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1. Font Select Region Font Style lt pmr Ed Cancel None io Rectangle Elipse Freehand 4 2 The Formatting Tools These tools set the color font line widths and more for the annotations and measurements 4 3 Reporting A distributable report a report that can be read without using the X Loupe Solution software can be generated An annotated image can be made into a report in several ways Realize The annotation can be burned into the bitmap Excel report The image is inserted into an Excel spreadsheet measurements are also Page 15 o X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera inserted e PDF report The Excel report can be converted to a PDF document There is no need for installing Microsoft Excel or a PDF printer all conversions are done within the X Loupe Solution software 4 3 1 Realize Realize makes the annotation a part of the image This is good e g when sending an image to a person without access to X Loupe Solution Software This allows viewing of annotated images in most commercial image viewers Select Realize to write the annotation and measurement into the image itself It is not possible to modify those annotation and measurement after realizing Plar XR 4 3 2 Excel Report When the measurements and annotation are done it is possible to export the data to an Excel document This allows for f2. X Loupe Solution is an image handling software allowing advanced functions for zooming annotation measurements and locating and maintaining images The software can create online image galleries with image browsing capabilities The main features of the software are Thumbnails Multiple views Annotation Measurement Active Zoom Extended Exposure Extended Focus and Reporting Excel and PDF 2 1 Initial View After the program has been installed your screen should look like this 3 Realize xX Excel APDE Reporting Optics devies C101 IXUS120 ayo Calibiets id SP Options X Loupe Solution has a modern and intuitive user interface based from Microsoft Office 2007 Functionalities are grouped logically and the program is easy to use Features are Device panel for selection of camera and optics Panorama view for easy image maneuvering in zoomed images Multiple image galleries with thumb view Easy storage of images At the top of the window you will see the Quick Access Toolbar The Quick Access Toolbar in the live preview X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 5 o v BZ X Loupe Portable Microscope Camera 2 2 System Settings The upper left button in the GUI opens a standard office drop down menu allowing e File open e File save e Print e Send The System Maintenance button opens functions used seldom e g e Edit Optics Configuration e Languag
3. y e final report with logo header date 2 MyDepartment loupe 3 Www_mycompany com Portable Microscope Camera and time data and image It is M Repeit toe possible to make some 5 Date 1 Januaty 2010 Project no 1234567 modifications on the report like ee oe 12345 ee adding comments changing the logo etc 28 0 20 mm 29 0144mm 30 0 20 mm 31 0 42 mm Web Dl Ark Ark Ark3 ARIA M X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 17 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera 4 3 3 PDF Report To make distribution very easy and flexible a report can be published as PDF The PDF report generates a report using the Excel al template and converts it to PDF a xX J Pon f ha cam Realize Excel PDF Close Open One temporary Excel report will be generated based behind on the report template The PDF report is generated a ice e by converting that Excel report to PDF format Reporting Window i 1 A a It is also possible to convert an existing Excel report to ES xX aps l fall a PDF report by selecting Excel to PDF Realize Excel PDF Close Open behind Reporting v Open re The illustration to the right is the MyCompany name MyDepartment K loupe j final PDF report with logo header F ere ee cee Date 1 January 2P Project no 1234557 P nnn E 12345 Page 101 B date and time data and image Comment 0 20 mm 0
4. X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 23 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera Source Images Extended focus image Please note that only images with the object of interest must be open Other images of different objects must be closed Please note that the output image will not be ready immediately as the extended focus calculation takes some time 8 2 Extended Exposure Extended Exposure combines multiple images each captured with different exposure time and having only a part of the image correctly exposed This is very useful when the object under inspection has reflections very dark or very bright areas in combination thereby making it impossible to expose the total image correctly with one single capture X Loupe Solution can combine these images into one single well exposed image z Undo Save Redo Open X Loupe Solution Home View Measurement and Annotation Still Image Image Extender o OE Execute Settings Execute Settings Y Y hai Y Extended focus Extended exposure X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 24 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera Then select Execute and wait Taking photo of fingerprints ona surface with high reflection and very dark or very bright areas in combination Extended exposure image Please note that only images with the object of interest must be open Other images of different obje
