Deltapix Hdmi02dpx Microscope Camera Instruction Manual

DeltaPix HDMI02DPX Microscope Camera

HDMI02DPX Camera Application Configurations

Camera Working Standalone with the Built-in Software

For this application, apart from the microscope, you only need an HDMI monitor, the supplied USB mouse and the camera-embedded software. The steps to start the camera are listed below:

• Connect the camera to a HDMI monitor using the HDMI cable;
• Insert the supplied USB mouse to the camera’s USB port;
• Insert the supplied SD card into the HDMI camera SD card;
• Connect the camera to the power adapter and switch it on;
• Turn on the monitor and the video stream should appear on the screen. Move the mouse to the left, top,or bottom of the software UI, different control panels in the UI will pop up and the user can operate with the mouse.

Brief Introduction of HDMI02DPX Camera’s Ul and Its Functions

Software Ul

The HDMIO2DPX camera’s UI shown in Figure 5-1 includes a Camera Control Panel on the left of the vidco window, a Measurement Toolbar on the top of the video window and a Synthesis Camera Control Toolbar on the bottom of the video window.

The Camera Control Panel on the Left Side of the Video Window

The Camera Control Panel controls the camera to achieve the best video or image quality according to the specific applications; It will pop up automatically when the mouse cursor is moved to the left side of the video window. Left-clicking button to achieve the Display/Auto Hide switch of the Camera Control Panel.

Camera Control Panel	Function	Function Description
	Snap	Capture image and save it to the SD card
	Record	Record video and save it to the SD card
	Auto Exposure	When Auto Exposure is checked, the system will automatically adjust exposure time and gain according to the value of exposure compensation
	Exposure Compensation	Available when Auto Exposure is checked. Slide to left or right to adjust Exposure Compensation according to the current video brightness to achieve proper brightness value
	Exposure Time	Available when Auto Exposure is not checked. Slide to left or right to reduce or increase exposure time, adjusting brightness of the video
	Gain	Adjust Gain to reduce or increase brightness of video. The Noise will be reduced or increased accordingly
	Red	Slide to left or right to decrease or increase the proportion of Red in RGB on video
	Green	Slide to left or right to decrease or increase the proportion of Green in RGB on video
	Blue	Slide to left or right to decrease or increase the proportion of Blue in RGB on the video
	Auto            White Balance	White Balance adjustment according to the video continuously
	Manual        White Balance	Adjust the Red or Blue item to set the video White Balance.
	ROI White Balance	White Balance could be adjusted when the ROI region is changed according to content inside the ROI region.
	Sharpness	Adjust Sharpness level of the video
	Denoise	Slide left or right to denoise the video
	Saturation	Adjust Saturation level of the video
	Gamma	Adjust Gamma level of the video. Slide to the right side to increase gamma and to the left to decrease gamma.
	Contrast	Adjust Contrast level of the video. Slide to the right side to increase contrast and to the left to decrease contrast.
	DC	For DC illumination, there will be no fluctuation in light source so no need for compensating light flickering
	AC(50HZ)	Check AC(50HZ) to eliminate flickering caused by 50Hz light source
	AC(60HZ)	Check AC(60HZ) to eliminate flickering caused by 60Hz light source
	Default	Restore all the settings in the Camera Control Panel to default values

The Measurement Toolbar on top of the Video Window

The Measurement Toolbar will pop up when moving mouse cursor to any place near the upper edge of the video window. Here is the introduction of the various functions on the Measurement Toolbar:

Icon/Function

• Float/ Fix switch of the Measurement Toolbar

• Show / Hide Measurement Objects
• Select the desired Measurement Unit
• Select Magnification for Measurement after Calibration

• Object Select
• Angle
• 4 Points Angle
• Point
• Arbitrary Line
• 3 Points Line
• Horizontal Line
• Vertical Line
• 3 Points Vertical Line
• Parallel
• Rectangle
• Ellipse
• 5 Points Ellipse
• Circle
• 3 Points Circle
• Annulus
• Two Circles and its Center Distance
• 3 Points Two Circles and its Center Distance
• Arc
• Text
• Polygon
• Curve

• Scale Bar
• Arrow
• Exccute Calibration to determine the corresponding relation between magnitication and resolution, which will establish the corresponding relationship between measurement unit and the sensor
• pixel size. Calibration needs to be donc with the help of a micrometer.
• Export the Measurement information to CSV file(*.csv)
• Measurement Setup
• Delete all the measurement objects
• Exit from Measurement mode
• When the measurement ends, left-click on a single measuring object and the Object Location & Properties Control Bar will show up. User could move the object by dragging the object with the mouse. But more accurate movement could be done with the control bar. The icons on the control bar mean Move Left, Move Right, Move Up, Move Down, Color Adjustment and Delete.

Note

1. When user left-clicks Display/Hide button on the Measurement Toolbar, the Measurement Toolbar will be fixed. In this case the Camera Control Panel will not pop up automatically even if moving the mouse cursor to the left edge of the video window. Only when user left-clicks the button on the Measurement Toolbar to exit from the measurement mode will they be able to doing other operations with the Camera Control Panel or the Synthesis Camera Control Toolbar?
2. When a specific Measurement Object is selected during the measurement process, the Object Location & AttributesControl Bar will appear for changing the object location and properties of the selected objects.

Icons and Functions of the Synthesis Camera Control Toolbar at the Bottom of the Video Window

Icon /Function

• Zoom In the Video Window
• Horizontal Flip
• Color Gray
• Display Cross Line
• Settings

• Zoom Out the Video Window
• Vertical Flip
• Video Freeze
• Browse Images and Videos in the SD Card
• Check the Version of software

The Setting is relatively more complicated than the other functions. Here is more information about it:

Setting>Measurement

Setting>Magnification

Settings>Image Format

Settings>Video

Setting>Storage

Setting>Files

Setting>Language

Setting>Miscellaneous