Operator Reference

read_sequenceread_sequenceReadSequenceReadSequenceread_sequence (Operator)

read_sequenceread_sequenceReadSequenceReadSequenceread_sequence — Read images.

Signature

Herror read_sequence(Hobject* Image, const Hlong HeaderSize, const Hlong SourceWidth, const Hlong SourceHeight, const Hlong StartRow, const Hlong StartColumn, const Hlong DestWidth, const Hlong DestHeight, const char* PixelType, const char* BitOrder, const char* ByteOrder, const char* Pad, const Hlong Index, const char* FileName)

Herror T_read_sequence(Hobject* Image, const Htuple HeaderSize, const Htuple SourceWidth, const Htuple SourceHeight, const Htuple StartRow, const Htuple StartColumn, const Htuple DestWidth, const Htuple DestHeight, const Htuple PixelType, const Htuple BitOrder, const Htuple ByteOrder, const Htuple Pad, const Htuple Index, const Htuple FileName)

void ReadSequence(HObject* Image, const HTuple& HeaderSize, const HTuple& SourceWidth, const HTuple& SourceHeight, const HTuple& StartRow, const HTuple& StartColumn, const HTuple& DestWidth, const HTuple& DestHeight, const HTuple& PixelType, const HTuple& BitOrder, const HTuple& ByteOrder, const HTuple& Pad, const HTuple& Index, const HTuple& FileName)

void HImage::ReadSequence(Hlong HeaderSize, Hlong SourceWidth, Hlong SourceHeight, Hlong StartRow, Hlong StartColumn, Hlong DestWidth, Hlong DestHeight, const HString& PixelType, const HString& BitOrder, const HString& ByteOrder, const HString& Pad, Hlong Index, const HString& FileName)

void HImage::ReadSequence(Hlong HeaderSize, Hlong SourceWidth, Hlong SourceHeight, Hlong StartRow, Hlong StartColumn, Hlong DestWidth, Hlong DestHeight, const char* PixelType, const char* BitOrder, const char* ByteOrder, const char* Pad, Hlong Index, const char* FileName)

void HImage::ReadSequence(Hlong HeaderSize, Hlong SourceWidth, Hlong SourceHeight, Hlong StartRow, Hlong StartColumn, Hlong DestWidth, Hlong DestHeight, const wchar_t* PixelType, const wchar_t* BitOrder, const wchar_t* ByteOrder, const wchar_t* Pad, Hlong Index, const wchar_t* FileName)   ( Windows only)

def read_sequence(header_size: int, source_width: int, source_height: int, start_row: int, start_column: int, dest_width: int, dest_height: int, pixel_type: str, bit_order: str, byte_order: str, pad: str, index: int, file_name: str) -> HObject

Description

The operator read_sequenceread_sequenceReadSequenceReadSequenceread_sequence reads unformatted image data, from a file and returns a “suitable” image. The image data must be filled consecutively pixel by pixel and line by line.

Any file headers (with the length HeaderSizeHeaderSizeHeaderSizeheaderSizeheader_size bytes) are skipped. The parameters SourceWidthSourceWidthSourceWidthsourceWidthsource_width and SourceHeightSourceHeightSourceHeightsourceHeightsource_height indicate the size of the filled image. DestWidthDestWidthDestWidthdestWidthdest_width and DestHeightDestHeightDestHeightdestHeightdest_height indicate the size of the image. In the simplest case these parameters are the same. However, areas can also be read. The upper left corner of the required image area can be determined via StartRowStartRowStartRowstartRowstart_row and StartColumnStartColumnStartColumnstartColumnstart_column.

The pixel types 'bit'"bit""bit""bit""bit", 'byte'"byte""byte""byte""byte", 'short'"short""short""short""short" (16 bits, unsigned), 'signed_short'"signed_short""signed_short""signed_short""signed_short" (16 bits, signed), 'long'"long""long""long""long" (32 bits, signed), 'swapped_long'"swapped_long""swapped_long""swapped_long""swapped_long" (32 bits, with swapped segments), and 'real'"real""real""real""real" (32 bit floating point numbers) are supported. Furthermore, the operator read_sequenceread_sequenceReadSequenceReadSequenceread_sequence enables the extraction of components of a RBG image, if a triple of three bytes (in the sequence “red”, “green”, “blue”) was filed in the image file. For the red component the pixel type 'r_byte'"r_byte""r_byte""r_byte""r_byte" must be chosen, and correspondingly for the green and blue components 'g_byte'"g_byte""g_byte""g_byte""g_byte" or 'b_byte'"b_byte""b_byte""b_byte""b_byte", respectively.

