2.6.4.1 img2m

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Menu Information

Image: Conversion: Convert to Data

Brief Information

Convert grayscale image to data matrix

Command Line Usage

1. img2m img:=mat(1) om:=mat(2) type:=byte;

2. img2m type:=byte;

X-Function Execution Options

Variables

Display
Name 		Variable
Name 		I/O
and
Type 		Default
Value 		Description
Input Matrix img

Input

Image

<active>

Specifies the source image to be manipulated. The default input is the active image.

Output Matrix om

Output

MatrixObject

<new>

Specifies the output image. By default, the output image is the same as the input image. See the syntax .

Type type

Input

int

short

Specifies the data type of the output data.

  • short:short (2)
    Short integer
  • byte:byte (1)
    Byte

Description

This img2m function converts the input image to a numeric data matrix. Note that if the input image is a color image, it will be first converted to a gray image, and then the gray image will be converted to a data matrix.

Examples

In this example, we use the img2m X-Function to convert the input image to a data matrix:

  1. When the input image is active, select Image: Conversion: Convert to Data. This opens the dialog of the X-Function.
  2. In the X-Function dialog, change the settings as the screenshot below and click OK to close the dialog.

    A new matrix is created.
Input image
Part of the output data


Related X-Functions

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