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Example Code

Scale and Coerce U8 Image Data to a specific range.

Products and Environment

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    Software

  • Vision Development Module
  • LabVIEW

Code and Documents

Attachment

Overview

This example demonstrates how to scale images to a specific range.

 

Description

When working with images, one may find it necessary to deaden features that fall outside a certain pixel range.  We can do this by creating our own customized scale the coerces out of bounds pixel values and scales our subset data to fall within a set pixel range.  This has the effect of smoothing image data, allowing easier identification of features.
 
In this example, U8 image data is used, however, the example could be easily modified to work with other image types, by simply changing the representation and the color pallette used.

 

Requirements

 Software

  • LabVIEW Base Development System 2012 (or compatible)
  • NI Vision Development Module 2012 (or compatible)
  • If running in a Real-Time context, you will need the LabVIEW Real-Time Module 2012 (or compatible)

 Hardware

  • No hardware is necessary to use this example VI

 

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

  1. Download and open the attached file
  2. Run the program

 

Additional Information or References

Scale Image Color LV2012 NIVerified.vi - Front Panel.png

 

Scale Image Color LV2012 NIVerified.vi - Block Diagram.png

 

 

**The code for this example has been edited to meet the new Community Example Style Guidelines. The edited copy is marked with the text ‘NIVerified’. Read here for more information about the new Example Guidelines and Community Platform.**

Cole R.
National Instruments
Software Engineer

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