EMVA 1288 Standard for measurement and presentation of specifications for machine vision. Sensors and cameras

1.

EMVA 1288 Standard for Measurement
and Presentation of Specifications for
Machine Vision Sensors and Cameras
Clear definitions for a
clear VISION
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2. Agenda

o Why we need EMVA 1288 Standard
o EMVA 1288 Standard organization
o Measurement setup
o 1288 Module 1 “in 12 Slides”
Example DR-4k-7
o Interpretation of the standard for the user
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3. Motivation

o Existing Standards for cameras are not suitable for MV
o Each Sensor and Camera Manufacturer has it’s own definitions
o The Customer is left guessing with datasheets
Today cameras and sensor are digital but manufacturers specify V/lux
s ?!
Lux is a unit adapted vor human vision not for wider spectral band
L curve
QE-Sensor
Illumination
=?
max
683
L0 T
max
E , T d
. rel
min
L E , T d
= 0 Lux!!
. rel
min
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4. The EMVA 1288 Working Group (logos status 2007)

The EMVA 1288 Working group is open! Contact [email protected]
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5. Current status

o Standard Release 2.0
Covers Sensitivity Spatial and Temporal Noise;
Linearity
Adapted by many companies in Europe and World wide
for internal use and on customer request.
Published data on www.standard1288.org from
• AWAIBA
• BASLER
• PCO
Supported world wide by agreement between JIIA, AIA & EMVA
on G3 standardization frame work
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6.

Standard 1288 Module 1
1) Measurement Setup
Standard requirements
o Illumination Setup from
Module 1
Homogenous illumination
Without lens
F-number 8
Definition of temperature
measurements
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7.

Possible realizations of set up
Illuminator
< 50nm
FWHM
Module 1 measurement
DN
Integrating sphere
Integrating sphere
LED Array
Collimator
Diffusor
Tint
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8. Outlook measurement setup variation for Color module

Recommended Setup:
(Preliminary)
<10nm FWHM
Illuminator
Diffuser
Integrating sphere
Integrating sphere
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9.

Standard 1288 Module 1
2) Mathematical Model
! The standard will only produce sense full results for
cameras / sensors that follow the mathematical model !
Mathematical
Model
Parameters
Parameter
Identification
Camera
Current module covers only linear integrating sensors
More sensor types to follow
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10. Standard 1288 Module 1 3) Basic Information

This section delivers general information and information regarding the
operation point at which data is acquired.
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Vendor name
Model name
Type of data presented: Typical; Guaranteed; Guaranteed over life time[1]
Sensor type (CCD; CMOS; CID etc...)
Sensor diagonal in [mm]; Indication of lens category to be used [inch]
Resolution; Pixel size (width x height in [µm])
Readout type (CCD only) ; Transfer type (CCD only);
Shutter type (CMOS only); Global; Rolling
Overlap capabilities; (readout of frame n and exposure of frame n+1 can
happen at the same time).
o Maximum frame rate at the given operation point. (no change of settings
permitted)
o Others (Interface Type etc..)
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11. EXAMPLE DR-4k-7 AVAILABLE under www.awaiba.com/en/products

Vendor Name
AWAIBA Lda
Model Name
DR-4k-7
Sensor Type
CMOS Digital Line Scan Sensor
Sensor diagonal in mm
28.67mm
Indication lens category (inch)
--
Resolution ( width x height)
4096 x 1
Pixel size
7um x 7um
Readout type
4 Tap 40MHz 12bit parallel
Shutter type ( Rolling/ Global)
Global Shutter
Overlap capabilities (Integration overlaps Readout)
Interleaved integration & Readout
Maximum frame rate at given operation point
9765 lines / second
(40k lines / sec @ maximum operation point)
Type of presented data (typical /guaranteed/ guaranteed
over live time)
typical
Definition of "typical" (number of samples etc..)
1 random sample
Other relevant information (interface type etc...)
12 bit digital parallel
Photodiode type (see QE plot)
Standard diode
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12. Standard 1288 Module 1 4) Operation Point

o This section describes exactly in what
configuration the camera / Sensor is operated.
I.e. all gain & register settings and environmental
conditions.
o Unless for the scans of the integration time, the
camera / sensor has to be in the same
operation point for all EMVA1288
measurements.
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13. EXAMPLE DR-4k7 AVAILABLE under www.awaiba.com/en/products

