Baumer VCXG - Binning for Sensitivity and Resolution; Monochrome Binning Illustration

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9.1.8 Binning
On digital cameras, you can nd several operations for progressing sensitivity. One of
them is the so-called "Binning". Here, the charge carriers of neighboring pixels are ag-
gregated. Thus, the progression is greatly increased by the amount of binned pixels. By
using this operation, the progression in sensitivity is coupled to a reduction in resolution.
Higher sensitivity enables shorter exposure times.
Baumer cameras support three types of Binning - vertical, horizontal and bidirectional.
In unidirectional binning, vertically or horizontally neighboring pixels are aggregated and
reported to the software as one single "superpixel".
In bidirectional binning, a square of neighboring pixels is aggregated.
Notice
Occuring deviations in brightness after binning can be corrected with Brightness
Correction function.
9.1.8.1 Monochrome Binning
Binning Illustration Output
without
1x2
2x1
2x2
Figure17►
Full frame image, no
binning of pixels.
Figure18►
Vertical binning causes
a vertically compressed
image with doubled
brightness.
Figure19►
Horizontal binning
causes a horizontally
compressed image with
doubled brightness.
Figure20►
Bidirectional binning
causes both a hori-
zontally and vertically
compressed image with
quadruple brightness.