Contents Precautions........................................................................................................................................2 Product introduction..........................................................................................................................3 Product features ................................................................................................................................3 Performance and Parameters.............................................................................................................4 Application Scope.............................................................................................................................5

Industrial Tests ..........................................................................................................................5 School and Household Education .............................................................................................5 Digital Amateurs .......................................................................................................................6

Recommended configuration ............................................................................................................7 Appearance and Sizes .......................................................................................................................8 Installation.......................................................................................................................................12

Install Drivers..........................................................................................................................12 Install Software .......................................................................................................................14

Connection ......................................................................................................................................15 Operation.........................................................................................................................................16

Interface of Capture ................................................................................................................17 Image Adjustment ...........................................................................................................18 Image Capture .................................................................................................................22

Image Measurement................................................................................................................23 Setup ...............................................................................................................................24 Measurement...................................................................................................................25 Measurement Examples ..................................................................................................27

A List of Shortcut Keys...................................................................................................................29 FAQ.................................................................................................................................................30 Comparison between GE-5 Digital Microscope and Traditional Microscope ................................32 A List of Product Components in Package .....................................................错误！未定义书签。

1

Precautions1. Strictly prohibit disassembly

Don’t disassemble the device except the knock-down part mentioned in this specification. Otherwise it may reduce the performance of the instrument, lead to electric shock, injury or equipment damaged.

2. Digital Viewer GE-5 need Moisture-proof and anti-foreign body.

In order to prevent Failure of Digital Viewer GE-5, don’t plant it in the moist surfaces.

If any liquid pours on the Digital Viewer GE-5, disconnect with computer immediately, use dry cloth to remove water.

If another object enters the Digital Viewer GE-5, please stop use and contact dealers.

3. Environmental conditions

Digital Viewer GE-5 is a precise optical device. To avoid improper use or storage that can lead the performance of the instrument decline, you should pay attention to the following points:

Never place it in direct sunlight or other bright places.

Never place it in high-temperature, high humidity places

Never use it in the environment full of impurities and dust

Never use or store it in those environments with strong electromagnetic interference.

4. Carrying process

Digital Viewer GE-5 is a precise optical device, so you’d better be careful in the carrying process. Avoid strong impact or vibration, which will result in decrease of optical performance or damage of the equipment。

5. Focusing Knobs

Please do not rotate focusing Knobs in opposite directions at the same time.

When the digital head reach the limit positions, please do not continue the focusing knob rotation, otherwise it may lead to the damage of equipment.

2

Product introduction

GE-5 Digital Microscope is a new digital microscope research by Beijing huaqi information digital technology Co., Ltd. It has applied for some national patents, for example: dynamic area viewing AOI- Active View technology （ patent application number: 200610113623.5\ 200610113625.4）. The product can be directly connected with computer through the USB 2.0 interface. It can make observation, photography, video recording, measurement, storage and output printing of high-resolution images in any areas, and as a result, high-definition images could be shared by many persons without visual fatigue. GE5 has various innovative functions, so it is the optimal upgraded selection for traditional industry microscope, stereomicroscope, biological microscope and image measuring apparatus, and has extensive application field.

Product features

High speed USB2.0 interface for dynamic image observation in real time, no need

external power supply;

Adopt 1.30 mega pixels 1/2〞industry CMOS image sensor, the output images have high

signal-to-noise ratio;

Multiple optical magnification, 30X, 60X, 180X, plus 4X digital magnification, with a

maximum of 720X;

Full glass plane optical lens, 6cm work distance, very large depth of field, and no

deformation and aberration;

The structure is compact and flexible, very suitable for desktop operating, laboratory

worktable operating, and factory pipelining;

The original patent technology AOI-Active View and the high-resolution image preview

of more than 25 f/s can realize synchronized operation under the lens;

Adopt the laser location technology, which can locate the target points quickly and

accurately under microscopic environment;

Multiple light sources can be adjusted through software. It contains upper light source,

back light source and side light source;

Illumination intensity can be controlled via classification to accommodate various

environment applications;

3

Enhanced AWB arithmetic, and the color is real and flamboyant;

One-key measurement function could meet more professional demands and serve the

measurements of length, diameter, angle, area etc.

