BitFlow, Inc. - Industrial Strength Frame Grabbers and Software

ImageWarp Image Analysis Software

A&B's ImageWarp software offers today's industrial and scientific imaging professionals a high-performance image analysis and editing application that combines the power of an easy-to-use graphical environment with a comprehensive image processing toolset and includes built-in acquisition and control support for BitFlow's complete line of analog, digital and Camera Link frame grabber products as well as TWAIN devices and FireWire, USB and GigE cameras. Both the full version (ImageWarp) and the Lite Edition version (ImageWarp LE) offer unparalleled performance and features at a fraction the price of other products on the market today. This powerful combination of imaging products allows End-Users, System Integrators and OEMs to streamline their application development down to a few simple steps without sacrificing performance.

21-Day Risk Free Demo

Try ImageWarp risk free for 21 days by downloading a demo from www.imagewarp.com.

Free Application Analysis

Send A&B Software your images along with a description of your application and processing requirements. They will perform an analysis with ImageWarp and email you a screen shot of their results along with a quotation. If you purchase ImageWarp, A&B will send you the complete script to help you get started.

Custom Solutions

If you're interested in developing your own application using ImageWarp's highly optimized algortihms, need help creating a COM-based solution to run ImageWarp scripts, require a driver for a new device or want to consider bundling the LE version with your newest cameras, A&B would be happy to discuss your requirements and recommend the best possible solution.

Key Features

Acquisition

Capture from BitFlow frame grabbers, TWAIN, USB, FireWire and GigE devices
Perform frame averaging and integration while capturing
Acquire, create, and playback image sequences with user-specified time lapse
Real-time Bayer demosaicing for raw color devices
Acquire images from multiple cameras and boards
Trigger and encoder synchronization, exposure, clock and line rate adjustments
Simulation video-driver for prototyping real-time algorithms
Read/Store numerous image types: BMP, GIF, TIFF, JPEG, PCX. TGA, FITS, STK, AVI, IWD

User Interface

Multiple document environment for images, data tables and charts
Real-time video window for live acquisition display
Rendering of a high-depth luminance scale (1024 levels) using proprietary technique
Comprehensive functional dialogs with real-time sliding previews
Interactive multi-channel histogram and line profile associated with a live image
Digital Editor for viewing and editing the numeric content of an active image
Script Editor for automatic and manual scripting, debugging, storing, and testing
Context-sensitive help: position the cursor over any interface element and press F1

Graphical Editing

Rectangular, elliptical, freehand and magic wand selections (ROI)
Add negative selections to set up an ROI with holes
Move images/selections to and from another program using drag-and-drop operation
Extensive set of drawing tools for direct application to all supported types of images
Adjustable size, transparency, hardness, and spacing for brush family tools
RGB/HLS interactive color editor with a built-in set of pseudo-color palettes

Processing

Intel MMX/SSE technology utilized for performance boost
Multithreading engine allows for performing up to16 parallel operations
Automatic parallelization distributes imaging functions among several CPUs
Selectable coordinate system for processing color images
High-depth image support in all processing functions

Geometric, Arithmetic and Logic Operations

Image stitching and tiling
Interactive or automatic resizing with selectable bilinear smoothing
Geometric operations: Translate, Rotate, Flip, Reflect and Warp
Affine and projective image transformation
Arithmetic operations: Invert, Offset, Factor, Average, Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide
Logic operations: Not, And, Or, Xor, Mask, Nor, Nand, Xnor, Swap, L-Shift and R-Shift

Interactive Adjustment and Segmentation

Real-time full screen preview during the adjustments
Brightness/Contrast/Gamma adjustment in RGB and HLS space
Hue/Saturation, Levels, Color balance correction
Interactive binary and multiphase thresholding with sampling feature
Color multiphase thresholding in RGB and HLS space
Several methods of automatic thresholding based on histogram analysis

Filters

Sharpen and unsharpen masks, uniform, logarithmic, exponent, and bell equalization
Dark and white field background correction
Several methods of background elimination
Noise suppression and edge detection operators
Customized convolution with user-defined kernel images
Perform discrete and fast transform in both directions
FFT-based convolution and de-convolution using graphical editing

Morphology

Basic set operators: Erosion, Dilation, Opening, Closing, Tophat and Contours
Iteration-independent high-speed algorithms for binary morphology
Proprietary high-speed thinning, thickening and pruning
Grayscale morphology with full support of 16-bit, 32-bit and floating-point images
Extensive set of geodesy functions
Accurate separation of touching convex objects
Link operator for connecting broken lines

Signal/Pattern Generation

Built-in set of standard signal and pattern generators for prototyping and testing: random noise with user-defined amplitude, non-uniform light from point and line sources, gray and color wedges, sine wave of arbitrary amplitude, frequency, phase and orientation

Calibration

Interactive and automatic spatial calibration
Interactive choice of the coordinate system origin and Y-axis direction
View image dimensions in calibrated units on superimposed rulers
Optical calibration with Lagrange and polynomial approximation
Store calibration data along with images for IWD, JPEG and TIFF image types

Measurement

Select from numerous parameters using comprehensible graphic representation
Parameter arrays of variable size
Manual count and classification
Point, line, angle and area morphometry
Densitometry and position analysis
Automatic and interactive blob measurements
Selection or removal of objects by using specified parameter limits
Classification of objects by a specified parameter

Analsys

Load, view and edit measurement data in multilevel tables and spreadsheets
High-performance global data grids
Analyze and edit the pixel values of an active in the interactive Digital Editor
Plot an intensity profile with the Line Profile tool
Display comprehensive Excel-style data charts

Programming