A&B Software is a leading provider of advanced products and services for the industrial and scientific imaging marketplaces.

Their ActiveDcam, ActiveGigE and ImageWarp software products are used in a wide variety of application areas including industrial automation, metrology, life science, X-ray inspection, food processing, aerospace, geology, traffic and security.

They also provide companies and institutions with custom product development services.

They specialize in:
• computer and machine vision
• industrial and scientific image analysis
• vision systems design and integration
• real-time image and signal processing
• IT consulting, engineering and research

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ImageWarp is universal image analysis, processing and editing software, which combines the power of graphic development environment, comprehensive image analysis toolset, and programming development techniques.

Designed to work under Windows 2000/XP/Vista, imageWarp offers full compatibility with BitFlow imaging hardware and standard video capture devices, hundreds of high-performance image processing and measurements functions, built-in automatic scripting language with VB-like integrated development environment, databases and spreadsheets support, and various graphic representation of output data.

Unlike any other image analysis software, imageWarp incorporates graphic editing tools and functions that work with a wide variety of image types including 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit (complex) images.

A multiple window interface allows for simultaneous display of static and live images, charts, and measurements for the rapid creation of custom applications and development of new imaging techniques.

ImageWarp employs a multithreading processing engine, which provides parallel execution of several functions at the same time and automatic parallelization for systems with multiple CPUs.

Automatic and interactive measurement functions support more than 100 built-in and user-defined geometrical, optical and topological parameters. A number of proprietary processing algorithms and interface innovations make imageWarp one of a kind.

ImageWarp Features Chart (164 KB-PDF file)

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Active Dcam is a universal Software Development Kit designed to provide developers with a rapid access to FireWire (IEEE-1394) digital cameras. Just drop an ActiveDcam object onto the surface of your application and have it immediately support multiple FireWire cameras. With ActiveDcam your application does not have to rely on a specific camera model - any DCAM-compliant 1394 camera will work with it out-of-the-box in any popular development environment, such as Visual Studio, Visual Basic (VB), Delphi, PowerBuilder, Java, Matlab. You can even insert an ActiveDcam object into an MS Word or PowerPoint document and have the live video embedded right into your presentation! In addition you can:

• Acquire and display live video from one or several IIDC 1394 cameras.
• Select among multiple camera sources.
• Set the desired video format and triggering mode.
• Select among several hardware and software trigger sources.
• Grab 8- or 16-bit per channel monochrome and color images.
• Perform automatic color interpolation of raw video generated by Bayer cameras.
• Choose among several available frame rates.
• Select the desired size and position of the scan area.
• Adjust multiple camera parameters in real time: brightness, gain, shutter, gamma, sharpness, hue, saturation, white balance.
• Control iris, focus and zoom in cameras with motorized lenses.
• Activate automatic or one-push control over selected camera parameters.
• Save camera settings in memory channels or system registry and reload them on demand.
• Use proprietary camera features through direct access to 1394 registers.
• Choose among several palettes for pseudo-color display.
• Get an instant access to pixel values and pixel arrays.
• Retrieve individual color planes from RGB images.
• Save images in BMP, TIFF and JPEG formats.
• Time-lapse capture to AVI files and image sequences.
• Overlay custom graphics and texts on live and recorded video.
• Import live video into PictureBox objects.
• Perform image processing on incoming frames and display them in real time.
• Flip and rotate live image.
• Perform real-time histogram and statistical analysis over a selected color component.
• Implement built-in background (dark and flat field) correction.
• Anti-tearing option for eliminating display artifacts.
• TWAIN interface to third party imaging applications
• DirectShow Video Capture (WDM) interface to third-party video-recording applications
• AVI 2.0 support with unlimited file size and adjustable playback rate.
• Compatibility with Adobe Flash SDK
• Automatic bandwidth sharing among multiple cameras.
• Dual-packet support for PGR Grasshopper cameras.
• New sample applications in Delphi, Matlab, Python.
• Enhanced thread-scheduling for dual-CPU and hyperthreading support.
• Highly optimized speed and performance.

Ability to run multiple copies of the control in one application guarantees independent adjustment and seamless parallel acquisition from multiple 1394 cameras in both the design and run-time modes.

ActiveDcam setup includes extensive documentation and source code samples for Visual C++, Visual Basic, HTML, VB.NET, C#, Matlab, Python and DirectShow, demonstrating live video capture, image processing and analysis, storing acquired images in different formats, full control over camera settings, and many more.

ActiveDcam Data Sheet (463 KB-PDF file)

Active GigE is a universal SDK designed to provide developers with a rapid access to GigE Vision (Gigabit Ethernet) digital cameras. Just drop an ActiveGigE control onto the surface of your application and have it immediately support multiple GigEVision cameras. With ActiveGigE your application does not have to rely on a specific camera model - any GigE VisionЃ compliant camera will work with it out-of-the-box in any popular development environment, such as Visual Studio, Visual Basic (VB), Delphi, PowerBuilder, Java, Matlab, Python. You can even insert an ActiveGigE object into an MS Word or PowerPoint document and have the live video embedded right into your presentation! In addition you can:

• Acquire and display live video from one or several GigE Vision cameras.
• Select among multiple camera sources.
• Set the desired video format and triggering mode.
• Select among several hardware and software trigger sources and trigger modes.
• Grab 8-, 10-, 12- or 16-bit per channel monochrome and color images.
• Perform automatic color interpolation of raw video generated by Bayer cameras.
• Choose the desired frame rate.
• Select the desired size and position of the scan area.
• Browse through GenICam categories and features reported by camera.
• Adjust multiple camera features in real time.
• Activate automatic or one-push control over selected camera features.
• Save camera settings as user sets and reload them on demand.
• Control non-standard camera features by direct access to camera registers.
• Choose among several palettes for pseudo-color display.
• Get an instant access to pixel values and pixel arrays.
• Retrieve individual color planes from RGB images.
• Import live video into PictureBox objects.
• Save images in BMP, TIFF and JPEG formats.
• Perform time-lapse capture to AVI files and image sequences.
• Get a timestamp information for each individual frame.
• Flip and rotate live image.
• Perform image processing on incoming frames and display them in real time.
• Implement built-in background (dark and flat field) correction.
• Perform real-time histogram and statistical analysis over a selected color component.
• Synchronize video rendering with the monitor refresh rate to eliminate the tearing artifact.
• Display and save images from multiple cameras using the included GigE Vision viewer
• Interface to third party imaging applications through the TWAIN driver.
• DirectShow Video Capture (WDM) interface to third-party video-recording applications.
• GigE Vision NDIS Filter Driver for network performance boost.
• Programmable AVI 2.0 compression with codec selection and adjustable playback rate.
• Compatibility with Matlab R2007b, R2008a and R2008b as well as older Matlab versoins
• Compatibility with Adobe Flash SDK
• New sample applications in Delphi, Matlab, Python, DirectShow.
• Enhanced thread-scheduling for dual-CPU and hyperthreading support.

Ability to run multiple copies of ActiveGigE in one application guarantees independent adjustment and seamless parallel acquisition from multiple GigE Vision cameras in both the design and run-time modes, under Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista32/Vista64.

ActiveGigE setup includes extensive documentation and source code samples for Visual C++, Visual Basic, HTML, VB.NET, C#, Delphi, Matlab, Python and DirectShow demonstrating live video capture, image processing and analysis, storing acquired images in different formats, full control over camera settings, and many more.

ActiveGigE Data Sheet (11.3 MB-PDF file)