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1. 32 6 6 3 Help 33 6 7 System Tray icon 34 7 0 IntelliCAP Application Device Plugins 35 8 0 WDM DirectShow Device Plugin 35 8 1 Introduction 35 8 2 Supported Cameras for WDM DirectShow Device Plugin 35 8 3 Using WDM DirectShow Device Plugin 35 8 3 1 Managing the Camera Tab 35 9 0 Canon EOS Device Plugin 37 9 1 Introduction 37 9 2 Sup
2. 8 3 0 Installation and Support 9 3 1 Managing Software Installation 9 3 2 Managing License Registration 15 3 2 1 License Registration with Internet Connection 15 3 2 2 License Registration without Internet Connection 15 3 3 DEMO mode 16 3 4 Managing Support and License Management Website 16 4 0 Mode of Operation 17 4 1 The Normal mode 17 4 2 The TWAIN mode 18 5 0 Final Check out before initiating the operations
3. 65 14 1 9 Convert to Black and White Image 2 0 0 0 66 14 1 10 Image Resizing 2 0 0 0 66 14 1 11 Color cropping 2 0 0 0 66 15 0 APPENDIX C IP MaskCropping Plugin 67 15 1 Overview 67 15 1 1 Cropping Mask 2 0 0 0 67 16 0 APPENDIX D PowerShot Supported models 68 16 1 Method 1 By the captured image 68 16 2 Method 2 By the camera serial number 68 17 0 APPENDIX E PowerShot Additional Installation steps for Canon PowerShot A480 SX200 and SX210 71
4. 19 5 1 Initiating operations with IntelliCAP application 19 6 0 IntelliCAP Application 20 6 1 Introduction 20 6 2 IntelliCAP Host application 20 6 2 1 Devices Tab 21 6 2 2 Populate Devices 21 6 3 Camera Info 21 6 3 1 Camera Tab 21 6 4 Application Tab 22 6 4 1 Cropping Type
5. 23 6 4 2 Auto Cropping 26 6 4 3 Managing Extra 27 6 5 Extra Tab 27 6 5 1 Imaging Plugins 27 6 5 2 Managing Language 30 6 5 3 Managing Enhanced Settings 31 6 5 4 Managing Face Find and Auto Capture 31 Doc Version Page 3 6 6 Quick Navigation Icons 32 6 6 1 Skin Gallery 32 6 6 2 About
6. User Manual IntelliCAP Products Document Version 2 1 Supported intelliCAP Version 2 0 X 2 1 X 2 2 X Doc Version Page 2 Contents 1 0 Introduction 5 1 1 IntelliCAP 5 1 2 IntelliCAP Versions 5 1 3 About TWAIN DS 6 1 4 Accessing the TWAIN DS 6 1 5 intelliCAP SDK 6 2 0 Software Package and System Requirements 7 2 1 Software Package 7 2 2 System Requirements 7 2 3 Software License Agreement
7. Firmware version xxxxx1xxxxxx Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Firmware version xxxxx6xxxxxx xxxxx8xxxxxx Canon PowerShot SX500 IS Firmware version xxxxx2xxxxxx xxxxx3xxxxxx Page 72 73 17 0 APPENDIX E PowerShot Additional Installation steps for Canon PowerShot A480 SX200 and SX210 Additional Installation steps if PowerShot Plugin is detected embedded to the installer AND you would like to use one of the following PowerShot Devices Canon PowerShot A480 Canon PowerShot SX200 IS Canon PowerShot SX210 IS 1 If you are using one of above listed Canon PowerShot Camera additional driver has to be installed For more recent PowerShot models there is NO need to install this additional driver and installation task could be skipped 2 Connect camera to your machine and click lt OK gt to continue It s mandatory that you complete the installation process properly to make sure that the software will work outstanding 3 The Canon PowerShot Drivers will be installed one by one Page 73 73 4 The Canon PowerShot Drivers are installed and if you have a Canon PowerShot Camera connected to your machine please switch the PowerShot Camera off and on to configure it and click lt OK gt to continue
8. 61 14 0 Appendix B IP General Plugin 62 14 1 Overview 62 14 1 1 Advanced Image Preview 2 0 0 0 62 14 1 2 Image Adjustment Automatic 2 0 0 0 62 14 1 3 Color Tone Image 2 0 0 0 62 Doc Version Page 4 14 1 4 Color Tone Image Advanced 2 0 0 0 63 14 1 5 Convert to Grayscale Image 2 0 0 0 64 14 1 6 Image Masking 2 0 0 0 64 14 1 7 Image Adjustment Manual 2 0 0 0 65 14 1 8 Save Image as File 2 0 0 0
9. Modes Off Auto On Auto Red Eye Suppression On Red Eye Suppression Off The flash shall remain off in all lighting conditions Page 52 73 Auto The flash shall remain in sufficient light conditions and during low light conditions the device will use its flash to suffice the light On The camera will use its flash in all lighting conditions Auto Red Eye Suppression In many cases the human eye reflects the camera s flash and causes the image to have a red spot in the eye This configuration will suppress the red eye formation in the image and also use the flash selectively where it detects low light conditions On Red Eye Suppression The camera will use its flash in all lighting conditions and also suppress the red eye formation in the captured images Page 53 73 11 0 Capture From File Device Plugin 11 1 Introduction Capture From File Device Plugin is the IntelliCAP plugin that offers the user the facility to import already existing images from the file system of the computer These imported images can be used for further modification according to the user s requirement 11 2 Supported File Types for Capture From File Device Plugin Capture From File Device Plugin supports the following file types JPEG BMP GIF PNG Note If support for other file type is mandatory do not hesitate to contact your reseller 11 3 Using Capture From File Device Plugin 11 3 1
10. o EOS 1D Mark IV o EOS Kiss X7i EOS 700D EOS REBEL T5i o EOS Kiss X7 EOS 100D EOS REBEL SL1 o EOS Kiss X7 EOS 100D EOS REBEL SL1 The following cameras are not supported o Canon EOS 1D Mark II o Canon EOS 20D o Canon EOS 30D o Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II o Canon EOS 350D o Canon EOS REBEL XT o Canon EOS 5D o Canon EOS 1D Mark II N o Canon EOS 400D o Canon EOS REBEL XTi Note If customer is able to provide us a model we are willing to make an effort to analyze the product and to add full support for this model 9 3 Using Canon EOS Device Plugin 9 3 1 Managing the Camera Tab The Camera tab lets the user manage the different settings of his Canon SLR camera Settings which are not supported by the attached Canon model will be disabled automatically by the interface Page 39 73 Managing Settings Update AE AF On clicking the lt Update AE AF gt button the IntelliCAP application updates the Auto Exposure and Auto Focus settings of the Canon EOS device to the best exposure and focus Input Four different modes of the camera to capture images are available for selection to the user The four different modes are as follows i Program P the shutter and aperture are set automatically by the camera ii Shutter Priority TV you need to set the shutter speed manually and the aperture value will be calculated automatically iii Aperture Priority AV you need to set the
11. A4000 Revision 100C 101A 101B 102A o Canon PowerShot SX130 IS Revision 101C Revision 101D Revision 101F o Canon PowerShot SX150 IS Revision 100A o Canon PowerShot SX160 IS Revision 100A o Canon PowerShot SX210 IS Revision 100C o Canon PowerShot A1400 Revision 100B The following cameras are supported but not been tested o Canon PowerShot A480 Revision 100B o Canon PowerShot A495 Revision 100F o Canon PowerShot SX200 IS Revision 100C Revision 100D o Canon PowerShot SX40 HS Revision 100G Revision 100I o Canon PowerShot SX500 IS Revision 100C Revision 100D The following cameras are supported and do NOT require SD Card and completion of Camera Configuration Wizard o Canon PowerShot SX100 IS o Canon PowerShot SX110 IS Note To use the Canon PowerShot SX100 IS and Canon PowerShot SX110 IS the user needs to enable the PR cameras detection in the application by setting the lt EnablePRCamera gt node to value 1 without the inverted commas in the PowershotConfig xml file The PowershotConfig xml file can be found in the application s Data Directory Additionally to use either the Canon PowerShot SX100 IS or Canon PowerShot SX110 IS the user should only connect one camera with the machine The application is known not to support multiple cameras at one time if one of the connected cameras is either Canon PowerShot SX100 IS or Canon PowerShot
12. Legend lt Button text gt is used to indicate a button and is used throughout the text Document History Version Date Description Supported intelliCAP Version 1 4 16 01 2012 First public version 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 5 8 5 2012 Additional information added to PowerShot section Revision due to new SDK support feature 2 0 2 0 15 1 2013 Revision due new SDK features 2 0 2 1 2 1 26 11 2013 Revision due to new cameras support Added information about Twain device plugin Revised information on how to register and activate license using IntelliLicense 2 0 2 1 2 2 Page 5 73 1 0 Introduction 1 1 IntelliCAP IntelliCAP is the answer to the high end high speed live photo capture task By using the standard TWAIN interface we are able to offer this application to any organisation wishing to upgrade their existing photo ID or Access control application IntelliCAP incorporates a highly accurate face detection algorithm This face detection feature not only detects the presence of a face in the picture it also measures that face By using this measurement IntelliCAP automatically crops the photo to the desired height width ratio Although extensive tests have proven our algorithm successful for approximately 96 IntelliCAP still uses computer vision principles This means that sometimes no faces or multiple faces will be detected To overcome these situations IntelliCAP has an easy to use
13. Managing the File Settings Tab The File Settings Tab lets the user to manage the different settings for the image file to be imported captured here Default Path If the user presses the Capture button a File Selection window will be showed which will be displaying all the images available in the Default Path Auto Update Default Path When the option Auto Update Default Path is selected by the user the latest selected default path will be used as Default Path the next time the user presses lt capture button gt File Dialog Type The File Dialog Type has two options for the user to select from 1 Windows File Browser When this option is selected the default windows file browser pops up to select the required image 2 IntelliCAP File Browser Upon the selection of this option the user is presented with the special customized browser window that displays two panels The left side panel displays the folders and files in a tree structure format to let the user select the desired location The right side panel displays the selected items in the thumbnail format enabling easy viewing Page 54 73 Note If you are using the IntelliCAP application on a Windows Aero enabled machine you won t experience much difference between Windows File Browser and IntelliCAP File Browser File Type When working with the File Type option in the application interface the user has the option to select any or all types
