This pages explains you how to get informations from the camera. More...

Functions
const char *	SK_GETCAMTYPE (int CamID)
	Reads camera type as string. More...

const char *	SK_GETCAMFAMILY (int CamID)
	Returns the camera family as string. More...

double	SK_GETREVISION (int CamID, const char *strRev, unsigned int sizeOfBuffer)
	Query revision number of the camera. More...

int	SK_GETSN (int CamID, const char *strSN, unsigned int sizeOfBuffer)
	Query for serial number of the camera. More...

int	SK_GETUSBVERSION (int CamID, const char *strUSB, unsigned int sizeOfBuffer)
	Returns the USB version of the camera. More...

int	SK_GETPIXELSPERLINE (int CamID)
	Returns the number of pixels per line. More...

int	SK_GETBITSPERPIXEL (int CamID)
	Returns the number of bits per pixel. More...

int	SK_GETBYTESPERPIXEL (int CamID)
	Returns the number of bytes per pixel. More...

int	SK_GETBYTESPERLINE (int CamID)
	Returns the number of bytes per line. More...

int	SK_GETPIXNUM (int CamID)
	Returns the number of physical pixels at the sensor. More...

double	SK_GETPIXWIDTH (int CamID)
	Returns the pixel width of the sensor in microns. More...

double	SK_GETPIXHEIGHT (int CamID)
	Returns the pixel height of the sensor in microns. More...

double	SK_GETPIXDIST (int CamID)
	Returns the vertical pixel distance of the sensor in microns. More...

double	SK_GETSENSORLENGTH (int CamID)
	Returns the physical sensor length in millimeters. More...

double	SK_GETSENSORDYNAMIC (int CamID)
	Returns the sensor specific dynamic range. More...

int	SK_ISTYPEDIGITAL (int CamID)
	Returns the type (digital or analog) of the camera. More...

int	SK_ISTYPECOLOR (int CamID)
	Returns kind of camera type. More...

int	SK_ISTYPEANTIBLOOM (int CamID)
	Query for anti-blooming feature of the sensor. More...

int	SK_ISTYPEINTCTRL (int CamID)
	Query for integration control feature of the sensor. More...

Detailed Description

This pages explains you how to get informations from the camera.

Function Documentation

int SK_GETBITSPERPIXEL ( int CamID )

Returns the number of bits per pixel.

The return values for bits per pixel are:

bits per pixel	resolution
8	8 bit resolution gray scale
12	12 bit resolution gray scale
24	8 bit resolution color
48	12 bit resolution color

Remarks: The result depends on the programmed output data format.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: number of bits per pixel, else see Error Code Table

int SK_GETBYTESPERLINE ( int CamID )

Returns the number of bytes per line.

Remarks: The result depends on the programmed output data format.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: number of bytes per line, else see Error Code Table

int SK_GETBYTESPERPIXEL ( int CamID )

Returns the number of bytes per pixel.

The return values for bytes per pixel are:

bytes per pixel	resolution
1	8 bit resolution gray scale
2	12 bit resolution gray scale
3	8 bit resolution color
6	12 bit resolution color

Remarks: The result depends on the programmed output data format.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: number of bytes per pixel, else see Error Code Table

const char* SK_GETCAMFAMILY ( int CamID )

Returns the camera family as string.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: string with name of camera family, else nullptr

const char* SK_GETCAMTYPE ( int CamID )

Reads camera type as string.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: string with name of camera type, else nullptr

double SK_GETPIXDIST ( int CamID )

Returns the vertical pixel distance of the sensor in microns.

Remarks: At color triple line sensors it is the absolute line spacing between red, green, and blue in microns.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: vertical pixel distance in microns, else see Error Code Table

int SK_GETPIXELSPERLINE ( int CamID )

Returns the number of pixels per line.

Remarks: The result is independet from the data output format. Note also SK_GETBYTESPERPIXEL for calculating size of line in bytes.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: pixels per line, else see Error Code Table

double SK_GETPIXHEIGHT ( int CamID )

Returns the pixel height of the sensor in microns.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: pixel height of the sensor in microns, else see Error Code Table

int SK_GETPIXNUM ( int CamID )

Returns the number of physical pixels at the sensor.

Remarks: At color line scan cameras it is the sum of red, green and blue pixels of one line.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: number of sensor pixels, else see Error Code Table

double SK_GETPIXWIDTH ( int CamID )

Returns the pixel width of the sensor in microns.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: pixel width of the sensor in microns, else see Error Code Table

double SK_GETREVISION	(	int	CamID,
		const char *	strRev,
		unsigned int	sizeOfBuffer
	)

Query revision number of the camera.

Parameters

CamID	id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera
strRev	pointer to a buffer to store the revision number as string
sizeOfBuffer	size of the user managed string buffer

Returns: revision number, else see Error Code Table

double SK_GETSENSORDYNAMIC ( int CamID )

Returns the sensor specific dynamic range.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: dynamic range, else see Error Code Table

double SK_GETSENSORLENGTH ( int CamID )

Returns the physical sensor length in millimeters.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: physical sensor length in millimeters, else see Error Code Table

int SK_GETSN	(	int	CamID,
		const char *	strSN,
		unsigned int	sizeOfBuffer
	)

Query for serial number of the camera.

Parameters

CamID	id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera
strSN	pointer to a buffer to store the serial number as string
sizeOfBuffer	size of the user managed string buffer

Returns: serial number, else see Error Code Table

int SK_GETUSBVERSION	(	int	CamID,
		const char *	strUSB,
		unsigned int	sizeOfBuffer
	)

Returns the USB version of the camera.

Note

Reasons for return of 2, or 'USB 2.0' can be

a unqualified cable, which is not specified for Super Speed
the camera is plugged at a USB 2.0 connector

Parameters

CamID	id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera
strUSB	pointer to a buffer to store the USB version as string
sizeOfBuffer	size of the user managed string buffer

Returns: USB version as number (e.g. 3 or 2), else see Error Code Table

int SK_ISTYPEANTIBLOOM ( int CamID )

Query for anti-blooming feature of the sensor.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: 0 = no anti-blooming sensor
1 = sensor is blooming-resistance
else see Error Code Table

int SK_ISTYPECOLOR ( int CamID )

Returns kind of camera type.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: 0 = monochrome line scan camera
1 = color line scan camera
else see Error Code Table

int SK_ISTYPEDIGITAL ( int CamID )

Returns the type (digital or analog) of the camera.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: 0 = analog line scan camera
1 = digital line scan camera
else see Error Code Table

int SK_ISTYPEINTCTRL ( int CamID )

Query for integration control feature of the sensor.

Parameters

CamID id of camera from 0 ... n - 1, 0 = 1st camera

Returns: 0 = integration control not exists
1 = sensor has the integration control feature
else see Error Code Table

Functions

Detailed Description

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