5. XKloupe Solution Portable Microscope Camera User Manual gt A a oe o eae lt lt i 4 e E7 a SS roj ar f kg Se a s 7 i a k OARA Ar SA i a A gt TQ a a The contents of this document may not be copied nor duplicated in any form in whole or in part without prior written consent from Lumos Lumos makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the information contained in this document or its suitability for any purpose The information in this document is subject to change without notice Copyright 2010 Lumos All rights reserved Xloupe Portable Microscope Camera Preface Thanks on behalf of the Lumos team for using Image Management Software X Loupe Solution Lumos wants to carry out its service and with this preface provide an introduction to the user manual so that everyone can gain the fullest possible advantage of it The graphical user interface GUI is modernized to the new de facto Office 2010 GUI It has a very logical grouping of functionality in most cases you will find the functionality where you expect to find it The dock bars can be rearranged or hidden after individual needs The software package is multilingual it includes the following languages English Japanese Traditional Chinese and Korean The language can be switched on the fly no need to install special packages to have your language X Loupe Solution User Manual www x lou
6. Pilier Ellipse Frotractor Point to line distance Flip Align in Polyruler f Angle Meas r vr P Propert Grouping ES 6 1 Annotation Annotation Annotations are notations added to the captured image Choose a type of annotation in the Measuring menu then draw on the image Use the formatting tools from Home to change font line size and color mm p 140mm 6 2 Measurement X Loupe Solution has many measuring functions ruler ellipse protractor three point circle circle center distance point to line distance etc To measure a n angle distance area Choose the tool then draw on the image The calculated results will automatically show next to the drawing Use the formatting tools from Home to make font line adjustments as desired a 1227 41mm p 161 00mm X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 20 Xloupe Portable Microscope Cameri 6 3 Save the Annotations and Measurements Here are two ways of saving the annotations and measurements 6 3 1 Save the Annotations and Measurements in Separate Files This is done in the same way as Saving an image The annotations and measurements belonging to the image will appear automatically by using X Loupe Solution to open this image and editing is possible Other image viewer will only show the original image without the annotations and measurements One of the ways to save the file is to click on the disk button
7. 20 mm 0 14 mm 0 20 mm 0 42 mm Date 2012 02 09 Time 11 53 27 This fle G_01005_300x 2 xIs in foide D LumosiG_O1005_300x 2 xis Image G_01005_300x 2Jpg Infolder _D lt iLumosiG_01005_300x 2 pg Camera Picture Width 2272 Picture height 1704 Picture DPI 24313 Picture Taken 4 4 The Window tools The Close button can be used to close all still images The dropdown allows closing images only of a specific type e g Extended Focus images X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 18 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera 5 The View Tab This tab holds functions for image viewing e g fit stretch zoom etc TDI MDI switches between two types of arrangements for image viewing w Rada Stretch Fit In View R x 9 E ih gT f S N VG Out Value Annotations Magnif y glass Flip Rotate Properties Flip rotate E E TDI MDI Eo amp Size Mode Zoom Interactiv Properties X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 19 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera 6 The Measurement and Annotation Tab eee Z Undo Save Re X Loupe Solution of amp Hom Measurement and Annotation Still Image Image Extender Ave Abe 7 Z Ay S Yt Polygon Circle 4 oe 2 i dt Freehand 2 Circle center distance A oer z Text Text Pointer Line Rectangle Ruler S Realize Group Ungroup
