Parameter Descriptions

Note

For numerical parameters, press the Enter key after inputting a value to make it take effect.

Operation Mode

Field

Parameter and Description

Data Stream

Enable/Disable the corresponding data stream.

Capture Mode

Set camera capture mode:

  1. Max FPS in Streaming Mode: In this mode, the camera outputs enabled data streams at the maximum frame rate.

  2. Fixed FPS in Streaming Mode: In this mode, the camera outputs enabled data streams at the set frame rate.

  3. Hardware Trigger: In this mode, the camera receives hardware trigger signals and outputs images.

  4. Software Trigger: In this mode, you can click the software trigger button on the image capture interface to capture images.

Startup Parameter Set

  1. Name: View the camera’s current startup parameter set.

  2. Change: Change the camera’s startup parameter set.

Current Parameter Set

  1. Name: View the camera’s current parameter set.

  2. Description: View the description of the camera’s current parameter set.

  3. Load from Camera: Select and load a parameter set stored in the camera.

  4. Save to Camera: Save the current software parameter settings to the camera.

  5. Import from File: Load parameters from a “json” file to replicate configurations across cameras of the same model, facilitating batch deployment of userset settings.

  6. Export to File: Save current software parameters to a local “json” file.

Basic

Field

Parameter

Description

Depth Image

Resolution

Set depth image format and resolution.

Color Image

Resolution

Set color image format and resolution.

BalanceWhiteAuto

When checked, enables automatic white balance for color images.

ExposureAuto

When checked, enables automatic exposure for color images. Then, ExposureTargetBrightness and ROI can be set.

ExposureTime

Set color image exposure time. Only effective when ExposureAuto is unchecked.

AnalogGain

Set color image analog gain. Only effective when ExposureAuto is unchecked.

RedGain

Set color image R channel digital gain. Only effective when BalanceWhiteAuto is unchecked.

GreenGain

Set color image G channel digital gain. Only effective when BalanceWhiteAuto is unchecked.

BlueGain

Set color image B channel digital gain. Only effective when BalanceWhiteAuto is unchecked.

ExposureTargetBrightness

Set target brightness for color image automatic exposure. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

ROI

Set the ExposureAuto target area for the color image. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

  • Method 1: Enter Values. Set the X, Y, Width, and Height parameters, which correspond to the pixel coordinates of the top-left corner and the dimensions (width and height) of the region, respectively.

  • Method 2: Draw Manually. Click ROI , then click and drag on the image with the left mouse button to draw a rectangle. To cancel, right-click or press the Esc key.

Left Image/Right Image

ExposureAuto

When checked, enables automatic exposure for grayscale images. Then, ExposureTargetBrightness and ROI can be set.

Exposure Time

Set exposure time left for grayscale images. Only effective when ExposureAuto is unchecked.

AnalogGain

Set left image analog gain. Only effective when ExposureAuto is unchecked.

DigitalGain

Set left image digital gain. Only effective when ExposureAuto is unchecked.

ExposureTargetBrightness

Set target brightness for left image automatic exposure. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

ROI

Set the ExposureAuto target area for the grayscale images. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

  • Method 1: Enter Values. Set the X, Y, Width, and Height parameters, which correspond to the pixel coordinates of the top-left corner and the dimensions (width and height) of the region, respectively.

  • Method 2: Draw Manually. Click ROI , then click and drag on the image with the left mouse button to draw a rectangle. To cancel, right-click or press the Esc key.

Note

A very small ROI area can lead to a completely black depth map. For best results, please adjust the ROI to cover a larger and more relevant part of the scene.

Light Source

LaserBrightness

Set laser brightness.

FloodBrightness

Set brightness of the flood light source.

Advanced

General

Parameter

Description

AcquisitionFrameRate

Set the frame rate for camera image acquisition. Only effective when AcquisitionFrameRateEnable is checked.