Main Clock Frequency
40MHz
Line Period
205 us
ADC End Range Register
0x84
Illumination Wavelength
625nm
On chip ADC offset subtraction
Enabled
Config. Register 1
00100001
Config. Register 2
00110000
ADC Gain
0x20h
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14. Standard 1288 Module 1 5) Measurement Scans

Saturation
[DN]
[DN2]
[p~]
[p~]
[s]
[s]
Acquire 2 series of images with
increasing Exposure time. One series
in dark, one with a constant
illumination. Compute the mean value
of The images, report the mean
versus the integration time and the
number of photons Collected in each
pixel.
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From 2 images at the same
integration time, compute the square
difference image. The mean of the
squared difference image is the
Variance. Report the variance for the
series in dark and for the series with
light versus integration time and
number of photons. Saturation
exposure is defined as the exposure
where the variance is maximal
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15. EXAMPLE DR-4k-7 AVAILABLE under www.awaiba.com/en/products

Variance Plot
Photoresponse Plot
Integration Time [s]
Integration Time [s]
5.00E-005
1.00E-004
4.00E+003
DN [12b]
3.50E+003
3.00E+003
2.50E+003
2.00E+003
1.50E+003
1.00E+003
5.00E+002
0.00E+000
0.00E+000
0.00E+000
4.50E+002
1.50E-004
Varaince [DN² / 12bit]
0.00E+000
4.50E+003
1.00E-004
1.50E-004
4.00E+002
3.50E+002
3.00E+002
2.50E+002
2.00E+002
1.50E+002
1.00E+002
5.00E+001
0.00E+000
5.00E+004
1.00E+005
0.00E+000
5.00E+004
1.00E+005
Nbr Photons
Nbr Photons
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16. Standard 1288 Module 1 6) Photon Transfer Method

Saturation
[DN2]
Used data for fit
[DN]
oSubtract the mean dark values from the mean values with illumination.
oSubtract the dark variance values form the bright variance values.
oReport the dark corrected variance versus the dark corrected mean values.
oFit a line going through the origin through the data points until saturation
oThe slope of this line gives the conversion gain in DN/e- or K
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17. EXAMPLE DR-4k-7 AVAILABLE under www.awaiba.com/en/products

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18. Standard 1288 Module 1 7) Derived Quantities

Quantity
: Total quantum efficiency in [%] at measurement wavelength
Value
d 0 : Standard deviation of the temporal dark noise referenced to
electrons for exposure time zero in [e-].
N d 30 : Dark current for a housing temperature of 30°C in [e-/s].
1
: Inverse of overall system gain in [e-/DN].
K
e. sat : Saturation capacity referenced to electrons in [e-].
p. min : Absolute sensitivity threshold in [p~] at the measurement
wavelength
SNR y p : Signal to noise ratio at saturation
DYN in DYN out
: Dynamic range in [1]
DSNU1288
PRNU1288
o : Standard deviation of the spatial offset noise referenced to
electrons in [e-]
S g : Standard deviation of the spatial gain noise in [%].
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19. EXAMPLE DR-4k-7 AVAILABLE under www.awaiba.com/en/products

Parameter
Value
Conversion Gain [DN/e-]
0.0886
QE*
49.58%
Saturation capacity [e-]
47’737
Responsivity [DN/nJ/cm2]**
67.9
Temporal dark noise [DN]
1.1
Temporal dark noise [e-]
12.9
Absolute sensitivity threshold [p/pix]
26
SNR emva1288
193
SNR emva1288[dB]
46
DYN (standard SNR)
1972
DYN [dB] (standard SNR in dB)
65.9
DSNU 1288 [e-]
13.4
DSNU [DN] (standard deviation of mean dark image)
1.4
PRNU 1288
1.9%
Dark Current 30C [e-/ms]
3
Dark current doubling temperature [C]
11.5
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20. Standard 1288 Module 1 8) SNR Plot

