C++
Sample list
There are two main categories of samples: Camera and Applications. The samples in the Camera category focus only on how to use the camera. The samples in the Applications category use the output generated by the camera, such as the 3D point cloud, a 2D image or other data from the camera. These samples shows how the data from the camera can be used.
Camera
Basic
Capture - Capture colored point cloud, save 2D image, save 3D ZDF, and export PLY, using the Zivid camera.
CaptureFromFileCamera - Capture point clouds, with color, with the Zivid file camera.
CaptureHDRCompleteSettings - Capture point clouds, with color, from the Zivid camera with fully configured settings.
CaptureWithSettingsFromYML - Capture images and point clouds, with and without color, from the Zivid camera with settings from YML file.
Connect - Connect to a Zivid camera using the different available methods.
CreateFileCameraFromZDFWithDiagnostics - Capture a frame with diagnostics enabled and create a file camera from it.
Advanced
AllocateMemoryForPointCloudData - Two methods to copy point cloud data from GPU memory to CPU memory, to be consumed by OpenCV.
Capture2DAnd3D - Capture 2D and 3D with the Zivid camera.
CaptureAndPrintNormals - Capture Zivid point clouds, compute normals and print a subset.
CaptureHalconViaGenICam - Capture and save a point cloud, with colors, using GenICam interface and Halcon C++ SDK.
CaptureHalconViaZivid - Capture a colored point cloud with the Zivid SDK, convert it to a HALCON point cloud and save it.
CaptureViaGenICam - Capture using the GenICam interface.
MultiCamera
MultiCameraCaptureInParallel - Capture point clouds with multiple cameras in parallel.
MultiCameraCaptureSequentially - Capture point clouds with multiple cameras sequentially.
MultiCameraCaptureSequentiallyWithInterleavedProcessing - Capture point clouds with multiple cameras sequentially with interleaved processing.
InfoUtilOther
CameraInfo - List connected cameras and print camera version and state information for each connected camera.
CameraUserData - Store user data on the Zivid camera.
CaptureWithDiagnostics - Capture a 2D+3D frame and a 2D frame from the Zivid camera with diagnostics enabled.
CheckHealth - Poll the camera health check from a separate thread while capturing, printing statuses and values each second.
ExploreSettingsMetaData - Recursively iterates through all leaf parameters in a Zivid camera’s settings.
FirmwareUpdater - Update firmware on the Zivid camera.
FrameInfo - Read frame info from the Zivid camera.
GetCameraIntrinsics - Read intrinsic parameters from the Zivid camera (OpenCV model) or estimate them from the point cloud.
MeasureSceneConditions - Measure ambient light in the scene and report the flickering frequency when flickering is detected.
SettingsInfo - Read settings info from the Zivid camera.
Warmup - Short example of a basic way to warm up the camera with specified time and capture cycle.
ZividBenchmark - Zividbenchmark is a sample that will test the average speed of different operations on your computer.
Network
AutomaticNetworkConfigurationForCameras - Automatically configure the IP addresses of connected cameras to match the network of the user’s PC.
NetworkConfiguration - Uses Zivid API to change the IP address of the Zivid camera.
Maintenance
CorrectCameraInField - Correct the dimension trueness of a Zivid camera.
ResetCameraInField - Reset infield correction on a camera.
VerifyCameraInField - Check the dimension trueness of a Zivid camera.
VerifyCameraInFieldFromZDF - Check the dimension trueness of a Zivid camera from a ZDF file.
Applications
Basic
Visualization
CaptureAndVisualizeNormals - Capture Zivid point clouds, with color and normals, and visualize it in 3D and as a normal map.
CaptureFromFileCameraVis3D - Capture point clouds, with color, with the Zivid file camera and visualize them.
CaptureVis3D - Capture point clouds, with color, from the Zivid camera, and visualize it.
CaptureWritePCLVis3D - Capture point clouds, with color, from the Zivid camera, save it to PCD file format, and visualize it.
ProjectImageStartAndStop - Start the Image Projection and Stop it.
ReadPCLVis3D - Read point cloud from PCL file and visualize it.
FileFormats
ConvertZDF - Convert point cloud data from a ZDF file to your preferred format.
ReadIterateZDF - Read point cloud data from a ZDF file, iterate through it, and extract individual points.
Advanced
CaptureUndistort2D - Use camera intrinsics to undistort a 2D image.
CreateDepthMap - Convert point cloud from a ZDF file to OpenCV format, extract depth map and visualize it.