'MSBFirst'"MSBFirst""MSBFirst""MSBFirst""MSBFirst" (most significant bit first) or the inversion thereof ('LSBFirst'"LSBFirst""LSBFirst""LSBFirst""LSBFirst") can be chosen for the bit order (BitOrderBitOrderBitOrderbitOrderbit_order). The byte orders (ByteOrderByteOrderByteOrderbyteOrderbyte_order) 'MSBFirst'"MSBFirst""MSBFirst""MSBFirst""MSBFirst" (most significant byte first) or 'LSBFirst'"LSBFirst""LSBFirst""LSBFirst""LSBFirst", respectively, are processed analogously. Finally an alignment (PadPadPadpadpad) can be set at the end of the line: 'byte'"byte""byte""byte""byte", 'short'"short""short""short""short" or 'long'"long""long""long""long". If a whole image sequence is stored in the file a single image (beginning at Index 1) can be chosen via the parameter IndexIndexIndexindexindex.

Image files are searched in the current directory (determined by the environment variable) and in the image directory of HALCON. The image directory of HALCON is preset at '.' and '/usr/local/halcon/images' in a Unix-like environment and can be set via the operator set_systemset_systemSetSystemSetSystemset_system. More than one image directory can be indicated. This is done by separating the individual directories by a colon.

Furthermore the search path can be set via the environment variable HALCONIMAGES (same structure as 'image_dir'"image_dir""image_dir""image_dir""image_dir"). Example:

   setenv HALCONIMAGES "/usr/images:/usr/local/halcon/images"
HALCON also searches images in the subdirectory 'images' (Images for the program examples). The environment variable HALCONROOT is used for the HALCON directory.

Attention

If files of pixel type 'real'"real""real""real""real" are read and the byte order is chosen incorrectly (i.e., differently from the byte order in which the data is stored in the file) program error and even crashes because of floating point exceptions may result.

Execution Information

  • Multithreading type: reentrant (runs in parallel with non-exclusive operators).
  • Multithreading scope: global (may be called from any thread).
  • Processed without parallelization.

Parameters

ImageImageImageimageimage (output_object)  image objectHImageHObjectHObjectHobject * (byte / int2 / uint2 / int4)

Image read.

HeaderSizeHeaderSizeHeaderSizeheaderSizeheader_size (input_control)  integer HTupleintHTupleHtuple (integer) (int / long) (Hlong) (Hlong)

Number of bytes for file header.

Default: 0

Value range: 0 ≤ HeaderSize HeaderSize HeaderSize headerSize header_size

SourceWidthSourceWidthSourceWidthsourceWidthsource_width (input_control)  extent.x HTupleintHTupleHtuple (integer) (int / long) (Hlong) (Hlong)

Number of image columns of the filed image.

Default: 512

Value range: 1 ≤ SourceWidth SourceWidth SourceWidth sourceWidth source_width

SourceHeightSourceHeightSourceHeightsourceHeightsource_height (input_control)  extent.y HTupleintHTupleHtuple (integer) (int / long) (Hlong) (Hlong)

Number of image lines of the filed image.

Default: 512

Value range: 1 ≤ SourceHeight SourceHeight SourceHeight sourceHeight source_height

StartRowStartRowStartRowstartRowstart_row (input_control)  point.y HTupleintHTupleHtuple (integer) (int / long) (Hlong) (Hlong)

Starting point of image area (line).

Default: 0

Value range: 0 ≤ StartRow StartRow StartRow startRow start_row

Restriction: StartRow < SourceHeight

StartColumnStartColumnStartColumnstartColumnstart_column (input_control)  point.x HTupleintHTupleHtuple (integer) (int / long) (Hlong) (Hlong)

Starting point of image area (column).