14. SX110 IS Note If customer is able to provide us a model we are willing to make an effort to analyze the product and to add full support for this model Before able to use your PowerShot camera you have to complete the Camera Configuration Wizard first Without completing this wizard camera won t be detected Page 44 73 10 2 PowerShot Configuration Wizard Before you can use your Canon PowerShot device with the IntelliCAP application you need to run the PowerShot Camera Configuration Wizard also called the Camera Preparation Wizard You can find the configuration wizard in Start All Programs IntelliCAP Camera Configuration Wizard If you select the Canon PowerShot Device in the IntelliCAP application without configuring it through this wizard the device will not respond To prepare the device to respond to the IntelliCAP application successfully you need to install Canon PowerShot Device Plugin specific configuration on PowerShot device SD Card This wizard allows preparing Secure Digital SD memory cards for using in Canon PowerShot digital camera When using prepared cards camera has the ability to be controlled from the computer using the PowerShot Plugin of the intelliCAP application Before running the wizard please prepare SD memory card which is compatible with your digital camera and has enough storage capacity The card should not be set to read only locked state Also the camera should be equipped with b
15. o Large Normal o Large Fine o Medium Normal o Medium Fine o Small Normal o Small Fine The results get reflected in the captured image Managing Rotation In order to rotate the image to be captured the Rotation feature is available to the user The user can view the rotation effect in the Live View window if the option is selected from the drop down list Following are the Rotation options available Normal 180 degree 90 degree CW 90 degree CCW View The View option lets the user select the option to view the image as per requirement in the Live View window as well as get it captured in the same view mode Below listed are the View options Normal Flip Mirror Flip and Mirror Upon selection the user can have the desired image WB Type The user can select from the following different pre configured WB Types available in the camera from the drop down list as per his requirement Auto Daylight Cloudy Page 41 73 Tungsten Fluorescent Flash Color Temperature Color Temperature This feature gets activated only when the Color Temperature WB Type option is selected by the user The user can alter and adjust as per his requirement Color temperature is the main way in which we measure the different colors and color correction is about filtration and other techniques that we as photographers use
16. on the left side The Live View area depicts the image of the object to be captured Any changes in the camera setting that are desired by you for the image to be captured done before the capturing gets reflected in the Live View window This window has two buttons a Capture By pressing this button the image of the object viewed in the Live View area will be captured and processed Tip if you press on the button with a right mouse click the manual cropping workflow will be called b Settings This is a toggle button When you press the lt Show Settings gt button it asks for a PIN to unlock all the settings Upon entering the correct PIN the various settings are displayed and the button will change to lt Hide Settings gt If you want to hide the control panel showing the settings press lt Hide Settings gt button Page 22 73 2 The Control Panel on the right side Following 3 basic application control tabs and 1 or 2 specific to the selected IntelliCAP plugin device specific tabs are available on the Control Panel a Devices Here all the available IntelliCAP plugins are listed On selecting any of the available device plugins you can activate that device and configure it to your liking By default no plugins are selected b File Settings This tab page will be loaded only when you select the Virtual Capture Device plugin from the device list This tab page contains version specific settings to manage the
17. team Page 35 73 6 7 System Tray icon After capturing an image or after pressing lt close gt X button IntelliCAP keeps running in the background from your system which is indicated by the system tray This means that the application is not completely closed and is still available for use of its operations to the user The following are the features available to the user 1 Restore As mentioned earlier when the user clicks on the Close button the application still runs in background of the system The Restore option lets the user restore the application to its default on the desktop This event will also be called if the user double clicks on the system tray 2 Settings A sub menu to customize the IntelliCAP application Start on Windows Load On selecting this option the application launches automatically when windows is starting Auto Capture and Close If this feature is selected by the user IntelliCAP will call the capture event automatically once it is called by a main application TWAIN mode By this the user does not need to press the Capture button anymore Face Find Check this to enable the face find functionality of the IntelliCAP application Face Find and Auto Capture On checking this setting the application will automatically capture the image on finding a face in the image live view panel 3 Manage Plugins The managing plugins functionality mentioned earlier in the Extra Tab
18. to achieve a desired color effect The desired effect may be a neutral daylight color or any other effect e g a slight warm up effect for portraits Managing Zoom The Zoom feature is a digital zoom and lets the user enlarge the image to be captured Below are the three options available to select Normal 5X 10X ROI As explained in the earlier sections IntelliCAP USB Video Device Plugin the user can select and lock the region of interest in the image to be captured for further processing Following options as per requirement are available for selection Show ROI Lock ROI Extra Settings Based on the setting selected from the Extra Settings drop down list box the panel immediately below it displays the settings accordingly to the selection Following is the list of Extra Settings available WB Shift Focus Exposure Compensation WB Shift When the WB Shift extra setting is selected by the user two different settings namely Blue to Amber and Magenta to Green are available The user can select the desired values A box displays the selected value and the Reset option lets the user reset the values to its default Page 42 73 Focus The Extra Settings for the Focus mode has the following features Focus Mode The user can select from the different Focus Modes o AUTO FOCUS ONE SHOT o AUTO FOCUS AI SERVO o AUTO FOCUS AI FOC
19. to install intelliCAP application version 2 0 or later Earlier versions of the intelliCAP application are not supported by the SDK Contact your reseller for more information about the intelliCAP SDK Page 8 73 2 0 Software Package and System Requirements The following sections specify the software package and the system requirements for the IntelliCAP products 2 1 Software Package Software package includes the following 1 Setup file setup exe 2 Serial number for activating the software Note The user manual is stored on a web server to open this manual an active internet connection is required If no internet connection is available ask your reseller to provide you a hard copy of it 2 2 System Requirements Below you ll find the system requirements to run the various IntelliCAP products on your computer properly Always install the latest Microsoft updates and service packs Supported Operating Systems o Windows 8 o Windows 7 o Windows Vista o Windows XP Citrix Virtual Machines Windows Emulators are not supported Note The N and KN Editions of the Microsoft Windows Software Windows 7 N and Windows 8 N which are released by Microsoft for the European users do not include Windows Media Player or other Windows Media related technologies This limits the IntelliCAP application to detect and load the Canon devices and hence the Canon PowerShot and SLR cameras may not work with Microsoft Windows N and
20. KN versions To run the IntelliCAP application in the Microsoft Windows N and KN editions you need to download and install the Media Feature Pack for Windows 7 N or Windows 7 KN for Windows 7 or Media Feature Pack for Windows 8 N or Windows 8 KN for Windows 8 which is available as free downloads on the Microsoft website Supported Architectures o x86 o x64 in 32 bit mode Hardware Requirements o Recommended minimum for good performance Dual Core or higher with 1GB MB RAM or more o Minimum disk space 100 MB o One free USB 1 0 or higher port to connect camera to the PC if applicable For some new cameras supporting USB 2 0 we advise the use of a USB 2 0 port Otherwise the image transfer speeds will be much lower than is allowed by the camera If the IntelliCAP version is supplied with the USB dongle your computer shall have the second free USB port Prerequisites o NET Framework 4 0 Security o Installation during the installation installation privileges are required o License Registration during the license registration process admin privileges are required o Operation IntelliCAP requires read write privilege for the specified data directory By default PROGRAMDATA Documents IntelliCAP directory will be used as the data directory but the user could change this folder during the installation process Windows XP C ProgramData IntelliCAP ProgramDat
