euromex VC.3043 UHD 4K Touch Screen User Manual
- June 1, 2024
- euromex
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euromex VC.3043 UHD 4K Touch Screen
UHD-4k Touch screen camera application
The UHD-4k Touch screen camera is intended to be used for the acquisition of digital images from the stereo microscope and biological microscope. The basic characteristic is listed below:
- Sony Exmor/STARVIS back-illuminated CMOS sensor
- 4K HDMI/USB multiple video outputs
- 4K/1080P auto switching according to the display resolution
- SD card/USB flash drive for the captured image and video storage, support local preview and playback
- Embedded touch/mouse driven software for the controls of the camera with touch screen or mouse
- The touch or mouse control mode can be switched
- With strong ISP and other related processing functions
- lmageFocus Alpha software for PC
Connection modes of UHD-4k Touch screen camera
The camera touch screen can be connected to the camera and placed on the
phototube of the microscope or separately from the camera to provide easy
touch access (see images on previous page)
Apart from the microscope and this camera and touch screen the user only
needs:
a HDMI cable, a USB type A to type C data cable, an SD card, a power adapter.
The steps to start the camera are listed as below:
- Connect the HDMI output on the camera to the touch screen, using the HDMI cable (1)
- Connect the USB interface of the camera to the touch screen with the USB type-A to type-C cable (2)
- Insert the supplied SD card into the camera SD card slot (3)
- Connect power the adapter (4) to the camera and switch it on (5)
- After startup, the touch screen will display a real-time image of the sensor. Clicking or touching the left side of the touch screen, the camera control panel will display the menu for control of the camera (see image page 4)
Application configurations
You can use the UHD-4k Touch screen camera in two different ways. Each application requires different hardware environment
Standalone with built-in embedded touch/mouse driven software
For this application, apart from the microscope, the user needs a UHD-4k Touch
screen camera, an HDMI cable, a USB Type A to Type C data cable, an SD card, a
power adapter
The steps to start the camera are listed as below:
- Connect the HDMI output on the camera to the touch screen using the HDMI cable
- Connect the USB interface of the camera to the touch screen with the USB Type-A to Type-C cable
- Insert the supplied SD card into the SD card slot
- Connect power adapter to the camera the and switch it on
- After start-up, the touch screen will display real-time image of sensor. Clicking the left side of the touch screen , the camera control panel will display the control of the camera
Connecting to the PC with USB video interface
The steps to start the camera are listed below:
- Install the lmageFocus Alpha on your PC
- Connect power adapter to the camera the and switch it on. After starting the camera, plug one end of the USB cable into the USB 2.0 port of the UHD-4k Touch screen camera, and plug the other end into the USB port of the PC
- Open lmageFocus Alpha software. The UHD-4k Touch screen camera will be recognized automatically by software. In lmageFocus Alpha software, select the corresponding UHD-4k Touch screen camera by clicking the camera name in the camera list
Note : The video output function of the USB video interface and the touch function of the USB interface cannot be used at the same time. When the camera is connected to computer and touchscreen at the same time, the USB video function will prevail, the touch function will not be available. When the USB cable is unplugged, the touch function can be used normally
Brief introduction of user interface (UI) and its functions
Embedded touch/mouse driven software UI
The UHD-4k Touch screen Camera’s Control GUI
The camera control panel on the left side of the video window
Camera control panel is used to control the camera to obtain the best video
according to the specific situation When touching the left side of the video
window, it will pop up automatically
The measurement tool bar on the top of the video window
When touching the button – -on the bottom-left of the camera control panel,
the measurement tool bar will be displayed. The commands are explained as
follows:
When the measurement ends, left-click on a single measurement object and the object location & properties control Bar will show up. User could move the object by dragging the object with hand or mouse. But more accurate movement could be done with the buttons. The icons on the control bar mean Move Up, Move Down, Move Left, Move Right, Color Adjustment and Delete
The image adjustment tool bar at the bottom of the video window
When the – – button on the bottom-left of the camera control panel, the image
adjustment toolbar will be displayed – ( . The commands are explained as
follows:
The following describes the above functions in detail:
Exposure and Gain
Auto exposure| When Auto exposure is checked, the system will automatically adjust exposure time and gain
according to the value of exposure compensation
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Exposure
compensation
| Available when Auto exposure is checked. Slide to left or right to adjust
Exposure compensation according to the current video brightness to achieve
proper brightness value
Exposure time| Available when Auto exposure is unchecked. Slide to left or
right to reduce or increase exposure time, adjusting brightness of the video
Gain| Adjust Gain to reduce or increase brightness of video. The noise will be
reduced or increased accordingly
Default| Restore the Exposure time and Gain settings to the default values
when the camera leaves the factory
After touching – -, the Exposure and gain dialog box will be displayed
White balance
Auto| White balance adjustment according to the window
video every time the button is clicked
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Manual| Adjust the red, green or blue item to set the video White balance
ROI| Check the ROI item will display a red ROI rectangle on the video window,
drag it to the interested area will perform the White Balance according to the
area
video data
Red| Slide to left or right to decrease or increase the proportion of red in
RGB on video
Green| Slide to left or right to decrease or increase the proportion of green
in RGB on video
Blue| Slide to left or right to decrease or increase the proportion of blue in
RGB on the video
Default| Restore the White balance setting to the default value when the
camera leaves the factory
After touching – -, the White balance dialog box will be displayed