AcquisitionFrameRateEnable

When checked, the camera output frame rate can be set via the AcquisitionFrameRate parameter.

AcquisitionMode

Set the camera capture mode, such as Continuous or SingleFrame.

DepthScaleUnit

Set the calculation coefficient for depth measurement values, used to convert depth image pixel values into actual measured distances (unit: mm).

DepthSgbmDisparityNumber

Set the disparity search range for stereo matching.

The larger the value, the greater the camera’s Z-direction measurement range, and computational load increases.

DepthSgbmDisparityoffset

Set the starting disparity value for search, affecting the maximum Z-direction measurement distance.

The smaller the set value, the greater the maximum Z-direction measurement value (Zmax), i.e., the farther the measurement range, but the lower limit of the set value is affected by the depth of field.

DepthSgbmHFilterHalfWin

Search filter switch for optimizing depth maps.

Used to further optimize depth maps, remove noise and discontinuities, making point clouds on object edges friendlier.

DepthSgbmImageNumber

Set the number of IR images used for depth calculation.

The larger the set value, the better the output depth image quality, but the lower the frame rate. The upper limit of the set value is affected by the camera’s computational power.

DepthSgbmLRC

Left-Right Consistency check switch, used to verify the reliability of stereo matching.

DepthSgbmLRCDiff

Left-Right Consistency check parameter. The smaller the value, the more reliable the match.

DepthSgbmMatchWinHeight

Set the height of the disparity matching window, must be an odd number.

The larger the disparity matching window (MATCH_WIN_HEIGHT * MATCH_WIN_WIDTH), the smoother the depth map, but accuracy decreases.

The smaller the disparity matching window, the more detail the depth map shows, but the chance of incorrect matching increases.

DepthSgbmMatchWinWidth

Set the width of the disparity matching window, must be an odd number.

DepthSgbmMedFilter

Median filter switch, used to eliminate isolated noise points in depth maps.

DepthSgbmMedFilterThresh

Median filter threshold. The larger the value, the more noise is filtered.

DepthSgbmSaturateFilterBlurSize

Set the blur kernel size for the saturation filter.

DepthSgbmSaturateFilterDilateSize

Set the dilation kernel size for the saturation filter.

DepthSgbmSaturateFilterEnable

Enable/Disable the depth map saturation filter function.

DepthSgbmSaturateFilterVal

Set the threshold for the saturation filter.

DepthSgbmSemiParamP1

Set the constraint penalty parameter P1 for adjacent pixels in stereo matching. Larger values result in smoother depth maps.

DepthSgbmSemiParamP1Scale

Set the scaling factor for the adjacent pixel constraint penalty parameter P1.

DepthSgbmSemiParamP2

Set the constraint penalty parameter P2 for surrounding pixels in stereo matching. Larger values result in smoother depth maps.

DepthSgbmTextureFilterEnable

Enable/Disable the depth map texture filter function.

DepthSgbmTextureFilterMaxDistance

Set the maximum effective distance for texture filtering.

DepthSgbmTextureFilterThreshold

Set the texture filter threshold, used to detect low-texture areas.

DepthSgbmTextureFilterValueOffset

Set the texture attribute threshold, used to optimize edge detection in depth maps.

DepthSgbmTextureFilterWindowSize

Set the detection window size for texture filtering.

DepthSgbmUniqueAbsDiff

Set the uniqueness check parameter, representing the absolute difference between the best and second-best matching points.

DepthSgbmUniqueFactor

Set the uniqueness check parameter, representing the percentage ratio between the best and second-best matching points.

DepthSgbmUniqueMaxCost

Set the maximum cost ratio for the uniqueness constraint, used to filter unreliable disparities.

DeviceFrameRecvTimeOut

Timeout for the host PC waiting to receive camera data streams.

DeviceLinkHeartbeatMode

Enable/Disable the heartbeat signal that maintains the connection between the program and the camera.