Performance and Parameters

Model GE5

Name Aigo GE-5 Digital Microscope

Image Sensor 1.3 mega pixels 1/2” Colorful CMOS

Pixel Size 5.2μm×5.2μm

Spectrum Response 400nm～1000nm

Sensitivity 1Lux

Scanning Type Progressive Scanning

Exposal Type Electronic Rolling Shutter (ERS)

Resolution 1280×1024

Transmission Rate 16f/s@1280×1024 30f/s@640×480 30f/s@320×240

White Balance Automatic/Manual Operations Supported

Exposal Control Automatic/Manual Operations Supported

Image Output USB2.0, 480Mb/s

Power Supply USB2.0 power supply, 480mA

Dynamic Range 62dB

Programmable Control Sizes, quality, luminance, gain, exposal time, contrast,

saturation, resolution and Gamma of image

Illumination Control Laser point orientation, and the upper and lower LED

illumination classification control

Working Temperature 0°C~50°C

Magnifications 60X, 180X, 540X

4

Application Scope

Industrial Tests

In the electronic and precision machinery field, it often needs to inspect and machining the components. But traditional microscopes are confined with shallow a depth of field and the object must be observed from directly upward. It can neither get all the information from the entire surface of object nor permits observation at any angle. GE5 digital microscope has large depth of field and permits observation at all angles. It can also inspect the thick object conveniently because of its super long working distance (6cm).

PCB Welding Test 60X

Electronic Components 60X

School and Household Education

With its high-quality and high-resolution imaging capabilities, GE5, a microscope that could serve more than one viewer at the same time, is highly cost-effective, convenient and usable. Hence, this apparatus adapts well to the fields like school teaching and family education and it could help enrich teaching methods and improve the efficiency.

5

Mouthparts of Bee 180X

Transverse Section of Earthworm 180X

Digital Amateurs

Everything in the nature is attractive for us. In our spare time, we could observe the small creatures around us and explore mysteries of the nature with GE5, the best assistant of amateurs in observing the microcosmic world.

Head of Gecko 60X

6

Hornet 60X

CPU: PⅢ 800 or better

: 64M or more

n of 1024*768 or better

s XP

ote: The recommended configuration is just a reference, a computer with lower configuration

Recommended configuration

RAM: 256 MB or more

Graphic Processing Unit

Interface: USB2.0

Monitor: A resolutio

Operation System: Windows 2000 or Window

Nmay also operate GE-5 digital microscope.

7

Appearance and Sizes

Appearance

Sizes (Side)

8

cade) Sizes (Fa

Sizes (Top)

9

G ight E5 with a Side L

GE5 High Magnification state

10

GE5 Lengthened state

GE5 Portable state

11

Installation

Place the disk in CD-ROM and the installation interface would pop up automatically.

Install Drivers

1. Connect the GE5 digital microscope to the computer and click “Install Drivers”, you would find the following interface popping up. After reading the agreement, please click “I Agree” to start the installation. Make sure that GE5 has to be connected with the computer when the drivers are installed, or the installation may end in failure.

12

2. The installation program is in operation, please waiting.

3. The system reminds that the program hasn’t passed the Windows Logo Test (which would not

influence the regular operation of software), and please click “Continue”.

4. After the installation is completed, please click “Close”.

13

Install Software

1. Click “Install Software” to enter the interface of installation, and after reading the agreement, click “I Agree” to start the installation.

2. Choose the items to be installed and click “Next”.

3. Choose an installation route and click “Install” to start the installation process.

14

4. Click “Close” after the installation is finished.

5. After the installation is completed, a shortcut would appear in the desk, whose

double clicks could lead to the operation of this software.

Lay Digital Viewer GE-5 on the table and insert the USB plugs into the USB2.0 interfaces of PC. In order to ensure the stability of the connection with the USB2.0 interfaces, please insert the plugs into those interfaces in the back panel of the mainframe.

