User`s guide

getsnapshot

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Note If obj is running but not logging, and has been configured with a hardware trigger,

a timeout error will occur.

To interrupt the getsnapshot function and return control to the MATLAB command

line, issue the ^C (Ctrl+C) command.

Examples

Create a video input object.

obj = videoinput('matrox', 1);

Acquire and display a single frame of data.

frame = getsnapshot(obj);

image(frame);

Remove the video input object from memory.

delete(obj);

For an example of using getsnapshot, see the Image Acquisition Toolbox example

Acquiring a Single Image in a Loop in the Examples list at the top of the

Image Acquisition Toolbox main Documentation Center page, or open the file

demoimaq_GetSnapshot.m in the MATLAB Editor.