EyeSpy is flexible, allowing cutting-edge researchers to experiment, fast-paced companies to develop new products, and privacy-concerned customers to keep proprietary processes safe.

• works with many off-the-shelf Firewire/USB cameras and acquisition boards
• set-and-forget image/data acquisition with real-time processing
• digital/analog input and output for sending/receiving triggers (external and image-based)
• map any image-based parameter to an output line
• image comparison and filtering that can be applied in series, real-time or after acquisition
• line profiles and intensity histograms
• movie making – record directly into your computer and export to other applications
• intensity tracking
• accumulated images
• 3-dimensional and contour plotting
• Fast-Fourier Transform analysis for finding frequency dependence
• lossless data compression, including movies (ZLib compression)
• export data, images, and movies to common applications

—including Microsoft® Word/Excel, Windows® Media, and Adobe® Photoshop

There are three kinds of filters in EyeSpy's software: camera, image, and data.

• Camera filters process the incoming image/movie and change how the image/movie is acquired—as if the camera lens itself had a filter on it.
   
• Image filters process an image/movie after acquisition and place the filtered result in a new file, leaving the original unchanged.
   
• Data filters process a plot that the user created to analyze an image/movie or acquisition process. These can be applied to the original plot itself or in a new window that leaves the original plot unchanged. Learn more about data filters in the analyze section, below.

The camera and image filters are listed below. Apply up to five filters to live video sequentially—the output of one filter is the input of the next filter—or, after acquiring an image/movie, apply an unlimited number of image filters.

...and... Histogram Equalization, HSB Adjustment, Invert, Log Scaling, Maximize Contrast, Median Filter, Neutral Density, Reverse 2x1 Binning, RGB Adjustment, RGB to Grayscale, Rotate, Scale to New Size, Smooth (Boxcar), Spot Finder, Threshold, Unsharp Masking.

In addition, combine two or more images/movies using logical filters:
Add, And, Average, Divide, Exclusive-Or, Or, Subtract.

Or Reverse, Skip Frames, or Trim Frames from a movie.

All of the analysis tools in EyeSpy are interactive, meaning that changing the parameters of the analysis tool automatically updates the plot(s). In addition, this interactivity means that the analysis is real-time for the live video feed and may be played through (or stepped frame-by-frame) for a movie file.

There are two kinds of analysis tools:

• Data (filter) analysis process raw or filtered intensity data taken from a Line Profile.
• Image analysis process raw or filtered intensity data taken from a window placed on the image/movie/video.

For Data (filter) analysis, the *following tools are available:

*See below for an analysis option that allows you to program your own tools.

And, because of it's frequent use by many of our customers, the 1-D FFT tool has its own button:

For Image analysis, the following tools* are available:

*See just below for an analysis option that allows you to program your own tools.

There are two analysis options:

• ChartFX™ uses the data analysis and visualization tools of SoftwareFX, a component vendor that created ChartFX™ for the visual development community. This tool comes standard with EyeSpy.


• Interactive Data Language (IDL) uses the data analysis and visualization tools of ITT Visual Information Systems, which grew out of a university project and became the visualization tool of choice for NASA. The IDL option is available with EyeSpy for an additional cost because, for example, you can:


1. Download more IDL filters from thousands of libraries and web sites


2. Use a simple text editor to program even more filters in the simple language of IDL. Then, after saving these new filters in the proper EyeSpy directory, they will function as if they had always been a part of EyeSpy.

Below is a side-by-side comparison of IDL and ChartFX, showing the same image plotted by each visualization tool.

K30FW—Progressive scan, interline-transfer, 30 fps (10-bit mode), 60 fps (8-bit mode), IEEE-1394 CCD camera

• 1/3" Hyper HAD progressive scan interline-transfer CCD
• 640(H) x 480(V)
  7.4 µm x 7.4 µm
• spectral range: 280-1000nm
• S/N ≥ 56 dB or better
• Sensitivity: 1 lux at F1.4
• Exposure: 1ms–65sec
• 12mm f/1.4 C-mount lens
• 10m standard Firewire cable

K200D—Progressive scan, interline-transfer, 50 fps, 12-bit digital CCD camera with dedicated Ethernet-based digital framegrabber

• 1/2" Hyper HAD progressive scan interline-transfer CCD
• 640(H) x 480(V)
  9.9 µm x 9.9 µm
• spectral range: 280-1000nm
• S/N ≥ 65 dB or better
• Sensitivity: 1 lux at F1.4
• Exposure: 1ms–10min
• 17mm f/0.95 C-mount lens
• 25' CAT5E Ethernet cable

Most computers come with USB (1.0 or 2.0). We will be offering a USB board that matches the needs of our USB camera, to come.

For use with K30FW camera—High-performance Firewire technology supports speeds up to 800 Mbps. Our standard 1394a board provides three fully compliant cable ports to transmit/receive data at 100/200/400 Mbps.

In the near future, we intend to offer a Firewire 1394b board, with speeds up to 800 Mbps.

For use with K200D camera—Programmable resolution, 40 MHz digital framegrabber handles up to 32k x 32k images, up to 32 bits/pixel. 2 MB image FIFO memory, 132 Mbps burst speeds. Programmable input trigger, output strobes, 4 general purpose I/O (TTL) lines, three general purpose RS422 outputs. Short-card PCI format, has on-board 12V (@ 800 mA) and 5V (@ 500 mA) outputs.