Connection

15

Operation

Connect the USB plugs of Digital Viewer GE-5 with the USB2.0 interfaces of PC and run the software, the following interface would pop up. Click “Language” to select Chinese or English, and then click “start” to enter the interface of capture.

Click “Demo” to play the promotion videos; click “Image” to demonstrate the real images made with GE5, and click right to exit; and the Help documentation would pop up when “Help” is clicked.

16

Interface of Capture

The interface of capture contains the menu, the toolbar, the video window and the status bar. With this interface, the user could preview the videos of objects observed and adjust image parameters through various windows of features to obtain the satisfying effect. Before the use, the user should firstly adjust the focusing knob to obtain clear images, and then adjust color, exposal and other parameters for observation. In addition, the user could also capture single image or video and measure it in the interface of measurement.

17

Image Adjustment

1. Laser positioning

Owing to the high magnification of this instrument, sometimes it is not so easy to find the observation points of the object on the screen, and the user could find them by means of laser positioning. Place the object on the stage and adjust the focus to get a clear image. Click “Laser” among the video light sources frame on the right, and the user would find a clear red poi on the object, which means the position displayed on the screen. Then, the user could remove the object to place the red point at the position of observation; as a result, the image in the observation position would be displayed on the screen. 2. Video sizes

Click the item “Setting-〉 Size” of Menu or the button

nt

“ ” of Toolbar (the shortcut key

“S”), an adjustment box of video sizes would appear in the right side of the interface, with which the video sizes could be adjusted. Totally, there are three resolutions available, namely, 320*240, 640*480 and 1280*1024.

3. Illumination source

Click the button “ ”of Toolbar (the shortcut key of “L”) and a video light source adjustment box would appear in the right of the interface. With this box, the user could adjust the illumination source of Digital Viewer GE-5, select the inside and outside tracks of the upper light source, the lower light source and that of positioning laser as well as select the corresponding frequency (50Hz or 60Hz) according to the type of indoor lights to eliminate image ripples.

18

4. Image overturn

Images could be overturned horizontally or vertically when the box of horizontal overturn or that of vertical overturn is ticked.

5. Exposal

The exposal volume could be adjusted when the exposal value bar above “Automatic White Balance” is dragged back and forth; and the exposal volume could also be adjusted precisely when the mouse trolley is moved or the keys “←” or “→” in the keyboard is clicked.

6. Automatic white balance

Click the item “Adjust -〉Advanced White Balance” in the Menu or the button “ ” in the

Toolbar (or the shortcut key “W”), lay a piece of white paper on the stage, adjust the focus to obtain a clear image of white paper, then click the button of “Advanced White Balance”, a flashing rectangle would appear in the video window of images; and about 3S to 10S later, the flashing would stop and the automatic white balance process is completed.

7. Setup of video parameters

Click the item “Adjust-〉Lightness/Contrast” in the Menu or the button “ ” in the

Toolbar (or the shortcut key “B”), a video setup adjustment box would appear in the right of the interface, with which the parameters of brightness, contract, saturation, sharpness and gamma value could be adjusted. All the above parameters would be recovered to their default values as clicking the button “Default”. 8. Conceal all the existing adjustment boxes of parameter setup

Sometimes various parameter adjustment boxes at the right of the interface should be

concealed to better observe the images. Click the button “ ” and the aforesaid adjustment boxe to can

C k the item “Setting-〉Zoom” in the Menu or the button “

s would be concealed immediately. Click the button again cel the concealment.

9. Zoom display

lic ” in the Toolbar (or the

the zoom display to the entire video window or the original sizes. 10.

shortcut key “F”) to shift

Display speed

Click the button “ ” in the Toolbar (or the shortcut key “H”) to shift the speed of video play. And the speed of video play could be as high as 16F/S at high-speed.

19

11. Lock up the curr ent image

Click “ ” (or the shortcut key “E”) to lock up the current image, which would make it impossible to adjust the image. Click the image again to cancel the lockup.

12.

more than 25 fram cond, so the video looks continuous and smooth. And this function adapt well to the

mbly.

