http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/ Definitions of common terms used in of industrial and scientific imaging http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/img/1394imaging_logo.gif http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/ The Imaging Source Europe GmbH 1440 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:58:51 +0200 RSS 2.0 Writer v1.5 @ www.theimagingsource.com Multi Slope. http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/multipleintegrationslope.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:33:38 +0100 The Imaging Source Europe GmbH http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/multipleintegrationslope.htm Any application software using a TWAIN interface can access any imaging hardware which runs with a TWAIN driver. The Imaging Source Company offers a free TWAIN driver for DirectX. Therefore a TWAIN based application software can also access any image source (as FireWire cameras, Video-to-FireWire converters, frame grabbers etc.) under Windows... http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/twain.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:33:38 +0100 The Imaging Source Europe GmbH http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/twain.htm Linear exposure: the dark parts are underexposed Linear exposure: the bright parts are overexposed     Exposure with two different times: dark and bright regions are correctly exposed Multi Slope The idea The monochrome cameras that are typically used in everyday image processing offer a graylevel dynamic of 8 bit/pixel. A graylevel... http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/multislope.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:33:38 +0100 The Imaging Source Europe GmbH http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/multislope.htm IIDC stands for 'Instrumentation & Industrial Digital Camera'. This organisation is responsible for the standardization of the DCAM protocol. White Paper: What is DCAM / IIDC? http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/iidc.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:33:38 +0100 The Imaging Source Europe GmbH http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/iidc.htm i.LINK is Sony's brand for the standard IEEE 1394. http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/ilink.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:33:38 +0100 The Imaging Source Europe GmbH http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/ilink.htm The roots of the standard IEEE 1394 are based upon ideas of Apple company engineers. In the middle of the eighties they looked for a bus which would be more user friendly than the SCSI bus. Typical indicators for this user friendliness are: Long flexible cables No bus termination required. No device addressing by DIP switches. Thus, IEEE 1394... http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/ieee1394.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:33:38 +0100 The Imaging Source Europe GmbH http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/ieee1394.htm   IEEE1394 USB2 U 8..30 V 5 V Imax 1.5 A 0.5 A Pmax 45 W 2.5 W At first glance the difference between USB and FireWire cameras does not seem to be very big. However, regarding practical applications in areas such as security, engineering, science and medicine these little differences become a deciding factor: FireWire devices allow an... http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/usbcamera.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:33:38 +0100 The Imaging Source Europe GmbH http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/usbcamera.htm Video for Windows. http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/vfw.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:33:38 +0100 The Imaging Source Europe GmbH http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/vfw.htm WDM stands for 'Windows Driver Model'. Hardware running with a WDM Stream Class driver is directly compatible to DirectX. Please note: Only those drivers following the Windows Driver Model can be certified (see glossary entry WHQL). All other types of drivers running under Windows work in a kind of 'unofficial' mode. The... http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/wdmstreamclassdriver.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:33:38 +0100 The Imaging Source Europe GmbH http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/wdmstreamclassdriver.htm WDM Stream Class driver. http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/windowsdrivermodel.htm Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:33:38 +0100 The Imaging Source Europe GmbH http://www.theimagingsource.com/en/resources/glossary/entry/windowsdrivermodel.htm