Default: 0

Value range: 0 ≤ StartColumn StartColumn StartColumn startColumn start_column

Restriction: StartColumn < SourceWidth

DestWidthDestWidthDestWidthdestWidthdest_width (input_control)  extent.x HTupleintHTupleHtuple (integer) (int / long) (Hlong) (Hlong)

Number of image columns of output image.

Default: 512

Value range: 1 ≤ DestWidth DestWidth DestWidth destWidth dest_width

Restriction: DestWidth <= SourceWidth

DestHeightDestHeightDestHeightdestHeightdest_height (input_control)  extent.y HTupleintHTupleHtuple (integer) (int / long) (Hlong) (Hlong)

Number of image lines of output image.

Default: 512

Value range: 1 ≤ DestHeight DestHeight DestHeight destHeight dest_height

Restriction: DestHeight <= SourceHeight

PixelTypePixelTypePixelTypepixelTypepixel_type (input_control)  string HTuplestrHTupleHtuple (string) (string) (HString) (char*)

Type of pixel values.

Default: 'byte' "byte" "byte" "byte" "byte"

List of values: 'b_byte'"b_byte""b_byte""b_byte""b_byte", 'bit'"bit""bit""bit""bit", 'byte'"byte""byte""byte""byte", 'g_byte'"g_byte""g_byte""g_byte""g_byte", 'long'"long""long""long""long", 'r_byte'"r_byte""r_byte""r_byte""r_byte", 'real'"real""real""real""real", 'short'"short""short""short""short", 'signed_short'"signed_short""signed_short""signed_short""signed_short", 'swapped_long'"swapped_long""swapped_long""swapped_long""swapped_long"

BitOrderBitOrderBitOrderbitOrderbit_order (input_control)  string HTuplestrHTupleHtuple (string) (string) (HString) (char*)

Sequence of bits within one byte.

Default: 'MSBFirst' "MSBFirst" "MSBFirst" "MSBFirst" "MSBFirst"

List of values: 'LSBFirst'"LSBFirst""LSBFirst""LSBFirst""LSBFirst", 'MSBFirst'"MSBFirst""MSBFirst""MSBFirst""MSBFirst"

ByteOrderByteOrderByteOrderbyteOrderbyte_order (input_control)  string HTuplestrHTupleHtuple (string) (string) (HString) (char*)

Sequence of bytes within one 'short' unit.

Default: 'MSBFirst' "MSBFirst" "MSBFirst" "MSBFirst" "MSBFirst"

List of values: 'LSBFirst'"LSBFirst""LSBFirst""LSBFirst""LSBFirst", 'MSBFirst'"MSBFirst""MSBFirst""MSBFirst""MSBFirst"

PadPadPadpadpad (input_control)  string HTuplestrHTupleHtuple (string) (string) (HString) (char*)

Data units within one image line (alignment).

Default: 'byte' "byte" "byte" "byte" "byte"

List of values: 'byte'"byte""byte""byte""byte", 'long'"long""long""long""long", 'short'"short""short""short""short"

IndexIndexIndexindexindex (input_control)  integer HTupleintHTupleHtuple (integer) (int / long) (Hlong) (Hlong)

Number of images in the file.

Default: 1

Value range: 1 ≤ Index Index Index index index (lin)

FileNameFileNameFileNamefileNamefile_name (input_control)  filename.read HTuplestrHTupleHtuple (string) (string) (HString) (char*)

Name of input file.

Result

If the parameter values are correct the operator read_sequenceread_sequenceReadSequenceReadSequenceread_sequence returns the value 2 ( H_MSG_TRUE) . Otherwise an exception is raised.

Possible Successors

disp_imagedisp_imageDispImageDispImagedisp_image, count_channelscount_channelsCountChannelsCountChannelscount_channels, decompose3decompose3Decompose3Decompose3decompose3, write_imagewrite_imageWriteImageWriteImagewrite_image, rgb1_to_grayrgb1_to_grayRgb1ToGrayRgb1ToGrayrgb1_to_gray

Alternatives

read_imageread_imageReadImageReadImageread_image

See also

read_imageread_imageReadImageReadImageread_image

Module

Foundation