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Preface
Thank you for purchasing the Ez Capture for DC-3. This User Manual explains how to use Ez Capture
for DC-3. Always keep this user manual at hand.
This software is used to capture the eye images by connecting with TOPCON DC-3.
This software has following futures.
Capture, save and delete images by connecting with TOPCON DC-3.
Enhance contrast while viewing images.
Print images while capturing images.
This manual outlines the DC-3 Capture software including operating. Always keep this user manual at
hand.
Precautions
Please read this User Manual carefully before using this software.
This User Manual is made on an assumption that the user already has knowledge of the personal
computer (PC) and Microsoft Windows operating systems. This User Manual does not describe details
on how to handle common operation procedures of the PC and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Topcon Corporation is not responsible for the results of incorrect handling of the PC and Windows
operating systems.
Specifications of this software and descriptions of the User Manual are subject to change without prior
notice.
DISPLAYS
Display
Meaning
Incorrect handling by ignoring this display may lead to personal injury or
Injury refers to cuts, burns, electric shock, etc. which do not require hospitalization or extended
medical treatment.
Physical damage refers to extensive damage to the building, nearby equipment and/or surrounding
furniture.
ICONS
Icon
Meaning
Caution
Specific content is expressed with words or a picture near the
icon.
SAFETY CAUTIONS
CAUTION
Icon
Prevention item
Page
CAUTION
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ESCAPE CLAUSES
TOPCON shall not take any responsibility for damage due to fire, earthquakes, actions by third
persons and other accidents, or damage due to negligence and misuse by the user and any use
under unusual conditions.
TOPCON shall not take any responsibility for damage derived from the inability to properly use this
software, such as loss of business profit and suspension of business.
TOPCON shall not take any responsibility for damage caused from using this software in a manner
other than that described in this User manual. In case of the software products, the license terms
enclosed supersede any other understandings.
Diagnosis made shall be the responsibility of the pertaining doctors and TOPCON shall not take any
responsibility for the results of such diagnoses.
Table of Contents
Preface .................................................................................................................................................... 1
DISPLAY FOR SAFE USE ...................................................................................................................... 3
SAFETY CAUTIONS ............................................................................................................................... 4
ESCAPE CLAUSES ................................................................................................................................ 4
Ez Capture for DC-3............................................................................................................................... 6
1.
2.
3.
4.
Configuration Setting..................................................................................................................... 8
4.1
4.2
4.3
5.
Photography Startup.................................................................................................................... 13
6.
7.
8.
6.1.
6.2.
6.3.
6.4.
6.5.
6.6.
6.7.
Setup.............................................................................................................................................. 23
7.1
7.2
7.2.1
7.2.2
7.2.3
PC Specifications ......................................................................................................................... 30
administrator authority. When you use Windows Vista/7, we strongly recommend that set
Notice
1.
Getting started
To activate Ez Capture, click on the "Start" on the Windows desktop, click "All Programs(P), " and
then click "Topcon"-"EzCapture" on the Menu. Or just double-click its program icon on the desktop
to start Ez Capture.
2.
Startup Screen
Ez Capture is started and the following main screen is displayed. The startup screen may be
customized by setting. Refer to "4.1 Setup of Ez Capture". In the factory setting, the Slit, View
and Exit icons are displayed in portrait orientation.
3.
Operation Icon
Starts the photography module registered in Setup.
(The Setup procedure is described in Chapter 4.
In the example on the left the displayed name is set as Slit.)
Capture
Starts the Viewer registered in Setup.
The folder displayed at the time of start is "Folder the image was
previously saved".
View
Exits Ez Capture.
Exit
Ends Windows.
Shutdown
4.
Configuration Setting
Setup Ez Capture
Exit
Setting item
Description
Icons of Ez Capture
Checkbox group:
Sets whether or not to display the operation icon that can be
displayed on the startup screen. Click the checkbox of a target
operation icon and mark the checkbox.
The items will displayed in the order of "Capture", "View",
"Folder", "Exit" and "Shut down" in the items you selected.
Full path of extended capture library for Capture column:
Specifies the extended capture module. Use the [Browse]
button to activate the Open the file dialog. In the dialog, set the
full path of the extended capture module. .
