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2D Scan Engine
MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture
MDI-4x00
N-210
This document describes image capture procedures
Image Capture Manual
for the imager scan engines MDI-4x00 and N-210

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  • Page 1 2D Scan Engine MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture MDI-4x00 N-210 This document describes image capture procedures Image Capture Manual for the imager scan engines MDI-4x00 and N-210...
  • Page 2 Opticon assumes no liability for any direct, indirect, consequential or incidental damages arising out of use or inability to use both the hardware and software, even if Opticon has been informed about the possibility of such damages.
  • Page 3 MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual Revision History Specification No. : TBD Product name : MDI-4x00/N210 Edition Date Page Section Description of Changes 2022/10/20 Initial release front Added MDI-4100 picture and corrected product name 2022/11/23 Removed reference to non exiting SDK...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual Table of contents Page 1. Abstract ............................. 1 2. Configuration Commands ......................1 2.1. Configuring with Commands ....................1 2.1.1. Command Format ........................1 2.1.2. Command Usage Precautions ....................1 3. Image Capture Mode ........................ 2 3.1.
  • Page 5: Abstract

    MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual Abstract This document describes image capture procedures for the imager scan engines MDI-4x00 and N-210. Configuration Commands 2.1. Configuring with Commands By sending the commands via the (USB) serial interface, you can configure the function settings for the scan engine.
  • Page 6: Image Capture Mode

    MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual Image Capture Mode This chapter describes the details of the image capture mode. The scan engine has an image capture mode in which it can process and transmit the image. 3.1. Functional Overview The following commands can be used for image capture mode.
  • Page 7: Change Image Processing Settings

    MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual 3.1.2. Change Image Processing Settings Use “DE7” command to change the various settings of image processing. Input Q0 ~ Q9 commands six times after the “DE7” command for various configurations. Command Description Default Set image processing Set leftmost value for cropping...
  • Page 8 MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual ■ Cropping The removal of the outer parts of the original image (light-blue area) in order to retrieve only the necessary part (yellow area). (0,0) trim trim trim trim (751, 479) ■ Subsampling Thinning out pixel data in row and column directions to compress the data size.
  • Page 9 MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual ■ Bit depth Bit depth (bits per pixel) can be configured. When bit depth is set, the amount of information decreases, but the color gradation that can be displayed also decreases. When the amount of information of 10 bits (raw data) is 1, that of 8 bits, 4 bits and 1bit are 1/2, 1/4 and 1/16 respectively.
  • Page 10: Capture Image (De8)

    MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual 3.1.3. Capture Image (DE8) With the “DE8” command, the scan engine can go to Image Capture mode to take an image. After capturing an image or the timeout expiration without capturing, Image Capture mode turns off and the scan engine then returns to normal operation.
  • Page 11 MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual Timing chart for each capture mode are described below. All signals in the following figures are Active Low, and Capture includes Output. m=0 : Commands in conjunction mode Image Capture Mode Trigger Aiming Image Capture m=1 : Trigger Capture (1)
  • Page 12 MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual [n: Timeout setting] Timeout of ‘Image Capture mode’ can be set in units of seconds. The effective values are 0 (000) ~ 999. For ‘Commands in Conjunction mode (m = 0)’, the timeout value is ignored. The timeout period is measured from command reception to capturing.
  • Page 13: Operation Flow

    MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual 3.2. Operation Flow The following figure shows the flow of image capture operation. Send “DE8” command Enter image capture mode Trigger End image pressed capture mode in time? Capture image PART Transmission Send ImageInformation Send...
  • Page 14: Output Protocol

    MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual 3.3. Output Protocol Protocol used for output is described below. 3.3.1. Image Information Format [Function] This is used for image output. The image information (Information) and the image itself (Data) may be contained in the image output.
  • Page 15 MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual a) Details of Information Field The Information field comprises the following subfields. [Subfield] Size Subfield Effective range Details [byte] Identifier 00h ~ FFh Shows field version Image Size Size of output image Image Number 0 ~ 9 Image identification number in memory...
  • Page 16: Output Image

    MDI-4x00 / N210 Image Capture Image Capture Manual 3.3.3. Output Image The Image Information format is used for the image output. The way to output an image varies depending on the transmission modes. The output images in each transmission mode are as shown below.

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