DeviceLinkHeartbeatTimeout

Set the heartbeat timeout period for determining abnormal device connection.

DeviceLinkSpeed

Read the network connection speed of the camera.

DeviceStreamAsyncMode

Set the data stream asynchronous output mode.

DeviceStreamChannelPacketSize

Set the maximum size (MTU) of a single data packet in network transmission.

DeviceTimeSyncMode

Set the camera’s time synchronization mode, such as Host.

GevSCPD

Set the inter-frame delay for stream channel network packets to reduce network congestion.

IRUndistortion

Enable/Disable IR distortion correction.

TriggerDurationUs

Set the duration of the camera’s trigger output signal (unit: microseconds).

TriggerSource

Set the camera’s trigger signal source (e.g., Software, Hardware).

Depth

Parameter

Description

AutoFunctionAoIHeight

The height (in pixels) of the Left & Right image automatic exposure ROI area after mapping to the depth image. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

AutoFunctionAoIoffsetX

The X coordinate value of the top-left vertex of the Left & Right image automatic exposure ROI area after mapping to the depth image. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

AutoFunctionAoloffsetY

The Y coordinate value of the top-left vertex of the Left & Right image automatic exposure ROI area after mapping to the depth image. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

AutoFunctionAoIWidth

The width (in pixels) of the Left & Right image automatic exposure ROI area after mapping to the depth image. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

ExposureAuto

When checked, enables automatic exposure for depth images, and allows setting parameters related to AutoFunctionROI.

IntrinsicHeight

The intrinsic height (in pixels) of the left & right monochrome image sensors. Usually consistent with SensorHeight, representing the vertical pixel dimension of the sensor chip.

IntrinsicWidth

The intrinsic width (in pixels) of the left & right monochrome image sensors. Usually consistent with SensorWidth, representing the horizontal pixel dimension of the sensor chip.

PixelFormat

Set the pixel format of the output image (e.g., Coord3D_C16, etc.), determining the encoding and storage method of depth data.

SensorHeight

The physical height (in pixels) of the camera’s image sensor.

SensorWidth

The physical width (in pixels) of the camera’s image sensor.

Note

Adjusting automatic exposure parameters under the Depth field affects the corresponding Left & Right image parameters.

Texture

Parameter

Description

AutoFunctionAoIHeight

Set the height (in pixels) of the color image automatic exposure ROI area. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

AutoFunctionAoIoffsetX

Set the X coordinate of the top-left vertex pixel of the color image automatic exposure ROI area. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

AutoFunctionAoIoffsetY

Set the Y coordinate of the top-left vertex pixel of the color image automatic exposure ROI area. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

AutoFunctionAoIWidth

Set the width (in pixels) of the color image automatic exposure ROI area. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

BalanceWhiteAuto

When checked, enables automatic white balance for color images.

ExposureAuto

When checked, enables automatic exposure for color images. Once enabled, ExposureTargetBrightness and parameters related to AutoFunctionAOI can be further set.

ExposureTime

Manually set color image exposure time. Only effective when ExposureAuto is unchecked.

ExposureTargetBrightness

Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked. Sets the target brightness for the color sensor’s automatic exposure.

IntrinsicHeight

The intrinsic height (in pixels) of the color camera sensor. Usually consistent with SensorHeight.

IntrinsicWidth

The intrinsic width (in pixels) of the color camera sensor. Usually consistent with SensorWidth.

PixelFormat

Set the pixel format of the color output image (e.g., BayerRG8, YUV422, JPEG, etc.), determining the encoding and storage method of color data.

SensorHeight

The physical height (in pixels) of the color camera’s image sensor.

SensorWidth

The physical width (in pixels) of the color camera’s image sensor.

AnalogGain

Set color image analog gain. Only effective when ExposureAuto is unchecked.

RedGain

Set color image R channel digital gain. Only effective when BalanceWhiteAuto and ExposureAuto are unchecked.

