Baumer VEXG - Binning

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8.1.6 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.
8.1.6.1 Monochrome Binning
Binning Illustration Output
without
1x2
2x1
2x2
◄Figure19
Full frame image, no
binning of pixels.
◄Figure20
Vertical binning causes
a vertically compressed
image with doubled
brightness.
◄Figure21
Horizontal binning
causes a horizontally
compressed image with
doubled brightness.
◄Figure22
Bidirectional binning
causes both a hori-
zontally and vertically
compressed image with
quadruple brightness.