Text column:
Sets the display name of the extended capture module.
Look of Ez Capture
Folder Setup
File name
List :
This list includes items that may be used for file names.
List :
This list includes items used for file names. The items are used
for file names in order from top of the list.
To add an item, select one from List and press the [Add ->]
button to add it to List .
To delete an item, select one from List and press the [<Delete] button to delete it from List .
[Up][Down] button: When the [Up]/[Down] button is clicked,
you can move a selected item up/down in List .
Prefix, Digits of sequence number, Separator column:
Specify prefixes, digits of sequence number, and separators
respectively as items used for file names.
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File format
Setting example:
When items used for file names are "ID, name, date, time, procedure,
R/L, angle of coverage", digits of sequence number "3", separators"_"
and the file is saved in the file format jpg, the file name (example) is
as follows:
000-00-0001_ TOPCON_20090830_151014_Color_L_45_001.jpg
Select a file format from among the four file formats (JPEG, TIFF,
PNG, BMP). Click the radio button to select one.
For JPEG, quality setting is available. Select either High quality
or Standard quality.
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Setting item
Primary
Secondary
Description
Specifies the place where the image log file is temporarily saved during
photography.
Specifies the place where the image log file is temporarily saved when
the capacity for Primary is insufficient.
Log Directory
Specifies the place where the photography log file is temporarily saved.
Device Name
Image Procedure
Movie Procedure
Dummy ID
Dummy Name
Use OS/OD for
left/Right eye
Use Ez Capture
Thumbnail Selection
Style
select images with pushing the Ctrl key, selective state is inverted.
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5.
Photography Startup
When you start Ez Capture, the Main Screen is displayed. Click the [Capture] button, and the
capture window will start up. Refer to "6.2 Detail of Photography Function (DC-3 Capture)" for the
details on the photography method.
The ID input screen may appear before the capture window is started or photography is completed.
Setting of timing for starting the ID input screen is made in [Options] under "4.1 Setup of Ez
Capture".
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6.
DC-3 Capture
DC-3 Capture may fail to operate normally when a USB device such as a USB
CAUTION
memory stick or a printer is active. Power off any USB device before using DC-3
Capture.
1.
Tool Bar
Use it for the basic operation of DC-3 Capture.
In case the window width is not wide enough to display all icons, click
of the toolbar. The icons that is not displayed in the tool bar are displayed. Or Rearrange the
window size or the tool bar layout in order to display all the icons.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Click here
Real time setting
Changes the ISO sensitivity, shutter speed and resolution.
Photography window
Displays a live video under photography or a photographed image (or movie).
Information window
Displays the information on the photography and the connection state of the DC-3 and PC.
Thumbnail List
Displays the thumbnails of captured images or movies.
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6.
7.
Right-clicking on the title bar of the DC-3 Capture window displays the following pop-up menu.
8.
9.
Capture Setup
Displays a dialog box for setting the details of photography session(Chapter 7.1 DC-3 Camera
Setup).
Version information
Displays the version information of DC-3 Capture and DC-3 firmware version.
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Icon
Description
The dialog box of the capture session list is displayed. The patient
ID, last name, first name, and database number can be browsed.
Clicking on a session in the list switches between target sessions.
Right-clicking on a session in the list displays a menu including
Close Session without saving.
*The images (or movie) not marked for saving are discarded
following the save operation.
Printing
Saving
reservation
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example:
In the left image, the bottom two thumbnail images are marked for
saving with SAVE appearing in the lower left area of the image.
Clicking on the [Saving reservation reversal] icon displays SAVE in
the uppermost image only as shown in the image on the right.
Clicking on the [Saving reservation reversal] icon again returns to the
Saving
reservation
reversal
image from the image list in case more than one photographed
image (or movie) is available. This icon is grayed out in case only
one photographed image (or movie) is available.
Displays the image immediately following the currently displayed
Next
image from the image list in case more than one photographed
image (or movie) is available. This icon is grayed out in case only
one photographed image (or movie) is available.
Session
Close
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Interpolation function:
The following section shows the icons used to operate the display interpolation functions and details
each function. The interpolation function is effective for a still image only.
Function
Nearest-neighbor
interpolation
Bilinear interpolation
High-quality
bilinear
interpolation
High-quality
bicubic
interpolation
Icon
Description
Performs interpolation by using an adjacent pixel.
