An inexpensive video signal multiplexer for multicamera machine vision in automated analytical laboratory systems
✍ Scribed by Gary W. Kramer; Peter J. Grandsard
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 208 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-7533
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✦ Synopsis
A computer-controlled multiplexer that selects one of up to eight video signal sources is described. The unit is used in conjunction with inexpensive charge-coupled-device video cameras, a frame grabber and computer interface, and commercially available image analysis software to detect events in an automated laboratory setup. The image processing software and the event-driven multiplexer software run under the Windows 3.1 operating system. The configuration presented here is an inexpensive alternative to systems that require more than one frame grabber in combination with multiple cameras or that use commercially available multiplexing