Color adjustment
| Saturation | Adjust Saturation level of the video |
|---|---|
| Gamma | Adjust Gamma level of the video. Slide to the right |
side to increase gamma and to the left to decrease gamma
Contrast| Adjust Contrast level of the video. Slide to the right
side to increase contrast and to the left to decrease contrast
Brightness| Adjust Brightness level of the video. Slide to the right side to increase brightness and to the left to decrease
brightness
Default| Restore the settings of Color adjustment to the Default values when the camera leaves the factory
After touching – , the Color adjustment dialog box will be displayed
Sharpness and Denoise
| Sharpness | Adjust Sharpness level of the video |
|---|---|
| Denoise | Slide left or right to Denoise the video |
| Default | Restore the Sharpness and Denoise settings to the default values when |
the camera leaves the factory
After touching – -, the Sharpness and Noise reduction dialog box will be displayed
Flip
After touching – -, the Flip dialog box will be displayed
- Horizontal After opening, it will flip in horizontal mode
- Vertical After opening, it will flip vertical mode
Light Source Frequency
| AC(SOHZ) | Check AC(SOHZ) to eliminate flickering caused by SOHz illumination |
|---|---|
| AC(60HZ) | Check AC(60HZ) to eliminate flickering caused by 60Hz illumination |
| DC | For DC illumination, there will be no fluctuation in light source so no |
need for compensating light flickering
After touching – -, the Light source frequency dialog box will be displayed
Setting
In the Camera control panel, the setting function is relatively complex, and
the details are as follows:
Setting >Magnification
Figure below left: Comprehensive magnification calibration settings page
Name| The name of the magnification, usually the magnification of the objective of the microscope is used as the magnification name when calibration, such as 4X, lOX, 40X,100X, etc. Besides, other user-defined information could be added into the magnification name too, for example, microscope model, operator
name, etc.
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Resolution| Pixels per meter. Image device like microscopes have high
resolution value
Clear All| Click the Clear all button will clear the calibrated magnification
Delete| Click Delete to delete the selected magnification
Up| Click Move up to move up the selected magnification
Down| Click Move down to move the selected magnification down
Settings >lmage format
Figure below right: Comprehensive image format settings page
Image format| JPEG: The extension of JPEG file can get very high compression rate and display very rich and vivid images by removing redundant images and color data. In other words, it can get better image quality with the least disk space. If Measurement Objects are available, the Measurement Objects will be burned into the image and the Measurement Objects cannot be edited.
TIFF: Tag Image File Format(TIFF) is a flexible bitmap format that is mainly used to store images
including photos and artistic images.
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Measurement Object Saving Method| Burn in Mode: The Measurement
objects are merged into the current image. User could not edit the Measurement
objects anymore. This mode is not reversible
Layered Mode: The Measurement objects are saved in different layer with current image data in the
target file. User could edit the Measurement objects in the target file with some software on the PC. This mode is reversible
Settings >Video
Figure left: Comprehensive setting of video settings page-playback Figure
right: Comprehensive setting of video settings page-video encode
Playback| Fast forward/reverse interval: The time interval of the playback of
video files
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Video encode| You can choose H264 or H265 encoding. H265 encoding can
significantly reduce encoding bandwidth and save storage space under the same
encoding quality
Setting >Storage 
File system format of the storage device| List the file system format of the current storage device
FAT32:The file system of SD card is FAT32. The maximum video file size of single file in FAT32 file system is4G bytes
exFAT: The file system of SD card is exFAT. The maximum video file size of single file in FAT32 file system is 16E bytes
NTFS: The file system of SD card is NTFS. The maximum video file size of single file is 2T bytes.
Unknown status: SD card not detected or the file system is not identified
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Note: When the SD card and USB fiash disk exist at the same time, the SD card
is preferred. If a USB fiash disk is used for storage, a 3.0 USB fiash disk is
recommended
Setting >Files
Image file
name
| Auto: The image files will be saved automatically with the specified prefix. Manual: Users has to specify the file name
before image saving.
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Video file
name
| Auto: The video file will be saved automatically with the specified prefix. Manual: Users has to specify the Video File
Name before video recording.
Setting > Time
- Time User can set Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute and Second here
Setting >Language
English| Set language of the whole software into
English
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Simplified Chinese| Set language of the whole software into Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese| Set language of the whole software into Traditional
Chinese
Korean| Set language of the whole software into Korean
Thailand| Set language of the whole software into Thai
French| Set language of the whole software into French
German| Set language of the whole software into German
Japanese| Set language of the whole software into Japanese
Italian| Set language of the whole software into Italian
Russian| Set language of the whole software into Russian
Comprehensive Miscellaneous Settings Page
| ROI color | Choosing the ROI rectangle line color |
|---|---|
| Mode | Mouse mode or touch mode can be selected |
| Auto exposure | The maximum exposure time during auto exposure process could be |
specified. Setting this item to a lower value could guarantee a faster frame
rate during Auto Exposure
Camera parameters: import| Import the camera parameters from the SD card to
use the previously exported Camera Parameters
Camera parameters: export| Export the camera parameters to the SD card to use
the previously exported Camera Parameters
Reset to factory defaults| Restore camera parameters to its factory status
Sample photos
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