21. Page 46 73 Warning Your camera is not compatible with the PowerShot Device Plugin or the card model cannot be determined Using the prepared card with an incompatible camera model may cause problems Camera control from the computer is possible only for compatible card models Warning You card has too small storage capacity Shooting may not be possible It is not recommended to continue preparing the card Please use memory cards with larger storage capacity Select your Canon PowerShot device in case it is NOT detected selected automatically Settings will be installed on your SD card Everything is ready to start writing the card Page 47 73 Ready to start writing the card Everything is ready to start writing the memory card The card will be formatted in the special way All information stored on the card will be erased After that the required program files will be copied to the card To start writing please press Next Wait until writing is completed Please do not stop the writing process and wait until it is completed Do not remove the card close this wizard or turn the card reader off Warning There are some files detected on the card Please note that all the information stored on the card will be lost The writing is in progress Please wait until the writing process is completed Card formatting Setting bootable attribute Copying the files Finalizing After the
22. US o MANUAL FOCUS Lens Adjustment in order to adjust the lens of the capturing camera device manually a panel of icons are available On pressing the different icons the lens of the camera will be adjusted Starting from the left hand side the first three icons are used to zoom out the image to be captured The last three icons are used to zoom in the image The user can see the action reflected in the Live View window Exposure Compensation With the selection of Exposure Compensation the user can alter and adjust the slider for setting the required value Note Play with the exposure compensation values varying from 2 to 2 when you capture the dark objects on the bright background to get the maximum image quality Page 43 73 10 0 Canon PowerShot Device Plugin 10 1 Introduction The Canon PowerShot Device Plugin is designed to get a comprehensive control over the Canon PowerShot Series cameras This plugin is used to detect faces capture images and save them to physical discs from the IntelliCAP application running on your machine 8 3 1 Supported cameras for Canon PowerShot Device Plugin The Canon PowerShot Device Plugin supports the following list of Canon PowerShot Series cameras The following cameras have been tested o Canon PowerShot A800 Revision 100B Revision 100C o Canon PowerShot A810 Revision 100D Revision 100E o Canon PowerShot A2200 Revision 100D o Canon PowerShot
23. a IntelliCAP Windows 7 C ProgramData IntelliCAP ProgramData IntelliCAP Page 9 73 2 3 Software License Agreement This document is a legal agreement between the user Licensee and Syx Graphics By installing this product Licensee is obliged to fulfil the terms of this agreement Syx Graphics reserves all rights not specifically granted and retains title and ownership of the software A licensee shall have no rights to duplicate translate decompile and or reverse engineer this product nor shall licensee attempt to develop any other products that possesses the look and feel of this product As the only warranty under this agreement and in the absence of accident abuse or misapplication Syx Graphics warrants to the original licensee only that the disks on which the software is recorded are free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of 90 days from the delivery date Syx Graphics is only obliged to either return the purchase price as indicated or replace the disk that not meets Syx Graphics s limited warranty upon return Syx Graphics shall have the sole and exclusive rights in its discretion to institute and prosecute lawsuits against third persons for infringements of the rights licensed in this agreement This agreement shall be governed in accordance with the laws of Belgium all disputes under this agreement shall be resolved by litigation in the courts of Kortrijk Be
24. acquisition device camera or Windows Image File c Camera This tab page will be loaded when any of the camera device plugins WDM Canon SLR and Canon PowerShot is selected Here you can customize the image settings for the connected device and its image acquisition d Flash This tab page is exclusively specific to the Canon PowerShot device plugin You can manage the flash settings of your connected Canon PowerShot device here e Application This tab page contains configurable software parameters face detecting cropping offset f Extra This tab page contains some extra application settings plugin language Attention The default pin code 1234 or 1A2B 6 2 1 Devices Tab Here you can find a list of all the devices connected to the machine By default no device is selected On selecting one of the devices from the list its respective plugin is activated and its plugin specific tab pages are added 6 2 2 Populate Devices When a device is connected to machine while the IntelliCAP application is running the user can click the lt Populate gt button to get all the plugin specific information and settings of the connected device 6 3 Camera Info On selecting a camera of the EOS device plugin type Canon SLR camera the camera specific information will be displayed on the tab page below the list of connected devices The camera information will display the following i Product Name The name of the Ca
25. ame and its version Page 30 73 o Press the Delete button in order to remove the plugin from the list in the Plugin Manager o Select the required plugins from the list These plugins will act as the active plugins o Now press the Ok button The selected plugins will be displayed in the Plugin tabular box The Manage Plugins option will also be available for selection in the notification area that is showing the current running application When the Finishing Plugins option is enabled it lets the user select the different plug in functions from the tabular list of plugin s The up and the down arrow keys get activated only after selecting a plug in function These arrow keys are used to move the selected plugin function upwards and or downwards in the finishing plugin table list If multiple plug in functions are selected checkbox checked they will be executed according to the order in the finishing plugin table The up and down arrow keys allow you to alter this order of execution If a plugin function requires additional configuring the Config button will be enabled after selecting the plug in function By pressing this button the configuration form of the selected plug in function will be displayed Page 31 73 6 5 2 Managing Language Via this control the user will be able to select his appropriate language and accordingly the IntelliCAP interface will be updated based on the selec
26. aperture manually and accordingly the shutter speed will be calculated automatically iv Manual M you have to set the shutter speed and the aperture manually You can select the desired mode according to your requirements Attention Canon SLR cameras having live image preview ability shall be set in Auto P Exposition priority TV Aperture priority AV or Manual M mode The live image preview will not be displayed in the software window if Canon SLR camera is set in Full Auto mode or any of the special modes Note In case of Canon EOS 1100D the input Combo box is disabled and the user would be required to change the input configuration manually by turning the jog dial on the camera body If the user selects any configuration outside P TV AV and M settings the camera shall be switched off and the user would have to first select a valid setting restart the camera and populate the device list TV Value Upon the selected Input type the TV Value option gets activated From the four input options the TV Value option gets activated for o Shutter Priority TV o Manual M Required values can then be selected from the drop down list AV Value The following Input type options allow the user to select the AV Value options o Aperture Priority AV o Manual M Required values can then be selected from the drop down list ISO According to the requirement the user can select appropr
27. aptured JPG file yourself The Card Preparation Utility is automatically installed during the installation of intelliCAP Insert SD memory card with the captured JPG file into the card reader Run Card Preparation Utility and follow all wizard instructions you will get The utility will determine the camera firmware version and inform you if your camera is compatible with IntelliCAP PowerShot Device Plugin or not see Figure 1 16 2 Method 2 By the camera serial number Use this method if you are not able to preliminary capture the image with the camera In such a case you can use the camera serial number printed on the camera and on the camera box This method does not provide 100 accuracy in definition of the camera firmware version but still have a very high probability In order to define if Canon PowerShot camera firmware is compatible with the PowerShot plugin of the IntelliCAP application you can use the camera serial number printed on the camera box For the cameras manufactured before 2010 the serial number consists of 10 digits 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A A B C D E E E E E For cameras manufactured after 2010 the serial number consists of 12 digits 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 A A B C C D E E E E E E Page 70 73 The camera serial number is printed on the special sticker on the camera bottom It is also printed on the camera box on the sticker with the bar code below the bard code Following Canon PowerShot camera firmware version
28. atteries and should not be connected to the computer The computer should be equipped with an SD memory card reader Warning To prepare the card you will need a card reader When a card is being prepared it requires direct recording so a preparation of card inserted into camera is impossible To configure your PowerShot device please follow the following steps Before configuring the PowerShot device please make sure that a SD card has been inserted into the camera and accordingly press the Next button Following steps need to be peformed Page 45 73 1 Make a single shot on the card Insert the memory card into the camera turn the camera on and make a single shot in any shooting mode 2 Insert the card into card reader Remove the card from the camera Insert the card into the reader 3 Click Next The wizard will search for the card and the picture Then it will test the compatibility of your camera with the PowerShot Device Plugin Select the SD card drive to install the Canon PowerShot device plugin configuration The wizard will test the camera compatibility Memory card The memory card has been determined has not been determined If you would like using another memory card insert a memory card and select the appropriate disk letter then press Refresh Camera Your camera is compatible with the PowerShot Device Plugin You may continue preparing the card Please press Next