AOI function AOI provides the user with a function of high-speed, regional and consecutive video display

in real time. Users can select a region, to display it at high speed which reacheses per se

sectors like processing and asse

Firstly, the user should click the button “ ” in the Toolbar (or the shortcut ”) and the mode of AOI; then the user should click the mouse in left at the parts of im hich it

is interested in; thus the region (within the red box) would be shifted to be the mode of high-speed display with smooth and undisrupted images, and the rest of the image would be shifted to be static display. See the following image:

key “Aenter ages w

The user could change the regions of high-ratio display at any time. When the user click the

ged b

Since some parts of the image are changed to be static display under the mode of AOI, image ke shape in case of any move of lens or object. Just click the mouse in right at

the static parts in the image, and such displacement could be rectified. See the following image:

mouse in left at any new part of the image which it is interested in, this new area would be displayed at more than 25fps and the original region would be chan ack to the status of static display.

displacement may ta

20

Displaced Image

Image Whose Displacement has been eliminated

13. Dynamic Depth of Field Those thick objects of multiple layers could be observed by means of dynamic depth of field.

Click the button “ ” in the Toolbar (or the shortcut key “J”) and the software would start recording the video and timing in the status bar at the right lower corner, then the user could adjust the focusing knob to change the focalizing point of the image among various depths. Five seconds

21

later, the recording could be concluded and the video recorded would be automatically replayed.

At last, click the button “ ” (or the shortcut key of “P”) to exit from the recycling process.

Image Capture

Click the item “S Capture” in the Menu or the button “etting-〉 ” in the Toolbar, the

setup box of capture would appear in the right side of the interface.

Image Capture Three means of capture are available:

1. Capture an image and save it in the disk After the image adjustment is concluded, set up proper file names and save routes within the

capture box, select the image storage format (Bmp or Jpeg) and then click the button “ ” (or the shortcut key “C”) to cap Click “Open path” to enter the files where the images are saved.

2.

on “

ture it. The image would be automatically saved.

Capture an image and enter the measurement interface

Click the butt ” (or the shortcut key “M”) to capture an image and enter the measurement interface.

3. Timing capture

22

Set up “Capture Intervals” and “Capture Times Restricted” within the box of timing capture,

and then click the button “ ” to make timely captures. Thus, the software would automatically capture one image after each “Capture Interval” until the amounts of images

re Times Restricted”. If no restriction is made on the capture times, the images thus captured would be automatically saved and the software

would not enter the interface of measurement.

Vid

Click the button

captured reach the “Captucapture would last. The

eo Capture

“ ” in the Toolbar and the recording setup box would appear at the right of the interface; then set up proper file names and save routes, and click “Select compressor” to select the encoding format of the videos.

Click the button “ ” (or the shortcut key “R”) to start recording, and the status bar at the right lower corner would display the recording time; click again to conclude the recording process.

Image Measurement

After the image is captured, the software would enter the measurement interface, which contains Menu, Toolbar, Image Window and Status Bar. In this interface, the user could measure and save the image just captured.

23

Setup

1. Open file

Click the item “File-〉Open” in Menu or the button “ ” in Toolbar (or the shortcut key

“O”)lude: Bmp---Bitmap files; Mea---Measurable and editable files;

2. Save file

. The file types inc

Click the item “File-〉Save” in Menu or the image “ ” in Toolbar (or the shortcut key

“S”). 3. ind

lick the item “Window-〉Video preview” in Menu or the button

Return to the video w ow

“C ” in Toolbar (or the

o preview window.

Click the item “File-〉Print” in Menu to print the current file.

Click the button

shortcut key “V”) to return to the vide4. Print

5. Local magnification

“ ” in Toolbar (or the shortcut key “Z”) and a mini window would appear in the right of the interface to display the magnified local image near the current cursor of mouse.

24

6. Setup of ruler

Click the item “Setting-〉Ruler” in Menu or the button “ ” in Toolbar, and the setup box

of ru“Ruler”, W

uler60X” for 1X optical lens and “Ruler180X” for 3X optical lens. If the box in front of “Hid ould be concealed.

rush colors

n

ler would appear in the right of the interface. Within the ruler setup box, the user could set up “Measurement Units”, “Measurement Precision” and “ hether to Conceal Descriptors”.