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9. GUI Move a dock bar on top of another dock bar by dragging the dock bar and place it on the top spot of the cross This is shown in the figure below Dock to left Dock to bottom ________ Optics device XUS120 seret POSES ie ieee C alahratod oe LAITOIT o r J Docking may seem complicated and confusing it is however a nice feature If it ends up in a mess you can always select Reset user interface layout in the System Maintenance menu X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 7 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera Saving a layout is also done from the System Maintenance menu 2 5 Image Galleries X Loupe Solution has two Image Galleries Images can be dragged and dropped in between the galleries Click Change Directory to browse the thumbnail images of specified directory The images will be displayed ordered by file name Thumbnail size can be Small E Open 2 G_01005 300x jpe Medium or Large Extended Exposure Copy image settings to camera Select one thumbnail image and click Open button to Change directory ss view the whole image Sz Make this gallery the default directory send 2 G_01005_300x jpg r Delete 2 G_01005_ 300x jpg Thumbnail size ba cee 2 6 The Progress Bar For lengthy operations the progress bar shows the progress of the current operation ed Exposure 2 7 Free Memory Indicator Some operations require a lot of free and unfragmented memory
10. M Usually the memory indicator is not visible which indicates that there is acm plenty of free memory A green indicator shows the remaining free Baam memory Yellow or red indicators also show free memory but indicate that X Loupe Solution is running short of memory X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 8 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera 2 8 Panorama View The Panorama View dock bar can display a view of the main image at a smaller magnification and a rectangle indicating the size and position of the visible portion of the image The blue rectangle can be dragged around in Panorama View with the left mouse button to pan or move the image X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 9 3 System Settings Xloupe Portable Microscope Camera It is important to calibrate your cameras and optics before using them for measurements Using the program without correct calibrations will result in incorrect calculations and measurements 3 1 Edit Optics Configuration Select System Maintenance in the X Loupe logo menu Then select Edit Optics Configuration Right click on Optics Configuration to name this system then select Add Right click on the new system name to name the objective lens in use then select Add z Undo Save Redo Open X Loupe Solutic File nnotation Still Image Image Extender Recent Documents S Source 1 JPG Source 2 JPG 001 JPG O1 JPG E Pr
11. Save Redo Open X Loupe Solution Eile Home View Measurement and Annotation Still Image Image Extender i Om om Cm US 3 HE Execute Settings Execute Settings Extended focus Extended exposure 8 1 Extended Focus Microscopy imaging often suffers from limited depth of focus However the object can be optically sectioned by moving the object along the optical axis different areas appear in focus in different images Extended focus function in X Loupe Solution can combine those images into one single sharp image If the images have different angles to the optical axis as is the case with stereo microscopes the software will automatically compensate for this The combination of the extended focus capability in X Loupe Solution and the extremely high resolution capability of the X Loupe makes it easy to capture stunningly high quality images with almost unlimited focus depth ideal for research and routine work Example Capture several images from top to m Unde bottom at the different focus levels save Redo Open File Home View Measurement and Annotation increase or decrease focus with as e pre similar intervals as possible For D Wy D We example if the object of interest has a Execute Settings Execute Settings depth of 1mm and the depth of focus of the optics of the microscope is 0 25mm ie Extended focus Extended expe four images must be captured Then select Execute and wait
12. cts must be closed Please note that the output image will not be ready immediately as the extended exposure calculation takes some time X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 25
13. e and Color e Open Application Data Folder e About 2 3 Language Selection Language can easily be switched e Jndo Saye Redo 7 XL Soluti Select System Maintenance in the X Loupe fa ae o aiana File notation Still Image Image Extender logo menu It is allowed to select Language ol ae wave 001 JPG PDF and Color to set the language as another la nguage ane Reporting Window t Pre System Maintenance Edit Optics Configuration Alt Shift O Calibiata T Full screen image F11 Languageand Colour Alt ShifttL Save User Interface Layout Alt Shift S Reset User Interface Layout Open Application Data Folder About X Loupe Solution Alt ShifttA 2 4 Dock Bars The program uses the concept of document docking It allows the dock bars to be hidden or shown in fixed locations To hide the dock bar click the pin Device Select ix ______ Optics device ZUS 120 E Magnification Calibrated 160 Calibrate X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 6 To view move the cursor to the tab To show the dock bar click the pin again Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera ca ees tem 77 ON aR r ___ Optics device 101 D US 120 Calibrate a Optics device 101 TXUS 120 D agnification Calibrat a Calibrate It is also possible to move and rearrange the dock bars to other locations in the