29. configuration has been written on your SD card your camera needs to run the recently installed configuration To run the configuration from the SD card you need to lock the SD card to boot the camera device from the SD card by sliding the lock as shown below Set the read only mode on memory card For the automatic run of the program stored on card it is required to turn the card into read only mode When this mode is turned on the program starts automatically Remove the card from the reader and set the switch into read only position lock Press Next Page 48 73 Warning If the read only mode is turned off the program will not run automatically and the camera control from computer will be impossible Card verification The card is ready Please check whether the memory card is working correctly with the camera Check the card working with camera Insert the card into the camera Do not turn off the read only mode of the card Switch the camera power on The camera should start in Play mode After power is on the following image should appear The bottom part of this image will be covered with version number If you see this image on camera display the card preparation process has been completed successfully Your camera now can be controlled from a computer Please do not remove the memory card from camera while working with IntelliCAP Troubleshooting If you do not see the image on the camera display it probably means t
30. cquire If you work in other graphic applications supporting TWAIN please refer to the corresponding documentation supplied with your graphic software For more details Twain Device Plugin Introduction With the Twain Device Plugin the IntelliCAP application offers the user to invoke the Twain imaging devices which are attached to the PC directly or over a network such as printers and scanners and capture images from these devices The captured images can then be modified and used as per the user requirements 1 5 Supported Imaging Devices for Twain Device Plugin The Twain Device Plugin supports but not limited to the following file types Flatbed Image Scanners Fingerprint Scanners Signature Pads And all the Twain applications Note If support for any Twain device is mandatory do not hesitate to contact your reseller Page 7 73 Appendix A TWAIN DS for some extra examples of using the IntelliCAP application with applications which support TWAIN DS devices 1 6 intelliCAP SDK The intelliCAP SDK allows the developers to communicate and capture images using the intelliCAP application over Remote Procedure Calling RPC The SDK works just like a Twain driver wherein the intelliCAP application is invoked and the captured and processed image is transferred back to the host application implementing the intelliCAP SDK To use the intelliCAP SDK for communicating with the intelliCAP application the user needs
31. e will be returned instantly to the main application after pressing the Capture button On the other hand if no faces or multiple faces are detected or if the preview option is enabled the manual cropping form will be displayed after pressing the Capture button The following steps will guide you to work with the auto cropping feature 1 Select the Auto Cropping option in the Cropping Type 2 Select the desired height width ratio from the proportion drop down list 3 Enable the Preview option 4 Press the Capture button capture image 5 The cropping rectangle will appear automatically around the boundaries of each detected face If no face was detected the cropping rectangle will be displayed in the center of the image 6 Adjust the size of the control according to your requirement 7 Save the image Note In case Auto cropping is enabled and no face was detected in the capture image or multiple faces were detected the manual cropping window will be opened automatically This offers the user the possibility to select and crop in the same way as he would do with other less sophisticated camera systems Page 26 73 The manual cropping form has got the following controls Crop Rect Color The Crop Rect Color Cropping Rectangle Color allows you to change the border color of the selected rectangle The default color is white Face Rect Color The Face Rect Color Face rectangle Color allows
32. elliCAP version contains the Canon PowerShot Plugin the Canon PowerShot Drivers will be installed during this step See the APPENDIX E PowerShot Additional Installation steps for Canon PowerShot A480 SX200 and SX210 for more information If the user selects yes the drivers will be installed for the PowerShot cameras To install the drivers successfully the camera needs to be attached to the PC while the drivers are being installed After the drivers are installed the user needs to restart the camera so the PC recognizes the camera after with the respective installed camera driver Set the advanced configuration password for Canon PowerShot devices Page 14 73 Page 15 73 6 The installation process has been successfully completed Click lt Finish gt to exit the Setup Note Camera Configuration Wizard Only for PowerShot devices Before you can use your Canon PowerShot device with the IntelliCAP application you need to run the PowerShot Camera Configuration Wizard You can find the configuration wizard in Start All Programs IntelliCAP Camera Configuration Wizard Look at PowerShot Configuration Wizard section further in this document for detailed information Page 16 73 3 2 Managing License Registration Registering IntelliCAP product can be achieved in two ways i Online activation with internet connection ii Offline activation without internet connect
33. ensive product and license information along with support information The About dialog window contains two tab pages Product Support Product The product tab page displays the product and license information On the left panel of the tab page the user can find the product name version license type and license status of their IntelliCAP application On the right panel of the tab page the user can find the plugin specific license information of all the device plugins that are installed with the IntelliCAP application Page 34 73 Support The support tab page aides the user in finding the information to seek professional support for the IntelliCAP application On the left panel of the tab page the user can find information regarding the contact information of the IntelliCAP support team And on the right panel of the tab page a summary of the machine and system is displayed which the user can copy and or save When any user of the IntelliCAP application is contacting the support team the user should attach their machine and system information along with their query so that the support team can optimally analyze your query specific to your machine and system configuration 6 6 3 Help For any help on the IntelliCAP application the user can find this user manual and help document on clicking the help icon In case the user is not satisfied by the help document he can feel free to contact the help desk and the support
34. ettings for the panel 2 Press the Lock button The option Lock Setting Panel will get selected To unlock the settings for the panel the steps below will guide 1 Press lt Unlock gt 2 Enter the pin value to unlock the settings panel The panel will unlock and will be available for further alterations 6 5 Extra Tab The facility of different imaging plugins as well as language selection is available in the Extra tab Certain varied features are also available in the Enhanced Settings 6 5 1 Imaging Plugins The IntelliCAP Application comes with a plugin system which allows the customer to add customized specific additional functions to IntelliCAP without paying a high development price and without the need to reinstall IntelliCAP Once a plugin has been developed the plugin DLL and related files must be copied to the IntelliCAP installation folder and you will be able to use this plugin next time you start the IntelliCAP application An IntelliCAP Plugin can be used built for Automatic saving the captured images in the HR CRM SAP Database Automatic sending the captured images to the Card Service Bureau Automatic adding the company s logo to the captured images Automatic adding security features to the captured images Implementing ICAO checking parameters If the Imaging Plugin s option is enabled and one or more plug in functions are selected these functions will be called before
35. feature The Live View window shows the image where the camera is focused on Select the option Show ROI When this option is selected a red rectangle called ROI box appears inside the Live View window Resize Move the ROI box so as to select your region or interest Next double click on the ROI box and the live view window will be updated according to coordinates the ROI box The new live view will be used the next time you capture an image Lock ROI If this feature is enabled you are only able to resize the ROI box based on the fixed height width ratio Application tab page gt Proportion If this feature is not enabled you are able to resize the ROI box The steps below will guide you to use this feature Select the Applications tab Now select the proportion ratio as per your requirement from the drop down list Go to the Camera tab and select the Lock ROI option Next select Show ROI The ROI Box appears to select the region of interest Note This red rectangle will be of the proportion that is selected in the proportion ratio option Select the required region of interest ROI Double click on the image to view the selected ROI The live view will be updated according to the defined ROI Capture an image Auto WB Auto White balance WB is the process of automatically removing unrealistic color casts so that objects which appear w
