Chapter 2: IS2000: The Advanced Imaging Solution

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Chapter 2IS2000 The Advanced Imaging Solution

• ZHAO Jianhua
• Dept. of Computer SciTech,
• Nanjing University, Nanjing

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IS2000

• A image acquisition and processing system used to
  illustrates the architecture concepts.
• Basic functionality of the product is to capture
  an image using the camera on the probe.

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Hardware configuration

• Figure 2.1, PAGE 24

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System Overview

• The source of the image could be from visible
  light, from another frequency in the
  electromagnetic spectrum, from heat, or from some
  other source of radiation.
• User may wish to take a single image, a series of
  images at different time intervals, or to create
  a motion picture.

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System Overview(2)

• The user may wish to keep the camera stationary
  or move it. (Acquisition procedures). The system
  has a set of built-in acquisition procedures.
  When a procedure is underway, the user is able to
  monitor it by viewing the raw data.
• Users can perform a number of processing
  operations to enhance the images.
• Users can transfer them to a remote imaging
  system for remote viewing processing.

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Product Features(1)

• Provides a range of image acquisition and
  processing operations on two-dimensional and
  three-dimensional images, data storage, and
  network access.
• User-friendly operator environment.
• Comprehensive catalog of built-in acquisition
  procedures.
• Custom acquisition procedure definition.

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Product Features(2)

• The throughput of image acquisition is 50 percent
  higher than for previous products.
• Image display can be as fast as the maximum
  hardware speed.
• Runtime trade-off between acquisition speed and
  image quality.

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Product Features(3)

• Easy upgrade to new platforms.
• Open platform connectivity to on-site or remote
  workstations.
• Connection to peripherals, including printers and
  digital imagers.

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System Interactions

• IS2000 interacts with
• Users User control panel.
• The object being probed probe hardware
• network connecting the system to other stations
  Network connector.

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The future of IS2000

• Design to be extensible, maintainable, and
  portable.
• Flexible enough to accommodate certain expected
  changes
• Product requirements
• Physical characteristics of probe/camera
• The way the users use this system.
• Image processing method, file formats, standards

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Using This system to demonstrate

• In the next five chapters, we present how the
  design of IS2000s software architecture meets
  these challenges.
• Some of the design constraints are ones every
  software designer faces
• Some of them are unique to the IS2000
  functionality and marketplace.