Flabeg France SAS R&D – Doc RD464 03/10/13

JIS measurement system: user guide

Project: JIS measurement system
Author: V. Bieber
Document: Technical informations
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Object : Instructions and explanations about JIS measurement system

installation and use

I. Equipment

II. Targets
The specification target (circles with 10mm step and lines in the eight directions) is not
usable directly with the software, we have to use a target with only the points (diameter
3mm) to measure.

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Specification target on left, software target on right

III. Software installation

- Launch Setup.exe to install the software (don't change the installation path)

- Activate the National Instruments license you purchased: open the “NI License
Manager” (“Start”, “Programs”, “National Instruments”), deploy “Vision
Development Module 2012” in the tree on the left, right-click on “Runtime”, click
on “activate”.
o if PC linked to internet choose first option (automatically activate with internet
connexion), you only have to enter the license number
o if PC not linked to internet:
 choose second option (use Web or mail), than first option (use Web),
enter the license number -> you get the computer ID.
 go on the “National Instruments” activation page with another PC:
"http://delta.ni.com/nilg/jsp/customer_activate_initial.jsp", choose
"Vision", "Vision runtime", "2012", “Go”, enter the serial number, the
computer ID previously displayed in the “NI License Manager”, complete
the other fields, “Continue” -> you get the activation code
 in the “NI Licence Manager”, enter this activation code
o You may have to activate „Vision Acquisition software 2012“ too, in this case
proceed in the same way with the same license number

IV. Camera settings

- Plug the camera to the computer
- If JIS program is open, close it
- Double-click on the “measurement & automation” icon on the desktop
- In “Configuration” tree, expand “Devices and interfaces”, then “NI-IMAQdx
Devices” (it may take a few seconds to appear)
- Click on “cam0 : SONY XCD-U100”

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- On the “Acquisition attributes” sheet (at the bottom), set “Video mode” to
“1600x1200 Mono 8 7.50 fps” and “Speed” to “200Mbps”
- On the “Camera attributes” sheet, expand “Shutter” and set the value to 300
- Save with the button on the top

V. Focus and iris settings

- In “measurement & automation“, click on “Grab”
- Put a mirror in the field of view
- Set the focus on the target with focus ring
- Set the brightness to see the white and black pattern of the target (with iris ring)
- Close “measurement & automation”

Focus ring Brightness

ring

VI. Use of software

Open the software with the icon on the desktop or JIS.exe in the C:\JIS folder.

All the instructions are written in the program, you have many options with the tabs on the
top of the software window:
- acquire and save images
- control the mirrors with JIS 5705 specification (circles) with saved image or with
quick snap option
- control the mirrors with TS C3901G specification (radius) with saved image

a) Acquire and save images

Put the mirror in the field of view, select a file directory and an image name (don’t press
“enter” otherwise saving won’t work!), and click on the “Save image” button.

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b) JIS 5705 specification

Image source:
Select the image mode with the switch:
- “Load image” to load an image that was previously saved on the PC
- “Acquire image” to perform an acquisition with the camera with “Quick snap” button
The second mode can be used to save time when the mirrors are always placed at the
same position (with stops).

Settings:
Adjust “threshold” cursor until you can see the white points on the black mirror in the
“Result image” window, and the red mirror on black back in the “Mask” window.

If necessary hide the aspherical part with the “left/right” switch and indicate the number
of pixel lines to remove in the “offset aspherical part” cell.
If there is no aspherical part, set the value to 0.

Use the ellipse tool (circle icon near “Result image” window) to circle the camera on the
image. Once the circle is drawn you can move it or change its size.
If necessary you can use the zoom and pan tools above the ellipse tool (click for zoom +,
and [shift]+click for zoom -)

Remark: the software keeps the last settings you used as long as it runs (for example you
don’t need to draw a new circle for each mirror)

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Result:
When the settings are ok and the circle is at the right position, all the points that belong to
a complete circle are automatically colored (each circle in a different color).
If one of the colored points is anywhere else than on the 8 radius, check that the mirror is
clean and that the “threshold” was correctly set. Otherwise choose the number of circles to
take into account in the “number of circles to use” cell. To take all the circles found by the
program set this value to 0.

The result automatically appears in % at the bottom of the window.

Settings in red, result in blue

You can save the results at the bottom of the window, a .txt file will be created into
“C:\JIS\Reports” with the settings and the result.

VII. Remarks
On the picture:
- The mirror has to be clean (no fingerprints or dust)
- The system must be protected from brightness variations
- Brightness must be homogenous on all the sides of the mirror (don’t place the
equipment near a window because of the sun)
- The background has to be black

On the measurement:
- To get the highest percentage of distortion on impacts, place the mirror to see the
impact near the points near the camera, and take several images with mirror at
different places

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