36. hat one of the wizard steps has been passed incorrectly Please retry the card preparation process Page 49 73 Page 50 73 10 3 Using Canon PowerShot Devices 10 3 1 Managing the Camera Tab The user can configure the device specific settings and manage the image capturing functionality using the settings panel on this tab The settings that are not supported by the attached Canon PowerShot camera will be disabled automatically by the interface Managing Settings Input Four different modes of the camera to capture images are available for selection to the user The four different modes are as follow i Program P the shutter and aperture are set automatically by the camera ii Shutter Priority TV you need to set the shutter speed manually and the aperture value will be calculated automatically iii Aperture Priority AV you need to set the aperture manually and accordingly the shutter speed will be calculated automatically iv Manual M you have to set the shutter speed and the aperture manually You can select the desired mode according to your requirements by changing the jog dial on the Canon PowerShot device If you select any setting outside the four settings mentioned above the camera shall be switched off To use the Canon PowerShot device you would be required to set the jog dial to one of the settings mentioned above start the camera and populate the device list TV Value U
37. he loading time might be considerably high because the license is checked and the connected cameras are configured Once IntelliCAP is started the application will continue running in the background of your system So the next time the IntelliCAP application is called it will take less than a second to load If IntelliCAP is running in the background the icon will be displayed in the system tray By double clicking on this icon the IntelliCAP window will be displayed Attention The live image can be blurry dark devoid of natural colors etc In order to get proper image in the preview window and start capturing photos please read the next Chapter Page 21 73 6 0 IntelliCAP Application 6 1 Introduction All the IntelliCAP plugins WDM Camera Canon SLR Camera Canon PowerShot Camera and Virtual Capture Device are based on the same framework and therefore have the same workflow If a user is familiar with any of these IntelliCAP plugins it won t be difficult for him to switch to using other IntelliCAP plugins Our mission is to keep it user friendly secure and fast In the next section we shall discuss the different features of the IntelliCAP Application 6 2 IntelliCAP Host application IntelliCAP lets you capture images and process them according to your requirements with the help of various features offered in the control panel The program window of IntelliCAP is divided into two parts 1 The Live View window
38. hite in person are rendered white in your photo The Auto WB feature sets the white balance values automatically for the image to be captured Note This feature will only be available for use if the selected device supports it Advance The Advance button allows you to configure advanced settings of the selected device The settings specified in the Advance settings are device specific and you are able to configure them as per your requirements Page 38 73 9 0 Canon EOS Device Plugin 9 1 Introduction Canon EOS Device Plugin is designed for full control of the Canon SLR reflex cameras automatic ID Photography image transfer to TWAIN Compatible ID Card management software and image databases or save to disk 9 2 Supported Cameras for Canon EOS Device Plugin Canon EOS Device Plugin supports the following Canon SLR cameras including the Live View The following cameras have been tested o Canon EOS 500D Canon DIGITAL REBEL T1i o Canon EOS 550D Canon DIGITAL REBEL T2i o Canon EOS 1000D Canon DIGITAL REBEL XS o Canon EOS 1100D Canon DIGITAL REBEL T3 o Canon EOS 40D The following cameras have not been tested Before purchasing license for one of the following model we recommend to test ALL features with a DEMO version o Canon EOS 450D Canon DIGITAL REBEL XSi o Canon EOS 600D o Canon EOS 50D o EOS 60D o EOS 5D Mark II o EOS 7D o EOS 1Ds Mark III o EOS 1D Mark III
39. iate ISO values from the drop down list available It is recommended to increase the ISO value if you capture with a high shutter speed or if you want to minimize the risk of image blurring when the camera is shaken Metering Mode With this feature the user can select the required Metering Mode option from the list Page 40 73 Evaluative Metering this is your camera s standard metering mode which most people use for most situations It is well suited for most subjects including those that are backlit It is basically just what your eyes do when looking at anything Partial Metering this setting is useful when your subject is strongly or overly backlit The metering is weighted towards the center of the viewfinder covering approximately 13 5 of the area This will inevitably lead to your subject being correctly exposed with a blown out background Center Weighted Averaging Metering Probably the most common metering method implemented in nearly every digital camera and the default for those digital cameras which don t offer metering mode selection This method averages the exposure of the entire frame but gives extra weight to the center and is ideal for portraits Image Quality Select the image format and compression from the drop down list The speed of image transfer to the TWAIN compatible software will depend on the selected image format and compression The image Quality feature offers the following options
40. igured using the features available in the Auto Cropping section Various parameters related to auto cropping whose settings can be configured earlier for the image to be captured are available in this section The user can change the settings for Size H Offset and V Offset parameters for the crop rectangle appearing for the captured image according to the requirements Managing Size With the Size parameter the size of the image in relation to the face can be determined The size of the crop rectangle appearing in the cropping form alters as the changes in the Size settings change The default value for this parameter is 90 lt Reset gt is used to set the altered value of the parameter to its default Sample Size 90 Size 70 Managing H Offset and V Offset The H Offset and V Offset parameters are used to alter and adjust the position of the nose in the image composition both horizontally and vertically The default value for both the parameters is 0 lt Reset gt is used to set the control s altered value to its default Page 28 73 6 4 3 Managing Extra Features related to the settings panel and image optimization are available in the Extra section Managing Lock Setting Panel Once IntelliCAP is configured properly according to your requirements the settings can be locked so that they cannot be altered by a user For locking the settings panel follow next procedure 1 Enter a pin value to lock the s
41. image Page 65 73 Note Most of the time you ll get the same result with the Image Masking function Sample 1 Input Image Reference Image Output Image 14 1 5 Convert to Grayscale Image 2 0 0 0 The Grayscale Image function converts the image to grayscale Sample 1 Input Image Output Image 14 1 6 Image Masking 2 0 0 0 This plugin function performs a black and white filter action on the captured image Page 66 73 Sample 1 Input Image Reference Image Output Image 14 1 7 Image Adjustment Manual 2 0 0 0 The Image Adjustment Manual function helps the user to alter and adjust the values of the Brightness Contrast Gamma and Sharpness parameters for the captured image After capturing an image the Image Adjustment window will be displayed to allow the user to manually adjust the image 14 1 8 Save Image as File 2 0 0 0 This plug in can be used to save a copy of the captured image on a secondary location When this plug in is selected a filename has to be entered by the user after capturing the image or a filename will be generated automatically based on the current date time and or timer Page 67 73 14 1 9 Convert to Black and White Image 2 0 0 0 The convert to black and white image function converts the captured image to high contrast black and white image 14 1 10 Image Resizing 2 0 0 0 Image resizing function resizes the captured image to the configu
42. ion Note if the installed IntelliCAP application is not licensed all features will be available but DEMO watermark will be added to the result image For special projects it is possible to use a USB hardware dongle as well Contact your reseller if you are in need of this solution 3 2 1 License Registration with Internet Connection A Register Tool is shipped with the IntelliCAP application to register and activate the software license The user can enter the license serial key in this register tool and register the license to activate the software license 3 2 2 License Registration without Internet Connection If no internet connection is detected the user can manually get the IntelliCAP product s software license The Register Tool can also be used to generate a license request file and import license files directly without communicating with the license server directly Page 17 73 3 3 DEMO mode When the IntelliCAP application is started without getting its license registered first the application will work in the DEMO mode The user can discover all the features while using the DEMO mode The only difference is that the application screen shows DEMO text in the bottom left side corner and the result image will get a DEMO watermark 3 4 Managing Support and License Management Website The support and license management website http www intellilicense com has been built to provide support to queries regardi
