High Speed Image Acquisition and Real-Time Analysis for Scientific Applications

By AZoOptics

Introduction
IDS uEye Camera with Genika Trigger Software
About IDS Imaging Development Systems

Introduction

Airylab is a France-based start-up specializing in optical metrology and imaging applications. The company’s software line comprises Genika Trigger for on the fly frame analysis and Genika Astro for astronomical lucky imaging.

Genika Trigger is image acquisition software, which performs on-the-fly frame analysis to save only those frames that are interesting, thus enabling long duration runs, reducing the processing hassle, and sparing disk space. Frame selection filters are smart triggers capable of performing image characteristic analysis in real time, including movement detection, pixel map variation, and histogram.

Figure 1. Genika Trigger image acquisition software.

Airylab also uses specific filters based on requirement, for instance, an astronomy photometry for detecting asteroid transits in front of stars. Genika Trigger’s own crash proof file format supports time stamping and frame geo-localization. The combination of a strict frame loss control and an extensive in/out trigger supports enables extensive synchronized multi-camera acquisition for purposes such as stereoscopic applications.

IDS uEye Camera with Genika Trigger Software

Airylab has decided to integrate uEye cameras from IDS Imaging Development Systems in Genika Trigger. Airylab’s decision was also influenced by IDS Imaging’s product line, which comprises unique camera models such as the 5240 that features a very sensitive E2V sensor.

Figure 2. GigE uEye CP camera

The uEye SDK played a decisive role in the integration of the IDS camera into Genika Trigger. Airylab’s Frédéric Jabet informed that IDS SDK is extensive and the different camera models are impeccably supported. Moreover, the documentation is complete for both C++ and .Net environment. The company has plans to port IDS camera to Genika Astro, an astronomical application requiring high sensitivity hardware. The presence of the E2V sensor could be useful for those low light applications.

Figure 3. Genika Trigger image acquisition software with embedded geolocation metadata.

About IDS Imaging Development Systems

IDS Imaging Development Systems, a key manufacturer of digital industrial cameras and frame grabbers, was founded as a ‘two-man firm’ by Jürgen Hartmann and Armin Vogt in 1997. Today the company employs more than 120 staff and is internationally represented by offices in the USA, Japan and France and through their network of distributors in almost all European and Asian countries.

IDS Imaging Development Systems’ customers include OEMs, system integrators and manufacturers in the industrial, security, scientific and medical industries. The company’s products are well-known for their consistent high quality, long-term availability and maximum ease of integration.