[SNR]
Read
noise
limited
Theoretical
limit
Saturation
Shot noise
limited
[Nbr Photons]
oPlot the SNR values resulting from each integration time versus the number
of photons impinging on a pixel during this integration time.
oUse Logarithmic scale (dB or bit (base log2)
oPlot values from lowest chosen integration time til saturation.
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21. EXAMPLE DR-4k-7 AVAILABLE under www.awaiba.com/en/products

SNR EMVA1288 DR-4k-7
Theoretical limit
of SNR based on
photon shot noise
Of incoming signal
SNR [dB]
100
Maximum SNR
10
1
100
1´000
10´000
100´000
Photons/pixel
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DYN = 66dB
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22. Standard 1288 Module 1 9) Quantum Efficiency Plot

QE
[ % e-/ph]
Wavelength [nm]
oFrom the conversion gain and the light intensity used during exposure
compute the total QE.
oReport the QE versus measurement wavelengths.
oNote for EMVA1288 data given per unit: When clearly stated this
measurement can be based on typical data even for production data,
however the curve should be scaled to the QE measured at the specific
measurement wavelength of sample.
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23. EXAMPLE DR-4k-7 AVAILABLE under www.awaiba.com/en/products

Total QE DR-4k-7 Lot P21676.2
70%
60%
QE [%]
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
375
425
475
525
575
625
675
725
775
825
875
925
Wavelength[nm]
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24. Standard 1288 Module 1 10) Dark Current

Image
mean
[DN]
T3
Variance
[DN2]
T2
T2
T1
T1
[s]
[s]
oAcquire series of dark images versus
increasing integration times at
different housing temperatures.
(Measurement not applicable for
cooled cameras)
oReport the increased signal values
versus integration time.
oReport the increase of variance
versus integration time.
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T3
oSubtract from each series the mean
signal value and the variance value of
the shortest integration time from
each measurements point.
oFrom the increase in variance
compute the dark current in [e-/s] and
the dark current doubling temperature
[K]
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25. EXAMPLE DR-4k-7 AVAILABLE under www.awaiba.com/en/products

Idark [e­/ms]
Idark DR­4k­7 C log
Dark current
doubling
temperature
11.2K
100
10
1
300,00
310,00
320,00
330,00
340,00
350,00
360,00
370,00
380,00
T [K]
Dark current at ambient 3e-/ms
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26. Standard 1288 Module 1 11) Spectrogram

Idea: describe DSNU & PRNU effects in from of a spectral amplitude plot to
Show high frequency (E.g. odd even mismatch) and low frequency
(E.g. over all gradients) parts of spatial and temporal noise separately
DFFT
oFrom each row compute the DFFT
oAverage the FFT values along each column of the FFT result matrix
oPlot the resulting spectrogram for Dark; 50% Saturation; 90% Saturation
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27. Standard 1288 Module 1 12) Interpretation of Spectrogram

Interpretation:
Zero order
set 0 by
Offset
subtraction
0
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1/2 N columns
Low
frequency
gradients
¼ column
mismatch
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Odd even
mismatch
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28. EXAMPLE DR-4k-7 AVAILABLE under www.awaiba.com/en/products

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29. User Benefit 1288 Compare different Settings Objectively

Physical shot noise limit
CCD 2
CCD 1
Analogue CMOS
DR-4k-7 gain x1 Dgain1 & Dgain x4
DR-4k-7 gain x4
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30. Optimize performance based on real values rather than visual impression! Raw sample image DR-4k-7 at previously described operation point

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31. Thank you for your attention

o Current standard draft
www.emva.org or www.standard1288.org
Contact EMVA:
[email protected]
Contact me:
[email protected]
In God we trust, all
other we measure
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