Downsample - Downsample point cloud from a ZDF file.
GammaCorrection - Capture 2D image with gamma correction.
MaskPointCloud - Mask point cloud from a ZDF file using the Mask API and visualize it with Zivid::Visualizer.
Visualization
CaptureVis3DInLoop - Capture point clouds, with color, from the Zivid camera, and visualize them in a loop.
CaptureVis3DInLoopWithKeypressExit - Capture point clouds, with color, from the Zivid camera, and visualize them in a loop. Press ‘q’ to exit.
Cuda
CaptureAndConvertImageWithOpenCVOnCuda - Capture a 2D image with the Zivid SDK and perform RGBA to grayscale conversion on a CUDA device using OpenCV.
CaptureAndConvertToDlpackTensorOnCuda - Capture a 2D+3D frame and build DLPack tensors directly from the Zivid DeviceArrays on the CUDA device.
Transform
TransformPointCloudFromMillimetersToMeters - Transform point cloud data from millimeters to meters.
TransformPointCloudViaArucoMarker - Transform a point cloud from camera to ArUco marker coordinate frame using the marker’s estimated pose.
TransformPointCloudViaCheckerboard - Transform a point cloud from camera to checkerboard coordinate frame using the pose from the API.
Roi
ROIBoxViaArucoMarker - Filter the point cloud based on a ROI box given relative to the ArUco marker on a Zivid Calibration Board.
ROIBoxViaCheckerboard - Filter the point cloud based on a ROI box given relative to the Zivid Calibration Board.
Stitching
StitchContinuouslyRotatingObject - Stitch point clouds from a continuously rotating object using Local Point Cloud Registration, then downsample.
StitchUsingRobotMountedCamera - Stitch multiple point clouds captured with a robot mounted camera.
StitchViaLocalPointCloudRegistration - Stitch two point clouds using a transformation estimated by Local Point Cloud Registration and apply Voxel Downsample.
Barcode
BarcodeDetector - Detect and decode linear and matrix barcodes from a 2D capture.
HandEyeCalibration
HandEyeCalibration - Perform Hand-Eye calibration.
PoseConversions - Convert to/from Transformation Matrix (Rotation Matrix + Translation Vector).
UtilizeHandEyeCalibration - Transform a data point or entire point cloud from camera to robot base frame using the Hand-Eye calibration matrix.
MultiCamera
MultiCameraCalibration - Generate transformation matrices to a single coordinate frame from captures by multiple connected cameras.
MultiCameraCalibrationFromZDF - Use captures of a calibration object to generate transformation matrices to a single coordinate frame, from a ZDF files.
StitchByTransformation - Transform point clouds from connected cameras into one coordinate frame using Multi-Camera calibration.
StitchByTransformationFromZDF - Transform point clouds from ZDF files into one coordinate frame using Multi-Camera calibration.
Projector
ProjectAndFindMarker - Show a marker using the projector, capture a set of 2D images to find the marker coordinates (2D and 3D).
ReadProjectAndCaptureImage - Read a 2D image from file and project it using the camera projector.
ReprojectPoints - Illuminate checkerboard (Zivid Calibration Board) centers by getting the checkerboard feature points.
Instructions
Windows
Launch the Command Prompt by pressing Win + R keys on the keyboard, then type cmd and press Enter.
Navigate to a location where you want to clone the repository, then run to following command:
git clone https://github.com/zivid/zivid-cpp-samples
Configure the sample solution with CMake, open it in Visual Studio, build it, run it. For more information see Configure C++ Samples With CMake and Build Them in Visual Studio in Windows.
Ubuntu
Open the Terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T keys on the keyboard.
Navigate to a location where you want to clone the repository, then run to following command:
git clone https://github.com/zivid/zivid-cpp-samples
cd zivid-cpp-samples
Build the project:
mkdir build
cd build
cmake <options, see below> ../source
cmake --build .
Some of the samples depend on external libraries, in particular Eigen 3, OpenCV, PCL or HALCON.
If you don’t want to install those, you can disable the samples depending on them by passing the following options, respectively, to cmake: -DUSE_EIGEN3=OFF, -DUSE_OPENCV=OFF, -DUSE_PCL=OFF, -DUSE_HALCON=OFF.
See Configure C++ Samples With Optional Dependencies for instructions on how to install the optional dependencies and configure the samples to use them.
The samples can now be run from the build directory, for instance like this:
./CaptureFromFileCameraVis3D