43. lgium Page 10 73 3 0 Installation and Support 3 1 Managing Software Installation The following are the steps for the installation of an IntelliCAP Application 1 Run setup exe Press lt Next gt to install IntelliCAP Application 2 Select the Data Directory for installing the configuration and other data files into To select a shared data directory check the Shared Data Directory option If checked the configuration and data files will be written to the selected data directory otherwise the files will be written to a folder named lt MachineName gt inside the selected data directory Private Data Directory Page 11 73 Shared Data Directory 3 Select the License Type Choose Standard License if application needs to be run with stand alone license Use Network License if you are using floating license at your organization To install server license service Separate installation document is available upon request To configure the application on the server you need to specify the IP address of your server and the Port on which the service runs Page 12 73 4 The summary of the installation configuration will be displayed before the installation starts Click lt Next gt to initiate the installation procedure of IntelliCAP Application Private Data Directory Shared Data Directory Page 13 73 5 The installation process is in progress If your Int
44. ll give you a good overall understanding of the functionality and features Page 63 73 14 0 Appendix B IP General Plugin The purpose and a sample for each function of the IP General Plugin is given below Note This plug in can be used by all IntelliCAP versions If you are in need of a customized plug in do not hesitate to contact your reseller 14 1 Overview 14 1 1 Advanced Image Preview 2 0 0 0 A preview of the final image can be set by selecting this feature from the list Additionally this preview can also be displayed on a second monitor Herein the preview window is only displayed on that monitor while the IntelliCAP interface is not displayed on the monitor 14 1 2 Image Adjustment Automatic 2 0 0 0 The Brightness Contrast Sharpness and Gamma parameters will automatically get adjusted for an image based on some predefined values 14 1 3 Color Tone Image 2 0 0 0 Using this plugin function the image can be converted to DUOTone The most common sample is SEPIA Refer the samples below to get an overview of how the plugin function works Page 64 73 Sample 1 Input Image Output Image Sample 2 Input Image Output Image 14 1 4 Color Tone Image Advanced 2 0 0 0 Based on a reference image Color Tone Image Advanced plugin function lets the user to convert an image to DUOTone based on a reference image It is also possible for the user to create a gradient image via this
45. manual crop function that is automatically started when needed IntelliCAP is an intelligent capturing application for ID Photography based on face detection IntelliCAP products are designed to perform the following functions Full control of image capturing devices including WDM Canon SLR Canon PowerShot etc Ability to work as TWAIN driver Ability to work as standalone software Camera settings control from computer Live image preview Image rotation manual by 90 degrees Automatic image capture Automatic face crop on the captured image Image enhancement Image export to the TWAIN compatible software e g to ID card design and management software Save images to the specified folder Customized plugins which allows the user to add special customized features to his IntelliCAP capturing solutions IntelliCAP software can work both as standalone software and as TWAIN driver with all TWAIN compatible ID card applications Asure ID Badge Maker CardExchange Card Five EPISuite ID Works ID Flow and others With this innovative way of capturing and optimizing photos from file or digital camera you will greatly improve your capturing time and production efficiency Your photo ID cards will have a higher level of quality while the quality level of the input photos can be much lower than before In general IntelliCAP will capture a quality photo in less than a
46. ng the IntelliCAP products Managing IntelliCAP licenses is also made easy through this site Through the Intellilicense facility the user can Can register unregister licenses and retrieve an overview of the registered clients Can download latest as well as older releases as per your license is validated Can create manage Tickets to get support from the IntelliCAP support team Can get his licensed registered via the website in case when the registration of IntelliCAP does not work properly due to network security reasons Note For further information on registering and activating the software license for IntelliCAP please visit the IntelliLicense website or you can also download the IntelliLicense Manual from this URL www intelliLicense com doc manual pdf Page 18 73 4 0 Mode of Operation Successful installation lets you run IntelliCAP Products in the following operating modes 1 The Normal mode 2 The TWAIN mode 4 1 The Normal mode In this mode the IntelliCAP product runs as an independent stand alone application that can be operated directly Operating in the normal mode lets the user save the captured image on the local hard drive The following steps will help you to run IntelliCAP product in the normal mode 1 Click on the Windows Start button 2 Go to All Programs 3 Select the IntelliCAP product 4 Press the Capture button 5 Save Dialog will be displayed to save the captured image No
47. non SLR camera ii Body ID The unique identification number of the Canon SLR camera body iii Battery Quality The quality of the battery being used inside the Canon SLR camera iv Battery Level The battery level is an indicator of the power left inside the battery 6 3 1 Camera Tab This tab page lets you adjust the acquisition settings Because this tab page is different for each IntelliCAP version you ll find more information about this tab page in each IntelliCAP device plugin specific section further in this document Page 23 73 6 4 Application Tab In the Application tab relevant software settings can be adjusted Obviously the default setting is to crop automatically using the face detection algorithm but it is possible to override this mechanism The proportion list lets the operator choose out of one of the predefined height width ratios or define a custom ratio Since the face detection algorithm will always try to center the nose on the diagonals it could happen that the total image from the camera is not wide enough or in other words that the detected face is too close to a border of the image to crop without hitting the boundaries To overcome these circumstances some complex mechanisms where implemented into the software to automatically shift the face in the resulted selection and add pixels to the image in the areas where space needs to be created By selecting the Preview option the sof
48. of image files having the respective image file extension type If any of the four are deselected the user is restricted to select the image file of that extension type The following are the four image file extension types 1 JPEG jpg jpeg 2 BMP bmp 3 GIF gif 4 PNG png Preview Image before Processing If this feature is selected the Capture button will be replaced by 2 buttons File and Transfer each having a separate function The File button should be used to select a file via the Windows File Browser or the IntelliCAP File Browser The Transfer button should be used to save transfer the selected image to its desired location Page 55 73 Capturing and Loading Images to the View Window The following steps will guide the user to capture and load images from the file system to the preview window when the Dialog Type Windows File Browser is selected 1 Browse for the required image on the file system using the Browse button 2 Press the Capture button 3 The Virtual Host Image List window will show the images to select from Page 56 73 4 To select the image for capturing double click the image The image will be captured and loaded to the Image window Page 57 73 12 0 Twain Device Plugin 12 1 Introduction With the Twain Device Plugin the IntelliCAP application offers the user to invoke the Twain imaging devices which are attached to the PC directly or over a netwo
49. page can be accessed from the system tray icon as well 4 Look and Feel You can change the skin of the IntelliCAP application to your liking Here you will find more than two dozen skins to choose from Once any skin is selected it will be saved in your settings and the next time you start the application the skin that you selected will remain loaded 5 Exit This option will help the user to completely exit or close the current running IntelliCAP instance Page 36 73 7 0 IntelliCAP Application Device Plugins IntelliCAP supports the following plugins WDM DirectShow Canon PowerShot Canon SLR Windows Image File Virtual Capture Device TWAIN Device 8 0 WDM DirectShow Device Plugin 8 1 Introduction The WDM DirectShow Device Plugin is designed to work with webcams and other WDM devices 8 2 Supported Cameras for WDM DirectShow Device Plugin All DirectShow Compatible Devices Attention This plugin does not support Canon Olympus or Nikon cameras Some common webcams supported are the following Logitech web cameras http www logitech com Creative web cameras http us creative com Microsoft web camera s http www microsoft com hardware 8 3 Using WDM DirectShow Device Plugin 8 3 1 Managing the Camera Tab The Camera control tab lets you adjust the image settings of the WDM Camera Webcam to your requirements You can adjust the settings of the following parameter
50. pon the selected Input type the TV Value option gets activated From the four input options the TV Value option gets activated for o Shutter Priority TV o Manual M Required values can then be selected from the drop down list AV Value The following Input type options allow the user to select the AV Value options o Aperture Priority AV o Manual M Required values can then be selected from the drop down list Managing Zoom The Zoom feature is a digital zoom and lets the user enlarge the image to be captured The image can be zoomed up to 25X through the Canon PowerShot device WB Type The user can select from the following different pre configured WB Types available in the camera from the drop down list as per his requirement Auto Daylight Cloudy Tungsten Fluorescent Fluorescent H Page 51 73 Metering Mode With this feature the user can select the required Metering Mode option from the list Evaluative Metering this is your cameras standard metering mode which most people use for most situations It is well suited for most subjects including those that are backlit It is basically just what your eyes do when looking at anything Partial Metering this setting is useful when your subject is strongly or overly backlit The metering is weighted towards the center of the viewfinder covering approximately 13 5 of the area This will inevitably lead to
