Accessing precision data efficiently

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DeVi
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Accessing precision data efficiently

Post by DeVi »

Hi,

We are using multiple Flex 13 cameras in precision mode, and I would like to get the grayscale pixel values at the segments of the detected objects. I tried to rasterize the whole image but this was too slow to work in real-time with mulitple cameras.
Is there a function which could be used to rasterize only a part of the image, or is there some other method to query this data efficiently?
beckdo
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Re: Accessing precision data efficiently

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Yes, Rasterize() is expensive for this. Fortunately, we have something for you. You can access the data without rasterizing it into your own buffer. If you call frame->GetGrayscaleData(), it will return a memory pointer that gives you the pixel data. It's formatted one pixel per byte and the total size is camera pixel width * camera pixel height. You can verify this with frame->GetGrayscaleDataSize(). This memory is already there, so there is no overhead to get the pointer to this data and look into it for getting individual pixel values.

Thx,
Doug
DeVi
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Re: Accessing precision data efficiently

Post by DeVi »

Thank you! I quickly tried it and it works like a charm. Somehow I missed these methods... :)
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