14. int 02 JPG 03 JPG Print Preview 04 IPG G_01005_300x jpg TAC OOO IDC System Maintenance Edit Optics Configuration Alt ShifttO rT es ran ib are T e Full screen image F11 Language and Colour AlttShift L Save User Interface Layout Alt Shift s Reset User Interface Layout oi Application Data Folder About X Loupe Solution Alt ShifttA i Reporting Window Optics Configuration Editor me ld Configuration Save Configuration Optics Configur A5o0 Ixue F Add C101 x60 x100 x150 Optics Configuration Editor Configuration Save Configuration e Optics Configuration A500 IXUS 120 x60 x100 x150 X rz Rename C101 Remove C101 la Export Device C101 X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 10 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera Click Save Configuration button then Optics Configuration Editor close the dialog box Configuration e Optics Configuration 5 M A500 IXUS120 x60 x100 x150 X Sai 3 2 Calibrate an objective lens Images acquired with a wrong calibration setting can be recalibrated The calibration data can apply to other images taken by the same objective lens To calibrate an objective lens Firstly take a photo with a reference ruler and open the photo with the software Select the correct Optics device and ___ Optics device Magnification from Device Select dock Ciol xusi05 7 ba
15. located in the galleries Hereby the image and the measurements and annotations will be saved in separate files 4 A F Options 6 3 2 Save the Annotations and Measurements in the Same Files Another way is to save the image and the annotations and measurements in one file eee Realize Group Ungroup a iets Propert Grouping The program will burn the annotations and measurements on the original image so a new image is created In this way the annotations and measurements will no longer be editable X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 21 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera 7 The Still Image Tab In the Still Image menu there are several adjustment tools available for changing the specifications of an image There are functions for noise removal intensity remapping and much more ne YA f Measure Still Image Resize Image Noise Sharpen Remap Invert Gray Admst Unique info intensity scale colours Ty ste a hd Info Colour Crop X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 22 Xloupe Portable Microscope Camera 8 The Image Extender Tab Image Extender is only available in X Loupe Solution Premium The Extended focus and Extended exposure functions can create an image where multiple depths and multiple exposures are all in focus at once by putting the different layers together to one image g i Undo
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17. put previous export filename in the pop up dialog box Save Configuration A Backup configuration There will be a serial number attached if Restore configuration the device name is duplicated I ImportDevice Y KOU x100 x150 Y C101 X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 13 3 4 Import Factory Calibration Data Optics Configuration Editor Lumos provides factory setting calibration e data for all X Loupe series and models We Please visit our webpage www x loupe com onliguration to download the calibration files and import the calibration data using Import Device function X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 14 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera 4 The Home Tab The Home tab contains the selection of font tools and tabs arrangement tools 6 a gz Gf X ag TA b Leal Realize Excel PDF Close behind y oupe Solution LU ALumos X Image Extender Decimals Still Im 2 Line Style Z 7 Unit mm Y rement and Annotation Undo Save Relo Open View h Cut Font Arial Font Size Paste gt Delete Select Region Font Style B Z U Font Colour Fill Colour 3a Copy Clipboard Editing Formatting Reporting Window 1 The Editing Tools 4 The editing tools can be used to highlight a selected area The selected area can be copied and pasted A selected area can also be used for cropping