Select “Re Desc” is ticked, the parameter descriptions w

7. Setup of b

“Click the item “Setting-〉Color” in Menu or the butto ” in Toolbar, the setup box of

brush colors would appear in the right of the interface, and in the Color Setup Box, such items like

“Color”, “Selection Status” and “Width” could be set up.

h

tting-

Normal: Color of normal images

Pass: Color of images selected

Width: Width of brus

8. Font setup

Click the item “Se 〉Font” or the button “ ” in Toolbar and the font setup box

would appear in the right of the interface. And in the font setup bar, the items like “Font”, “Font Sizes”, “Color” and “Selection Status” could be set up. 9. Conceal all the current boxes of parameter setup and adjustment

Sometimes various parameter adjustment boxes in the right of the interface should be

concealed to better observe the images. Click the button “ ” and such parameter adjustment boxes in the right of the interface would be immediately concealed. Click the button again to cancel the concealment.

Measurement

This software could draw, measure and label such figures like “beeline”, “circle”, “ellipse”,

“rectangle”, “angle” and “polygon” in the image.

25

Draw figures

nd draw figures in the image.

.

Click the corresponding images a

1 (the shortcut key “L”): Beeline

2. Circle:

: Define a circle through its diameter.

(the shortcut key “C”): Define a circle through its center and any one point on it.

: Define a circle through three points on it. 3. Ellipse:

: Define an ellipse through any two vertexes o external tangent rectangle of the

ellipse.

f the

: Define an ellipse through its center and a vertex of the external tangent rectangle of

4.

the ellipse.

(the shortcut key “R”): Rectangle

5. (the shortcut key “A”): Angle

6. (the shortcut key “P”): Polygon with as many as 32 sides.

26

Characters

Click the item “Operation-〉Text” in Menu or the button “ ” (or the shortcut key “T”)

and select an area in the image by clicking to enter characters.

Object selection

Click the button “ ” in Toolbar, select an object in the image with the left key of mouse

and change the color of the object selected to “Selection Status”. Figure moving

Select a figure and drag it with the left key of mouse or move it with the “Direction Key” in the keyboard.

bject it could be deleted by means

icking t

Delete single o

Select an object by means of the above “Object selection”, and

of cl he button “ ” or the shortcut key “DELETE”.

Click

Delete all

“ ” to delete all the objects.

Conceal descriptors

Tick the box in front of “Hide Desc” within the ruler setup box and the parameter descriptors

of figures w their parameters would be displayed.

Measurement Examples

an image of circuit board for measurement. Firstly, set up proper rulers; click the

button “

ould be concealed, thus only figures without

Capture

” (marked 1 in the image) in Toolbar and the ruler setup box (marked 2) would appear in the right of the interface; and in the ruler setup box, the proper measurement units and precisions (micron, 0.00000) could be set up.

After be measured at first. Measure the length by means

beeline,

the ruler is set up, the length should

of click the button “ ” (marked 3) in Toolbar and draw the object to be measured---the length from one line to another in the circuit board---in the image; then the

ameters 2282.47388 microns. par of the beeline would appear beside the object, and the length is

27

After that, the radius of the hole should be measured. Click the button “ ” (marked 4) in Tothe circumference of the hole to be measured in the image, and the software would draw a circle

nd pr n see its radius is 474.14682 icrons.

ame time when the circle is drawn, we can see that the color of the beeline drawn in the past step is changed from “Pass Status” (red) to “Normal” (blue). Since the circle is an image that draw ass Status”; and the beeline is not an image that is

, so its color is changed to be blue.

olbar and define a circle with three points. Define three points with the left key of mouse on

with the three points a ovide its parameters beside it. We cam

At the s

is being n or selected, its color is “Pbeing drawn or selected

28

A List of Shortcut Keys

Interfaces Shortcut Keys Functions

A AOI Function C Image Capture (not enter the

measurement interface) H High-speed/Low-speed Shift M Image Capture (enter the

measurement interface) R Recording W Automatic White Balance L Lighting B Video Feature Parameters Video Preview S Video Sizes F Zoom Display J Dynamic depth o d composite

recording f fiel

P Dynamic depth of field composite withdraw

E Lock up the Current Image ＋ Increase Exposal － Reduce Exposal O Open Files S Save Files V Return of Video Preview Z Local Magnification L Beeline Measurement C Circle Measurement E Ellipse Measurement A Angle Measurement R Rectangle Measurement P Polygon Measurement

Image Measurement

T Marked with Characters

29

FAQ

How is G d with PC?