51. ported Cameras for Canon EOS Device Plugin 37 9 3 Using Canon EOS Device Plugin 37 9 3 1 Managing the Camera Tab 37 10 0 Canon PowerShot Device Plugin 42 10 1 Introduction 42 8 3 1 Supported cameras for Canon PowerShot Device Plugin 42 10 2 PowerShot Configuration Wizard 43 10 3 Using Canon PowerShot Devices 49 10 3 1 Managing the Camera Tab 49 11 0 Capture From File Device Plugin 52 11 1 Introduction 52 11 2 Sup
52. ported File Types for Capture From File Device Plugin 52 11 3 Using Capture From File Device Plugin 52 11 3 1 Managing the File Settings Tab 52 12 0 Twain Device Plugin 56 12 1 Introduction 56 12 2 Supported Imaging Devices for Twain Device Plugin 56 13 0 Appendix A TWAIN DS 57 13 1 Accessing the TWAIN DS 57 13 1 1 Using IntelliCAP with Badge Maker 57 13 1 2 Using IntelliCAP with nFive jFive 59 13 1 3 Using IntelliCAP with Adobe Photoshop
53. red resolution and size 14 1 11 Color cropping 2 0 0 0 The user can use this functionality to set a color as the cropping selector The color configured in this function will be used as the color of the cropping selector Page 68 73 15 0 APPENDIX C IP MaskCropping Plugin The purpose and a sample for each function of the IP MaskCropping Plugin is given below Note This plugin can be used by all IntelliCAP Application Device Plugins If you are in need of a customized plugin do not hesitate to contact your reseller This plugin is not free of charge In case your license does not support this plugin a watermark will be added to the result image 15 1 Overview 15 1 1 Cropping Mask 2 0 0 0 This plugin helps the user to select a mask from the captured image and save the cropped mask to disc First the user is required to select an image as a mask Then when an image is captured and is being saved the selected image mask is put on top of the captured image The user uses this mask to select the portion of the image to be cropped On saving the image only the portion behind the mask will be saved hence the selected image behind the mask will be cropped and saved Page 69 73 16 0 APPENDIX D PowerShot Supported models 16 1 Method 1 By the captured image The camera firmware version can be determined by the EXIF tag data in the captured JPG file Use our Card Preparation Utility to analyze the c
54. rk such as printers and scanners and capture images from these devices The captured images can then be modified and used as per the user requirements 12 2 Supported Imaging Devices for Twain Device Plugin The Twain Device Plugin supports but not limited to the following file types Flatbed Image Scanners Fingerprint Scanners Signature Pads And all the Twain applications Note If support for any Twain device is mandatory do not hesitate to contact your reseller Page 58 73 13 0 Appendix A TWAIN DS 13 1 Accessing the TWAIN DS Some examples of using the IntelliCAP application with applications that support TWAIN DS devices 13 1 1 Using IntelliCAP with Badge Maker Badge Maker as a TWAIN DS accesses IntelliCAP products through the following steps 1 Start the installed application Badge Maker and open the required project to work 2 Select Source from the Image menu tab 3 Select Photo as an Image Type and click Twain Page 59 73 4 Select the required source IntelliCAP from the list box and press the Ok button 5 Now select the Acquire option from the Image menu tab 6 The application selected from the Source will open Page 60 73 7 Press lt Capture gt to capture an image and transfer the result to Badge Maker Important Note The images and procedures used in this example might not be exactly what you will encounter during the setup in your specific soft
55. s are compatible with the PowerShot Device Plugin of IntelliCAP Canon PowerShot A480 Firmware version xxxx2xxxxx Camera number starting from xxxxx05000 Canon PowerShot SX200IS Firmware version xxxx0xxxxx Camera number starting from xxxxx04000 Canon PowerShot SX210IS Firmware version xxxxx0xxxxxx Camera number starting from xxxxxx020000 Page 71 73 Canon PowerShot A495 Firmware version xxxxx2xxxxxx Camera number starting from xxxxxx005000 Firmware version xxxxx0xxxxxx xxxxx1xxxxxx not compatible and NOT UPGRADABLE Canon PowerShot SX130IS Firmware version xxxxx2xxxxxx xxxxx3xxxxxx xxxxx4xxxxxx Camera number starting from xxxxxx002000 Firmware version xxxxx0xxxxxx xxxxx1xxxxxx not compatible but UPGRADABLE The upgrade link is http web canon jp imaging dcp firm e pssx130is index html Canon PowerShot A800 Firmware version xxxxx0xxxxxx xxxxx1xxxxxx Camera number starting from xxxxxx006500 Canon PowerShot A810 Firmware version xxxxx3xxxxxx xxxxx4xxxxxx Canon PowerShot A2200 Firmware version xxxxx3xxxxxx Camera number starting from xxxxxx002700 Canon PowerShot A4000 Firmware version xxxxx0xxxxxx xxxxx1xxxxxx xxxxx2xxxxxx Camera number starting from xxxxxx002700 Canon PowerShot SX150 IS Firmware version xxxxx0xxxxxx Camera number starting from xxxxxx000300 Canon PowerShot SX160 IS Firmware version xxxxx0xxxxxx Canon PowerShot A1400
56. s by selecting and inputting the required values to it Current Size All the resolutions which are supported by the WDM camera are accessible via this plugin This allows you to capture good quality pictures via a USB webcam It is noted that most of the competitor products support only one resolution 640x480 by which poor images are captured via the camera All the available image resolutions are displayed in the dropdown collection from which you can choose an image resolution of your liking Brightness The brightness feature lets you adjust the brightness of the image in the Live View panel The user can either increase or decrease the brightness value The value ranges from 0 through 255 Contrast You can adjust and manage the contrast of the image by using the Contrast option You can either increase or decrease the value as per requirement of the image White Balance The white balance for the image to be captured can be managed by using this feature The user can select the value for the image as per his requirement Page 37 73 Saturation The user can select and set the saturation value for the image Show ROI ROI refers to the Region of Interest and offers you the possibility to select only that part of the live view which is to your interests Actually you should consider this ROI feature as an advanced digital zoom which allows you to define the zoom size and position Follow the steps below to use this
57. saving transferring the result image to its final destination Note The IP General and IP MaskCropping plugins are installed during the installation of IntelliCAP and available for use See Appendix B IP General Plugin for a functional description of this plug in The IntelliCAP Plugin SDK including some samples is available on the IntelliCAP website This information will allow other software development companies to create IntelliCAP Plugins as well Page 29 73 Managing Plugins With the Manage Plugin option the user can select the desired plugins from the available list which are displayed in the Plugin tabular box These plugins are then available to the user for further processing The user needs to follow the steps listed below in order to manage the plugins o Go to Extra Select the Manage Plugins option o The Plugin Manager window will appear This form will display all the selected plugins and provides the ability to add other plugins and to remove existing plugins o By pressing the Add button a browser form will be displayed to select another plugin o Select the plugin file for example IntelliCAP_Plugin_Arias dll o If the user selects an invalid plugin the following message will be displayed to the user o After selecting a valid plug in file all the available plugins will be displayed as a list in the Plugin Manager The list shows the function name along with the plugin file n
58. second 1 2 IntelliCAP Versions IntelliCAP offers you the functionality of working with the following devices and plugins WDM Devices Canon reflex SLR camera Canon PowerShot camera Twain Devices Process existing images Page 6 73 1 3 About TWAIN DS TWAIN is an industry standard software interface used to transfer still images into applications from devices on Windows and Apple computers TWAIN is not an acronym but people insist on trying to make it into one The TWAIN standard is published maintained promoted and supported by the TWAIN Working Group see www twain org TWAIN is not a hardware level protocol It requires a driver mysteriously called a Data Source or DS for each imaging device When a device is advertised as TWAIN Compatible this simply means the device has a TWAIN DS driver available for it TWAIN Data Source TWAIN DS is a high level device driver to access imaging device from Twain compliant application like Asure ID Badge Maker BM Entry CardCoach CardExchange Card Five CardsOnline CM500 CM5000 EPISuite ID Works ID Flow IntelliCAP jFive nFive PaintShopPro PhotoShop and others 1 4 Accessing the TWAIN DS If you work with Adobe PhotoShop go to File Import IntelliCAP xxx If you work in Jasc Paint Shop Pro go to File Import TWAIN Select Source and select IntelliCAP xxx After the source is selected use Acquire command File Import TWAIN A
59. ser can specify the timer to count down the number of seconds after a face is found and before it is captured The timer is displayed in the bottom right corner of the image live view panel If during the countdown the application loses track of the face the timer will freeze and on finding the face again the timer will continue from where it was stopped Auto Capture Counter You can specify the time duration in seconds as the timer between find and face and auto capturing it You can specify any number of seconds ranging from 1 through 99 By default the IntelliCAP application runs a countdown of 3 seconds Page 33 73 6 6 Quick Navigation Icons The IntelliCAP application offers the users a quick navigation panel in the top right corner above the tab pages for single click access to important features of the application There are three icons in this panel for the following features Skin Gallery About Help 6 6 1 Skin Gallery The IntelliCAP application comes with a bundle of more than 20 skins which are elegant as well as eye catching The user can click this icon and select a skin of his liking from the gallery The selected skin will be saved in application configuration and will be loaded every time the IntelliCAP application starts until another skin has been selected Same option is available from system tray menu also 6 6 2 About Clicking the About icon will load a dialog window displaying the compreh