18. r images select the same device Optics device and objective lens Magnification to apply the calibration data Lumos provides factory setting calibration data for each X Loupe series and models Please visit our webpage www x loupe com to download the calibration files and import the calibration data using Import Device function X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 12 Xloupe Portable Microscope Camera 3 3 Backup Restore Configuration Import Export Device To backup the calibration data of whole Optics Configuration Editor configuration please select Backup Configuration and input backup filename on the pop up dialog box Import Device w KUVU x100 To restore the calibration data of whole configuration please select Restore Configuration and input previous backup filename on the pop up dialog box Backup configuration x Please note that all calibration and O Restore configuration configuration data will be overwritten I Import Device after the restoring process w KUU x100 For one specific device select Export Optics Configuration Editor Device to export calibration data of all its objective lenses Input the filename in the a coi A A A pop up dialog box to save the export file j 3 b Optics Configuration 80 eq Add r Rename A500 IXUSI20 To import the whole calibration data of one ESE enaA ANS specific device please select Import Device and in
19. rs Click Calibrate and select Draw haor ee calibration ruler for calibration to draw ruler on a known reference ar Insert calibration bar 1000 i eae Calibrate this optics objective lens Calibrate only this image Or use Ruler from Measurement tools to E E Hi Umo Saw Rede Open X Loupe Solution D Lumos IMG_0017 JPG Sag draw a ruler on a known reference The _Sill mage Imago Extender measurement may show an incorrect value Home View Measurement and Annotation aly 4 be Text Text Pointer Lme Rectangle C101 IXUSI05 Magnification Calibrated Fo X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 11 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera Click on Calibrate then insert the true length of the ruler in empty space and Spies duvive choose the right unit Insert calibration bar Draw calibration ruler for calibration Ruler length L3 Calibrate this optics objective ler Calibrate only this image Then select Calibrate this optics objective Osieda lens to finish this calibration process C101 IXUS105 Magnification Calibrated Insert calibration bar Draw calibration ruler for calibration Ruler length nm E Aata Th TaS d Fals F Taa d hbe A liprate jy BIALI ey N JL BA d this image Calibrate only We recommend to calibrate every device manually For othe
20. sing the software you can e mail our technical support group at x loupe Ilumos com tw or you can contact your local dealer or distributor to get further direct support Please also visit our homepage at www x loupe com for software updates or other improvements for your X Loupe Sequence to install X Loupe Solution A Detach any X Loupe dongle from your PC B Install the new software package from your CD or from www x loupe com C Attach dongle Note X Loupe Solution requires a dongle to run If it is the first time the dongle is attached you should see a Found new Hardware sequence Wait for the sequence to complete Later dongle attachments will issue the Windows ding dong sound D Start X Loupe Solution software Dongle Check T Computer Management fx m File Action View Window Help To check that the dongle is properly i Computer Management Local A G Pibus installed see the device manager if ropa ML Processors Event Viewer Sound video and game controllers where the USB Dongle icon should 1 Shared Folders TE System devices Ps Local Users and Groups la Universal Serial Bus controllers appear a a Performance Logs and Alerts ES USB Dongles C a Device Manager Eg USB Dongle Software Protection Device Si Storage X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 4 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera 2 X Loupe Solution Image Management Software
21. urther processing in the spreadsheet The reporting uses an Excel template defining the layout of the report Image measurement results and other information is placed in the spreadsheet by identifying tags A template must be defined click the Template button in order to navigate to a template The report template is located in the application data x as Lag fal folder C Documents and Settings USERNAME Realize Excel PDF Close Open Application Data Lumos Technology It is possible to behind make some modifications on the template report like m x changing the logo header etc DO NOT change the iaaa a aaa word with e g DATE Zi Open report Valid tags are e IMGS defines the upper left corner of image e IMGE defines the lower right corner of image e MEAS defines column for measurement results X Loupe Solution User Manual www x loupe com Page 16 Kloupe Portable Microscope Camera ao e UNIT defines column for measurement units e DATE defines date Close Open e TIME defines time behind e CAMERAMODEL defines camera model 7 e PICTUREDPI defines the image DPI Si ic a After a template has been defined simply click the Excel report button The document will be automatically opened after generation if the Open report option is checked The illustration to the right is th oe oe e Wustration to the rignt iS the 1 MyCompany name
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