GE5 is connected with PC through USB2.0 terface. What to do is to insert USB cable of GE5 into the USB2.0 interface of PC (those in the ainframe are preferred), and no power supply wire is necessary.

How to do when it is reminded that “open interface fail”

GE5 has not been connected with PC, which makes it im to find the equipment. Please get them connected before running the so

How to do in case that no response is made after GE5 is

Maybe ains in the memory ing to the a rogram. In such a case, the user could conclude the operation of G xe in the windows task manager or reboot PC and run GE5 agai If there is se, please contact the technicians of this company.

How to do in case that no image is displayed after GE5 i

Direct X has not been installed or an outdated on is ins ed Direct X, and the version 9.0 or above is suggested. How to do in case that the image is very co se and the not be set up to be 1280*1024 after GE5 is run? The reason is that the PC of the user doesn’ pport USB2 USB1.1. The user should adopt a PC supporting USB2.0 to run GE5.

How image is unclear?

The reason is that focusing has not been do The user c n the bracket of GE5 Digital Microscope to make focusing a t clear ima

How to do in case that nothing except white colors could

The problem is caused by the too high valu exposal. T e adjusted to e proper level, and the function of automatic white balance is suggested to adjust the exposal

alue automatically.

ow to cope with incorrect colors of images?

he reason is that no white balance adjustment has ever been done. White balance should be djusted before the observation of objects is started, and automatic white balance is suggested.

E5 connecte

in the user hasback panel of m

after GE5 is run?

possible for the programftware again.

run?

the program rem ow bnormal conclusion of the pE5_Viewer.e

n. still no respon

s run?

versi

talled. Please install an updat

ar resolution could

t su .0 as it does

to do in case that the

ne. ould adjust the knob ond ge ges.

be seen in the images?

e of he exposal value should bthv

H

Ta

30

How to add

The ripples

ress ripples in the images?

are caused by alternating current lighting, such as indoors lighting sources with the power supply of alternating current. The solutions are as follows:

ent free of alternating current lighting.

ow to cope with too large files generated by GE5 recording?

different encoding

1 Apply the instrument in an environm2 Set up the current environment (such as select 50Hz in an indoor environment) within the lighting box of software, and then run the program of automatic white balance.

H

The reason is that no appropriate compression code has been selected. Since formats would lead to different sizes of recorded files, the user should select appropriate encoding formats before recording.

31

Comparison between GE-5 Digital

cope

icroscope

Microscope and Traditional Micros

GE-5 Digital Microscope Traditional MDepth of Even if an object has a great depth,

tified.

Small depth of field leads to the images only local targets are clear. Field GE5, with its superior depth of field, where

could still make images in which every part of the objects observed could be clearly iden

Focusing should be done frequently during observation.

Means of bservation

Observation could be done conveniently and rapidly after the lens are targeted at the objects, and it is unnecessary to place the objects on the stage; large-sized objects could also be observed in a convenient manner.

It is necessary to disassemble or cut apart the objects and place them on the stage before observation.

O

Storage The images could be directly saved in PC for future use at any time.

Difficult to save images.

More than ne Viewer

The images could be displayed on screen for more than one viewer at the same time, hence a higher efficiency.

Only one person can view the live image, which means that a great deal of time is required for information sharing.

O

Function of easureme

t

Could accurately measure the basic length, angles circle diameter and area and save the data.

Without the function of measurement MnIllumination With the integrated illumination, the

instrument could work for observation as soon as its lens is targeted at the objects; and the illumination intensity could be controlled with a special software.

Could only be manually adjusted

32