1 Changelog for Nerian Vision Software Release
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6 * New parameter protocol
7 * Significant extension of changeable parameters
8 * Parameter changes are immediately reflected in SceneScan / Scarlet
10 * No API changes required
11 * Requires SceneScan firmware > 9.0.0 or Scarlet firmware >= 3.0.0
12 * Windows: binary packages for all current Python versions
13 * Build fix for Ubuntu 22.04
14 * Stability improvements
19 * Compatibility fixes for Matrox software
24 * Fixed send order for input images for windows version
27 * Minor fix to buffer purpose IDs
32 * Support for sending color input images
33 * Flow control for sending input images
36 * Fixed wrong timestamps in IMU data
37 * Stability improvements for TCP
38 * Example program for sending input images
41 * Support for GenTL 1.6
42 * Fixes to Scan3D parameters
47 * Fixed sending of input images
49 * Stability fix to network protocol
50 * Support for copy and pickle in python API
51 * Build fix for some GCC versions
52 * Support for larger maximum disparity in 3D reconstruction
57 * Fixed potential crash on image resolution change
58 * Better handling of protocol exceptions
61 * Fixed point cloud being displayed upside-down
62 * Fixed point-cloud display error if left image is not available
63 * Several minor bugfixes
69 * New function for converting disparity to depth map
73 * Automatic color range adjustment
74 * More versatile capture options
75 * 12 bit to 16 bit conversion for capturing
79 * Improved support for Scarlet
81 * Renamed SceneScanParameters to DeviceParameters
82 * Improved data transmission for unreliable networks
83 * Fixed possible crash with std::bad_alloc exception
88 * Added new trigger mode parameters: constant on/off
89 * Bugfixes to c++ examples
94 * Transferring of exposure time with each image set
95 * Transferring of last sync-pulse timestamp with each image set
99 * Fixed bug in NVCom that prevented capturing of frames in some
104 * Support for 1 to 3 images in result set
105 * ImagePair renamed to ImageSet
106 * Improved error handling for GenTL producer
111 * Major network protocol changes (not backwards compatible)
115 * Increased number of configurable pulse widths to 8
120 * Support for new trigger cycling and inversion parameters
121 * Support for 3D reprojection of disparity maps with odd image sizes
127 * Live device status and health field in device list
128 * "Configure" button to open selected device in browser
131 * Better compliance; reporting of more Scan3d parameters
134 * Added subpixel ROI settings to parameter API
135 * New DataChannel API for miscellaneous sensors;
136 integration of Inertial Motion Unit [not on current SceneScan]
137 * Modified function names 'getSaveAutoRecalibration'
138 and 'getSaveAutoRecalibration' to remove typos
139 * Clarifications in API documentation / example code
140 * All SceneScan network port definitions centralized into
141 libvisiontransfer/internalinformation.h
142 * Fix for processes with many open file descriptors (Linux)
143 * Fixed device enumeration (Windows)
144 * Fixed Debug profile build (Windows)
145 * Fixed forward compatibility of parameter API (whitelisting and
146 warnings, but no exceptions for unknown parameters)
150 * Support for image resolutions up to 6 megapixels (requires SceneScan
152 * GenTL Producer improvements:
153 * Fixed ComponentSelector influence on PixelFormat, ComponentEnable/ID
154 * Added Scan3d features including camera baseline and focal length
155 * Clamping non-finite values to a large value (Scan3dInvalidDataValue)
156 as recommended by GenICam SFNC
157 * Added edge dependent SGM penalty parameters to parameter protocol (
158 requires SceneScan firmware >= 4.0.0)
159 * Added support for upcoming Karmin3 camera
160 * HALCON example: RGB images correctly shown
164 * Network protocol changes (not backward compatible to older versions)
165 * New API for parameter enumeration
166 * Fixed potential buffer overflow in network protocol
167 * Fixed interface for sending raw transfers
168 * Parameter API: Added support for multiple speckle filter iterations
172 * Added new example for Matrox MIL
173 * Code signing for all Windows executables
178 * New protocol for reading and writing parameters
179 * Moved libvisiontransfer to its own namespace
180 * Fixed binary compatibility for Windows debug builds
184 * Added debug libraries to Windows binary release
188 * Added support for colored PCL point clouds
189 * Fixed reception of large RGB images
193 * Added support for writing PLY files with 12 bit input images
194 * Added support for writing binary PLY files to NVCom
