User`s guide
5 Acquiring Image Data
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open()
openDevice()
MATLAB Toolbox Engine Adaptor
Make sure device is not
already logging.
Start new thread
of execution.
Send message
to thread to begin
capturing frames.
Fill frame with data and
return frame to engine.
Get a Frame object
from engine.
Return handle
to Frame object.
Loop, acquiring
frames, until
acquisition is
complete.
start(vid)
Start the acquisition.
startCapture()
Engine enters
loop, buffering
frames it receives
from the adaptor
receiveFrame()
makeFrame()
Flow of Control among the Adaptor Acquisition Functions