Questions tagged [ximea]

Ximea is a company that produces high-end cameras used for high-speed, x-ray, and hyperspectral imaging applications. This tag should be used for questions about using the Ximea API to access their cameras.

Ximea is a company that produces high-end cameras used for high-speed, x-ray, and hyperspectral imaging applications. Their cameras are designed to be attached to a computer via USB or PCIExpress. They are often used for scientific, industrial and research applications.

This tag should only be used for questions about using the Ximea API to access their cameras, as questions about the cameras themselves or Ximea software are off-topic for Stack Overflow.

Relevant Links:

Ximea API Wiki
Ximea home page

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Ximea Python script using triggers leads to blank images

I'm trying to write a Python (2.7.12) and OpenCV (3.2.0) script that will open a left and right side camera Ximea xiQ camera, set some parameters, start acquisition, snap a photo from each camera once per second, write them to a file, and then…
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Ximea native c++ API vs opencv performance

I would like to capture images with as little delay as possible from a Ximea camera. I see that there are many different APIs available, including an OpenCV plugin and a native C++ API. I would like to know if there is any advantage in terms of…
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XIMEA: openCV 2.4.9 can not find Ximea camera although it works fine with other programs

Although XIMEA camera(MQ013CG-E2) is ok and it is working with sample simple demo programs(for Win x64) from ximea.com, the next code always print "ximea camera not found": VideoCapture cap; if (!cap.open(CV_CAP_XIAPI)) cout << "ximea camera not…
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How to get and stack frames from live video and use LSI algorithm

I have a camera XIMEA and I want to make algorithm that could get and stack number of frames with my algorithm in real time. For example, we have a live video. after 15-th frame I want to get [1,15] frames in one list (List comprehension?) and make…
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Procedure to build opencv 3.1 from source for Python 3.5 - 32 bit on Windows 10 for Ximea support

I had a lot of trouble while building opencv 3.1 from source code with Python 3.5 -32 bit on Windows 10. For any custom build, its a painfully long procedure which has to be followed meticulously. My purpose was to enable Ximea support with OpenCV…
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Extract and save an image from a IplImage

I'm working with a Ximea Camera, programming in c++ and using Ubuntu 14.04. I have a XI_IMG image and with the next conversion I'm creating an OpenCV image, copying data from xiAPI buffer to OpenCV buffer. stat = xiGetImage(xiH, 5000,…
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How to store images in c++ with Ximea

I have a superSpeed usb 3.0 Ximea camera and I'm trying to code an application with a Ximea camera that consists on computer vision and machine learning. I've been able to alocate the frames captured by the camera in it's buffer but I can find the…
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OpenCV cannot open a camera by using Qt

I figured out that Qt creator is using Qt for the OpenCV functions by default. When even running a test code (see below) which opens and shows a camera stream. Here, it is not possible to open the camera (I am using a XIMEA xiQ). With a normal…
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Accessing Ximea camera and setting a predefined resolution with OpenCV shows puzzled output, due to Mat in size of camera’s default resolution

Problem description: With the simple code I can access my internal camera webcam and also change the resolution. So displaying the frame with default resolution and with a predefined resolution (e.g., from 640x480 to 320x240, with…
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mix cmos ximea camera api with another brand camera api in the same application?

Can we mix cmos ximea camera api with another brand camera api or laser api in the same application? thank you I could not find an answer to this question, as ximea api considered proprietary even as USB3-Vision?
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How to use ximea api with conda on linux

I am unable to use the Ximea API (python) on linux. The documentation makes it seem like I only have to install the software package (documentation link 1/2) and the library will be available for import in any python script (documentation link 2/2).…
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Is python optimizing code when a return value is not used?

If I have a function with a return value, like string_at(ptr, size) from ctypes, and I dont use the returned string, is the call to this function removed by some kind of optimization? Or, is any performance improvement only because the string that…
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Set downsampling for Ximea camera

I am attempting to configure downsampling for the MC023CG-SY-UB Ximea camera. When I invoke the following setters in the python…
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How to combine multiple sensors into one project with separate drivers?

I am creating an application that requires a Ximea camera and a sensor which is connected to a driver. Both are C++ compatible. The problem is that the Ximea camera only builds in x86 on Visual Studio and the sensor builds on x64. I would like to…
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USB 3 XIMEA Camera xiQ: error while installing software package in ubuntu

Hi I recently buy a XIMEA xiQ USB 3 Camera. It's working in windows properly but when I try to use this in ubuntu facing below error although i follow same instruction as recommend in Website See error: sipl@sipl-System-Product-Name:~$…
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