195 * Fixed possible error message regarding buffer sizes when establishing
197 * Fixed possible projection of invalid points when writing PLY files
201 * Fixed crash in NVCom when writing images in non-graphical mode
205 * Added conversion to PCL point clouds to Reconstruct3D
206 * Added conversion to OpenCV images to ImagePair
207 * Added examples for PCL and OpenCV conversion
208 * Minor user interface improvements to NVCom
212 * Fixed erroneous projection of single points in Reconstruct3D and for
213 NVCom's coordinate display
217 * Compatibility fixes to GenTL producer for Halcon 18.05
221 * New network protocol (not backwards compatible; requires firmware >= 2.0.0)
222 * Dropped support for SP1
223 * Discovery of devices on the local network
224 * Re-transmission of UPD packets in case of packet loss
225 * Added example for server application with libvisiontransfer
226 * Added dropped frames display to NVCom
227 * Compatibility improvements to GenTL producer
231 * NVCom improvements:
232 * New tool for displaying 3D coordinates
233 * Added support for sending 12-bit image data
234 * Fixed possible crash in full screen mode
235 * libvisiontransfer improvements:
236 * Fixed infinite timeouts in ImageTransfer
237 * Added deep copy functionality for ImagePair
239 * Fixed path installation on windows to be compatible
240 with other GentL producers
244 * Added functionality for time stamp recording in NVCom
245 * Improved reliability of input image transmission in NVCom
246 * Added support for binary PLY files
247 * Fixed destruction of ImagePair while writing PLY files
248 * TCP streams no longer require a client port
252 * Fixed synchronization issue in AsyncTransfer
253 * Fixed PGM output on Windows for ImagePair
254 * Fixed image data modifications during PGM output
258 * Added support for SceneScan
259 * Added support for Jumbo Frames
260 * Support for 12-bit image data
261 * Renamed to Vision Software Release
262 * Renamed SpCom to NVCom
263 * Fixed possible display stall bug in NVCom
267 * Added application icon to SpCom
268 * Compatibility fixes to GenTL producer
269 * New sample data for GenTL producer test builds
273 * Added example program for MATLAB
274 * Fixed reading / writing of paths with non-ASCII characters with SpCom
276 * Allow recording of more than 10,000 frames in SpCom
280 * Compatibility fixes to GenTL producer. Now compatible with MATLAB
284 * Fixed possible image reception stall when reconfiguring SP1
285 * Removed restrictions to image size when compiling with SSE or AVX2
289 * Fixed critical bug that causes image reception problems on Windows 10
293 * Fixed erroneous subpixel decoding of disparity maps
294 * GenTL producer now supports multi-part data streams
295 * GenTL producer now has a dedicated virtual device for right camera images
296 * Added an example for HALCON 13
297 * Both HALCON examples now visualize the 3D point cloud
298 * SpCom build fix for older CMake versions
302 * New network protocol for SP1 firmware 3.0.0
303 * Support for variable disparity range
304 * Added zoom and fullscreen support to SpCom
305 * Fixed display stall bug in SpCom
306 * Build fixes for ARM
310 * Fixed build problem for some Linux systems
314 * New protocol with lower performance overhead
315 * Support for larger image resolutions
317 * SpCom supports saving of 3D point clouds
318 * New color coding scheme for SpCom
319 * Zoom functionality for SpCom
323 * Compatibility fix for non-AVX CPUs for binary windows builds
327 * Fixed possible receive buffer overflow in libvisiontransfer
328 * Build-fix for cross compilation of libvisiontransfer
332 * Improved parallelization for AsyncTransfer in libvisiontransfer
333 * Fixed possible duplicate write of captured frames in spcom
334 * Fixed possible problem with captured file numbering in spcom
338 * Fixed network exceptions on Windows 10
339 * Lazy initialization of receive thread in libvisiontransfer
343 * Improved installation procedure for Windows and Linux
347 * Improved parallelism for libvisiontransfer
348 * Fixed inaccurate frame rate display of spcom for Windows builds
352 * Fix for image widths that are not a multiple of 64
356 * Added a GenICam GenTL producer that encapsulates libvisiontransfer
357 * Minor compilation fixes
361 * Major clean-up and simplification of all interfaces
362 * Image pairs are now stored in the new class ImagePair
363 * Transmission / reception of q-Matrix, timestamp and sequence number
364 * Right image can now have 8-bit color depth
365 * Support for image reception and transmission on the same connection
366 * Several network optimizations
367 * Internal refactoring