IMAQ Threshold Binary Image and Mask

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Overview

The example demonstrates how to apply a binary threshold to an image.

Description

For some VISION algorithms, a binary image is necessary to perform the calculation. Threshold your grayscale or color image to create a binary image. Creating a binary image separates the objects that you want to inspect from the background. The threshold operation sets the background pixels to 0 in the binary image, while setting the object pixels to a non-zero value. Object pixels have a value of 1 by default, but you can set the object pixels to have any value you choose.

After creating a binary image of the original image, a masked image is created by applying the binary image as an image mask to the original image. The masked image contains the grayscale representation of the original image, but the parts of the binary image that are considered background pixels are blacked out in the masked image.

Requirements

 Software

• LabVIEW 2012 Base Development System (or compatible)
• Vision Development Module 2012 (or compatible)

 Hardware

• No hardware is necessary to use this example VI

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

1. Run the VI
2. Adjust the 'Lower Value' and 'Upper Value' sliders

Additional Information or References

Create a Binary Image - NI Vision 2011 for LabVIEW Help
http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/370281P-01/nivisionlvbasics/create_a_binary_image/

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