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IMAQ Vision for LabWindows/CVI User Manual
Glossary
Numbers
1D
One-dimensional.
2D
Two-dimensional.
3D
Three-dimensional.
A
AIPD
The National Instruments internal image file format used for saving
complex images and calibration information associated with an image
(extension APD).
alignment
The process by which a machine vision application determines the
location, orientation, and scale of a part being inspected.
alpha channel
The channel used to code extra information, such as gamma correction,
about a color image. The alpha channel is stored as the first byte in the
four-byte representation of an RGB pixel.
area
(1) A rectangular portion of an acquisition window or frame that is
controlled and defined by software.
(2) The size of an object in pixels or user-defined units.
arithmetic operators
The image operations multiply, divide, add, subtract, and modulo.
array
An ordered, indexed set of data elements of the same type.
auto-median function
A function that uses dual combinations of opening and closing operations
to smooth the boundaries of objects.
B
b
Bit. One binary digit, either 0 or 1.
B
Byte. Eight related bits of data, an eight-bit binary number. Also denotes
the amount of memory required to store one byte of data.