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Reference Manual Chapter 4

Ranger E/D

Ranger Studio

 Parameters – to handle parameter files and to start the parameter editor.

All these tools are also available in the menus.

4.1.1 Visualization Tabs

The visualization tabs are used for visualizing the result from the camera. The main win-

dow has one tab for each type of measurement made by the Ranger with the current

configuration. The visualization can be disabled and enabled by selecting Options

 Visual-

ize. This can be useful when streaming to file, see 4.4.9 “Save and Load Measurement

Data”.

The number of tabs is automatically updated as components are activated or deactivated

in the configuration.

Image Mode

In Image mode (when the image configuration is active), there is one visualization tab

showing a grayscale 2D image. This view can be useful for example when adjusting the

exposure time, or deciding the region of interest.

Figure 4.2 – Visualization tab with grayscale 2D image.

The displayed image is the sensor image from the Ranger, which represents what is in the

Ranger’s field of view.

For the ColorRanger E, available high-resolution rows (depending on model) can also be

displayed in the image. The high-resolution rows are shown at the top of the image, above

the standard rows. The display of the high-resolution rows is adopted to maintain the

aspects of the sensor in the following ways:

 For ColorRanger E55, only every other column of the high-resolution rows is shown. The

high-resolution rows have twice as many columns as standard rows, but Ranger Studio

displays every other column to keep the width of the image the same.

 The high-resolution rows are taller than normal sensor rows (gray 3 times, color 4

times), thereby covering a larger cross-section on the object in front of the camera.

Each high-resolution row is therefore displayed in the image on 3 and 4 lines (pixels)

respectively.

 The black lines in the image correspond to the area between the high-resolution rows,

and between the high-resolution rows and the standard sensor.

 Color high-resolution rows have a larger sensitivity, why the image from these rows will

appear brighter than other rows.

The high-resolution rows are displayed in image mode by enabling the Show hires parame-

ter in the image component. Note that when displaying the high-resolution rows, the row

number shown in the status bar and Info window does not match the number of the

sensor row.

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