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Aphelion FireWire Image Capture

by Adcis

With the FireWire Image Capture, Aphelion Developer users have the best solution for acquiring high quality images from a digital camera directly into a PC equipped with a FireWire port.

An IEEE 1394 compatible driver is available for use with Aphelion™ Developer. With this software, Aphelion Developer users have the best solution for acquiring high quality images from a digital camera directly into a PC equipped with a FireWire port. This approach eliminates the need for and expense of having to use a PCI frame grabber board.

While the use of an IEEE 1394 driver helps to dramatically reduce the cost of acquiring images into an imaging software product, it also enables the user to easily display live and still images using the Aphelion interface. Acquired images can later be enhanced using the powerful image processing tools available in the Aphelion software. This Aphelion driver is designed to work with any camera that is fully compliant with the IIDC 1394 Digital Camera Specification (version 1.30) as published by the 1394 Trace Association.

With this new Aphelion driver, the user can:

Perform high-speed acquisition
Interface to either black & white or color cameras
Change camera settings (e.g., offset, video format, brightness, sharpness, shutter speed, etc.)
Control the camera from the Aphelion graphical user interface, or from an Aphelion ActiveX component
Have a minimal but powerful acquisition system with a portable computer and a camera
Grab images acquired by a FireWire camera, whatever may be their size and resolution

Main Benefits:

Fully compliant with the IEEE 1394a digital camera specifications
Supports black & white and color cameras
Easily integrated into a stand-alone application written in VC++ or VB
Full control of the camera parameters
No need to use a frame grabber board when the PC is FireWire ready
Faster, more flexible image acquisition than with a camera link or TWAIN driver