grab_imagegrab_imageGrabImageGrabImage (Operator)

Name

grab_imagegrab_imageGrabImageGrabImage — Synchronous grab of an image from the specified image acquisition device.

Description

The operator grab_imagegrab_imageGrabImageGrabImageGrabImage grabs an image via the image acquisition device specified by AcqHandleAcqHandleAcqHandleAcqHandleacqHandle. The desired operational mode of the image acquisition device as well as a suitable image part and additional interface-specific settings can be specified using the operators open_framegrabberopen_framegrabberOpenFramegrabberOpenFramegrabberOpenFramegrabber and set_framegrabber_paramset_framegrabber_paramSetFramegrabberParamSetFramegrabberParamSetFramegrabberParam.

To abort the grab, the operator set_framegrabber_paramset_framegrabber_paramSetFramegrabberParamSetFramegrabberParamSetFramegrabberParam with the parameter 'do_abort_grab' can be used if the specific image acquisition interface supports it. Note that as an exception from the description of the concurrent usage in multiple threads (see below) 'do_abort_grab' can also be used from another thread.

Attention

For a multithreaded application all image acquisition operators (as listed in open_framegrabberopen_framegrabberOpenFramegrabberOpenFramegrabberOpenFramegrabber) are an own group in which info_framegrabberinfo_framegrabberInfoFramegrabberInfoFramegrabberInfoFramegrabber, open_framegrabberopen_framegrabberOpenFramegrabberOpenFramegrabberOpenFramegrabber, close_framegrabberclose_framegrabberCloseFramegrabberCloseFramegrabberCloseFramegrabber and close_all_framegrabbersclose_all_framegrabbersCloseAllFramegrabbersCloseAllFramegrabbersCloseAllFramegrabbers are executed exclusively.

grab_imagegrab_imageGrabImageGrabImageGrabImage runs in parallel with all non-exclusive operators inside and outside of this group.

Execution Information

Multithreading type: reentrant (runs in parallel with non-exclusive operators).
Multithreading scope: global (may be called from any thread).
Processed without parallelization.

Parameters

ImageImageImageImageimage (output_object) image → object (byte / uint2)

Grabbed image.

AcqHandleAcqHandleAcqHandleAcqHandleacqHandle (input_control) framegrabber → (integer)

Handle of the acquisition device to be used.

Example (HDevelop)

* Select a suitable image acquisition interface name AcqName
info_framegrabber(AcqName,'port',Information,Values)
* Open image acquisition device using the default settings, see
* documentation of the actually used interface for more details
open_framegrabber(AcqName,1,1,0,0,0,0,'default',-1,'default',-1.0, \
                  'default','default','default',-1,-1,AcqHandle)
grab_image(Image,AcqHandle)
close_framegrabber(AcqHandle)

Example (C)

/* Select a suitable image acquisition interface name AcqName */
info_framegrabber(AcqName,"port",&Information,&Values) ;
/* Open image acquisition device using the default settings, see
   documentation of the actually used interface for more details */
open_framegrabber(AcqName,1,1,0,0,0,0,'default',-1,'default',-1.0,
                  'default','default','default',-1,-1,&AcqHandle) ;
grab_image(Image,AcqHandle) ;
close_framegrabber(AcqHandle) ;

Example (HDevelop)

* Select a suitable image acquisition interface name AcqName
info_framegrabber(AcqName,'port',Information,Values)
* Open image acquisition device using the default settings, see
* documentation of the actually used interface for more details
open_framegrabber(AcqName,1,1,0,0,0,0,'default',-1,'default',-1.0, \
                  'default','default','default',-1,-1,AcqHandle)
grab_image(Image,AcqHandle)
close_framegrabber(AcqHandle)

Example (HDevelop)

* Select a suitable image acquisition interface name AcqName
info_framegrabber(AcqName,'port',Information,Values)
* Open image acquisition device using the default settings, see
* documentation of the actually used interface for more details
open_framegrabber(AcqName,1,1,0,0,0,0,'default',-1,'default',-1.0, \
                  'default','default','default',-1,-1,AcqHandle)
grab_image(Image,AcqHandle)
close_framegrabber(AcqHandle)

Example (HDevelop)

* Select a suitable image acquisition interface name AcqName
info_framegrabber(AcqName,'port',Information,Values)
* Open image acquisition device using the default settings, see
* documentation of the actually used interface for more details
open_framegrabber(AcqName,1,1,0,0,0,0,'default',-1,'default',-1.0, \
                  'default','default','default',-1,-1,AcqHandle)
grab_image(Image,AcqHandle)
close_framegrabber(AcqHandle)

Result

If the image could be acquired successfully, the operator grab_imagegrab_imageGrabImageGrabImageGrabImage returns the value 2 (H_MSG_TRUE). Otherwise an exception is raised.