60. te It might happen that your license does NOT allow you to run IntelliCAP as a standalone application the normal mode Page 19 73 4 2 The TWAIN mode In this mode IntelliCAP runs as a TWAIN source from all the TWAIN compatible applications As soon as the user finishes the capturing the result image gets transferred to the TWAIN application Page 20 73 5 0 Final Check out before initiating the operations Please confirm the following steps before you start working with IntelliCAP product 1 Your capturing device is installed properly 2 IntelliCAP Product software is installed on the PC 3 The capturing device is turned on and connected with the USB cable to your PC IntelliCAP Canon SLR Attention Not all Canon SLR cameras provide an ability to have live image preview in the software window Canon SLR cameras having live image preview ability shall be set in Auto P Exposition priority TV Aperture priority Av or Manual M mode The live image preview will not be displayed in the software window if Canon SLR camera is set in Full Auto mode or any of the special modes The live image should be sharp dark with natural colors etc In order to get proper image in the preview window and start capturing photos please read the IntelliCAP Canon SLR section 5 1 Initiating operations with IntelliCAP application The first time when the IntelliCAP application starts t
61. ted language Note Currently two languages English and Dutch are available It is easy to add another new language to the existing list of languages but the user has to contact his reseller to add support for another language In such case the reseller will provide the user with the updated language file Page 32 73 6 5 3 Managing Enhanced Settings Start on Windows Load When the user has selected this option the application will be launched automatically when windows start The user can also select this option from the system tray displaying the current running application icon Auto Capture and Close If the feature Auto Capture and Close is selected IntelliCAP will call the capture event automatically once it is called by a main application TWAIN mode By this the user does not need to press the Capture button anymore This option can also be selected from the system tray showing the current running application icon 6 5 4 Managing Face Find and Auto Capture This functionality enables the user to sit back and let the IntelliCAP application do the face finding and photo capturing for you Face Find When this setting is checked the IntelliCAP application will follow the face s if found in the image live view panel on the left Face Find and Auto Capture Checking this setting will notify the IntelliCAP application to automatically capture the image on finding a face in the image live view panel The u
62. the Capture button with a right mouse click the manual cropping workflow will be called if Automatic cropping is selected You can increase decrease the size of the manual cropping rectangle easily via the mouse scroll Auto Cropping Captured images can be cropped automatically using the face detection algorithm Single and multiple faces can be detected and cropped with the help of this algorithm The face detection algorithm developed in the IntelliCAP is very robust and fast The actual face detection and measurement is done in only a few milliseconds After batch testing more than 50 000 real life images in a service Page 25 73 bureau environment we can say that the fine tuned algorithm has a success rate of 96 It is important to realize that IntelliCAP is a clever way to let the computer guess which combination of pixels could be a face Since the face detection algorithm will always try to center the nose on the diagonals it could happen that the total image from the camera is not wide enough or in other words the detected face is too close to the border of the image to crop without hitting the boundaries To overcome these obstacles some intelligent mechanisms are designed into the software to automatically shift the face to the required position and add pixels to the image in the areas where extra space must be created Working with Auto Cropping If auto cropping is enabled and preview is disabled the captured imag
63. tware shows the result to the operator before passing it to the photo ID software or saving on disk Page 24 73 6 4 1 Cropping Type The default setting is to crop automatically auto crop using the face detection algorithm but it is possible to override this mechanism by selecting the No Crop or Manual Crop option No Crop The No Crop feature does not offer the user the cropping function When using this option the captured image is directly saved transferred to the desired location If the Preview option is selected a preview of the captured image is displayed before actually saving transferring the image to its desired location Manual Crop The Manual Crop feature allows the user to manually crop the captured image After the image is captured the manual cropping form will be displayed The user needs to select the region of interest press the Save button and accordingly the final image will be saved transferred to the desired location When the Use Fixed Proportion is selected the cropping rectangle in the manual cropping form appears in a fixed proportion The cropping rectangle can be resized but the fixed proportion will be maintained Click and drag the cropping rectangle over the image until you are happy with the layout click Save to finalize If you are not pleased with the captured image you can acquire a new image from the connected camera by pressing the Retry button Tip If you press
64. ware solution but it will give you a good overall understanding of the functionality and features 13 1 2 Using IntelliCAP with nFive jFive nFive jFive as a TWAIN DS accesses IntelliCAP products through the following steps 1 Open nFive or jFive 2 Go to Options gt Imager Settings to configure your device Select TWAIN as a source Type for Scan Acquisition Sources 3 Add an Image with Scan Source Object to the card layout 4 Press on this object and the selected IntelliCAP instance will be loaded Page 61 73 5 Acquired image is displayed on the card layout Important Note The images and procedures used in this example might not be exactly what you will encounter during the setup in your specific software solution but it will give you a good overall understanding of the functionality and features Page 62 73 13 1 3 Using IntelliCAP with Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop as a TWAIN DS accesses IntelliCAP products through the following steps 1 Start Adobe Photoshop 2 Go to File menu and select Import 3 Now select the required IntelliCAP product from the list 4 The application selected from the Import option will open 5 Press the Capture button to capture an image and transfer the result to PhotoShop Important Note The images and procedures used in this example might not be exactly what you will encounter during the setup in your specific software solution but it wi
65. you to change the border color of the inactive rectangle s The default color for Face Rect Color is Green Select Face A drop down list showing the number of detected faces which helps the user to select a cropping rectangle The control toggles to that face whose number is selected from the list Re Scan By pressing this button the cropping rectangles are set back to its original location and size Preview To view the final result which is based on the selected cropping rectangle Save To save transfer the captured image to the desired location Retry This option lets you re capture the image Close To quit the image window use the Close option Multiple Face Handling The IntelliCAP face detection is capable of detecting and measuring multiple faces into one image Within the photo ID requirements it is obvious that multiple faces cannot be handled simultaneously In the event that multiple faces are in one image a selection need to be made Page 27 73 By either using the Select Face dropdown box or simply by clicking the selected face the operator can select crop and enhance the cropping rectangle as needed Once selected click on lt Save gt to upload your image Tip If you double click on a selected face cropping rectangle the selected face will be saved at once By this you don t have to press the Save button anymore 6 4 2 Auto Cropping Photo composition can be easily conf
66. your subject being correctly exposed with a blown out background Center Weighted Averaging Metering Probably the most common metering method implemented in nearly every digital camera and the default for those digital cameras which don t offer metering mode selection This method averages the exposure of the entire frame but gives extra weight to the center and is ideal for portraits ISO According to the requirement the user can select appropriate ISO values from the drop down list available It is recommended to increase the ISO value if you capture with a high shutter speed or if you want to minimize the risk of image blurring when the camera is shaken Managing Rotation In order to rotate the image to be captured the Rotation feature is available to the user The user can view the rotation effect in the Live View window if the option is selected from the drop down list Following are the Rotation options available Off 90 degree CW 90 degree CCW Inverted 180 degree Update AE AF On clicking the lt Update AE AF gt button the IntelliCAP application updates the Auto Exposure and Auto Focus settings of the Canon PowerShot device to the best exposure and focus Managing the Flash Tab Specifically for the Canon PowerShot devices the user can configure the flash settings of the Canon PowerShot device from here Flash Mode The Canon PowerShot camera can be used with following Flash

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