12.1 The Camera Control Panel
The Camera Control Panel controls the camera to achieve the best image quality according to the specific applications.
It will pop up automatically when mouse cursor is moved to the left side of the video window (in measurement status, the
Camera Control Panel will not pop up. Only when measurement process is terminated the Camera Control Panel will pop
up by moving mouse cursor to the left side of the video window).
Left-click
button to achieve Display/ Auto Hide switch of the Camera Control Panel.
Control Panel
Function
Snap
Capture image from the current video window
Record
Record video from the current video window
When Auto Exposure is checked, the system will automatically adjust ex-
Auto Exposure
posure time according to the value of exposure compensation
Available when Auto Exposure is checked. Slide to left or right to adjust
Exposure
Exposure Compensation according to the current video brightness to
Compensation
achieve proper brightness value
Available when Auto Exposure is unchecked. Slide to left or right to re-
Exposure Time
duce or increase exposure time, adjusting brightness of the video
Adjust Gain to reduce or increase brightness of video. The Noise will be
Gain
reduced or increased accordingly
Auto White
White Balance adjustment according to the window video every time the
Balance
button is clicked
Manual White
Slide Red or Blue cursors to manually set the video White Balance
Balance
ROI White
When the ROI region is moved, white Balance can be adjusted according
Balance
to content inside the ROI region.
Slide to left or right to decrease or increase the proportion of Red in RGB
Red
on video
Slide to left or right to decrease or increase the proportion of Green in
Green
RGB on video
Slide to left or right to decrease or increase the proportion of Blue in RGB
Blue
on the video
Sharpness
Adjust Sharpness level of the video window
Denoise
Slide left or right to denoise the image
Saturation
Adjust Saturation level of the video window
Adjust Gamma level of the video. Slide to the right side to increase gam-
Gamma
ma and to the left to decrease gamma
Adjust Contrast level of the video. Slide to the right side to increase con-
Contrast
trast and to the left to decrease contrast
For DC illumination, there will be no fluctuation in light source so no need
DC
for compensating light flickering
Check AC(50HZ) to eliminate flickering "strap" caused by 50Hz illumina-
AC(50HZ)
tion
Check AC(60HZ) to eliminate flickering "strap" caused by 60Hz illumina-
AC(60HZ)
tion
Default
Restore all the settings in the Camera Control Panel to default values
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