To save time please have the following information ready 1 Camera model and S N product serial number 2 Software version number and computer system configuration information 3 As many details as...

Страница 67: ...D and Pixel Pro are registered trademarks of Labo America Inc With a policy of continuous development Labo America Inc reserves the right to change design and specifications without prior notice 2011...

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