GreenGain

Set color image G channel digital gain. Only effective when BalanceWhiteAuto and ExposureAuto are unchecked.

BlueGain

Set color image B channel digital gain. Only effective when BalanceWhiteAuto and ExposureAuto are unchecked.

Left/Right

Parameter

Description

AutoFunctionAoIHeight

Set the height of the Left & Right image automatic exposure ROI area. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

AutoFunctionAoIoffsetX

Set the X coordinate of the top-left pixel of the Left & Right image automatic exposure ROI area. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

AutoFunctionAoloffsetY

Set the Y coordinate of the top-left pixel of the Left & Right image automatic exposure ROI area. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

AutoFunctionAoIWidth

Set the width of the Left & Right image automatic exposure ROI area. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

ExposureAuto

When checked, enables automatic exposure for Left & Right images. Once enabled, ExposureTargetBrightness, ExposureAutoUpperLimit, ExposureAutoLowerLimit, and the automatic exposure ROI can be further set.

ExposureTime

Set Left & Right image exposure time. Only effective when ExposureAuto is unchecked.

ExposureAutoLowerLimit

Set the lower limit for Left & Right image automatic exposure time. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

ExposureAutoUpperLimit

Set the upper limit for Left & Right image automatic exposure time. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

ExposureTargetBrightness

Set the target brightness for Left & Right image automatic exposure. Only effective when ExposureAuto is checked.

IntrinsicHeight

The intrinsic (internal parameter) height (in pixels) of the Left & Right camera sensors. Usually consistent with SensorHeight.

IntrinsicWidth

The intrinsic (internal parameter) width (in pixels) of the Left & Right camera sensors. Usually consistent with SensorWidth.

PixelFormat

Set the pixel format of the Left & Right output images (e.g., Mono10p), determining the encoding and storage method of left/right image data.

SensorHeight

The physical height (in pixels) of the Left & Right camera image sensors.

SensorWidth

The physical width (in pixels) of the Left & Right camera image sensors.

AnalogGain

Set the analog gain for the left or right image, respectively.

DigitalGain

Set the digital gain for the left or right image, respectively.

Note

  • Adjusting automatic exposure parameters under the Left or Right field affects the corresponding parameters under the Depth field.

  • Except for AnalogGain and DigitalGain, the other parameters under the Left and Right fields are interlinked. Adjusting a parameter value in one field will automatically synchronize the corresponding parameter in the other field to the same value.

Light Source

Parameter

Description

LaserBrightness

Set laser brightness.

LaserEnable

Enable the laser light source.

FloodBrightness

Set brightness of the flood light source.

FloodEnable

Enable the floodlight source.

DeviceTemperature

This field displays the temperatures measured by sensors located on the camera mainboard (Mainboard), left monochrome image sensor (Left), right monochrome image sensor (Right), color sensor (Texture), laser (Laser), and CPU core (CPUCore).

Post Processing

The Post Processing page displays parameters related to depth image post-processing.

Field

Parameter and Description

Depth Inpainter

  1. Check/Uncheck: Enable/Disable the depth map hole filling function. This is a software-level post-processing that can fill in missing depth data.

  2. Kernel size: The kernel size of the depth map hole filling algorithm. The larger the value, the more holes are filled, but it may cause depth map distortion.

  3. Max Internal Hole: The maximum hole size that the depth map hole filling algorithm can fill.

Depth Speckle Filter

  1. Check/Uncheck: Enable/Disable the depth map speckle filter function. This is a software-level post-processing that can filter out small, scattered speckles in the depth map.

  2. Max Speckle Diff: Speckle filter clustering threshold. If the depth difference between adjacent pixels is less than this threshold, those adjacent pixels are considered to belong to the same cluster. The larger this value, the more adjacent pixels belong to the same cluster.

  3. Max Speckle Size: Speckle filter area threshold. Clusters with an area smaller than this threshold are filtered out. The larger this value, the more clusters are filtered out.