Performs interpolation by using four surrounding pixels.
Provides high-quality processing of bilinear interpolation
High-quality
processing of bicubic
interpolation
Fit to Window
100% display
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Photography function:
The following section shows the icons used to operate the photography functions and details of each
function.
Function
Still mode (still image
Icon
Description
ON
photography)
Switches
OFF
ON
between
photography
modes.
Any
Movie mode
OFF
ON
combination
of
modes
is
unavailable.
Multiple mode
OFF
Replays a photographed movie on the
Windows Media Player.
This feature is
The following is the image edit function. Adjust contrast and description of function.
Function
Icon
Description
Enhance displayed image.
Enhance contrast
Undo
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Combo box
Description
Selects the setting for photography.
Setting details can be checked or
Photography setting
ISO sensitivity
photography
setting.
Shutter speed
photography
setting.
Resolution
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1.
2.
3.
Patient ID
First Name and Last Name
Status display
Notice:
If the automatic power to the DC-3 has been turned off, press the trigger button of the slit
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7.
Setup
7.1
photography. Live is a setting item related to Live display. The following section gives details
for each setting item:
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Capture
Item
Description
Set value
Shutter Sound
ON/OFF
Sharpness
-3 to 3
Contrast
-4 to 4
Color Density
-4 to 4
Quality
Fine/Normal/Basic/Tiff
ISO
100/200/400/800
Shutter Speed
Size
W.Balance
HALOGENXELEDAWB
OTWB
Live
Item
Description
Set value
Live
ON/OFF
AGC
ON/OFF
Sharpness
-3 to 3
Contrast
-4 to 4
Color Density
-4 to 4
Size
1200900640480
W.Balance
OTWB
image.
(3) Movie Mode
Performs settings for movie photography. The following section gives details for each setting
item:
Item
Description
Set value
AGC
ON/OFF
Sharpness
-3 to 3
Contrast
-4 to 4
Color Density
-4 to 4
Movie Size
1200900640480
Quality
Fixed.
Compress
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W.Balance
Rec Time
OTWB
510152030
in units of seconds.
(4) Multiple Mode
Performs setting on Multiple photography. The following section shows details for each setting
item:
Item
Description
Set value
Sharpness
-3 to 3
Contrast
-4 to 4
Color Density
-4 to 4
Movie Size
1200900640480
W.Balance
display/photography in Multiple
OTWB
photography.
Shot Number
13510
Interval
100200300400500
of 1/1000[s].
(5) General
Performs settings for the DC-3 main unit. The following section gives details for each setting
item:
Item
Power Save
Description
Set value
5102030
for Saving
Checked/Not checked
below.
Select delete file
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Checked or Unchecked
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
() W.Balance name
Displays the W.Balance name to set.
() RGB setting
The setting of the RGB value of the currently displayed W.Balance can be changed from
0 to 2047 for each color.
() Setting button
The following describes various functions of the main buttons:
Button
Description
Add
Delete
Get OTWB
Valid only when OTWB as a default is selected. Acquires the currently valid
W.Balance through photography.
Default
OK
Cancel
Apply
(6) Button
Performs setting of DC-3 main unit. The following shows details on each setting item:
Button
Description
Add
Delete
OK
Cancel
Apply
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(7) Trimming
Button
Description
Left(%),Up/Low(%),Right(%)
Specify how many percent of the area will be trimmed from the
image on the right/left and up/low.
7.2
Display.
CaptureSetting.
EditImage.
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Toolbars. The tool bars to be displayed can be selected from the list and the additional new
groups can be created by clicking the [New] button.
Options. Several options on the menu and task bar are defined in this tab.
Always show full menus. (This function is not working. )
Show full menu after a short delay. (This function is not working. )
Reset menu and toolbar usage data. (This function is not working. )
Large icons. The icons change to the large size icons.
Show screen tips on toolbars. Screen tips are displayed when you put the mouse
cursor on the icon.
Show shortcut keys on screen tips. The short cut key such as (Ctrl + D) is displayed
together with the screen tips.
Menu animations. (This function is not working. )
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Reset. to reset the menu, the pull-down menu or the tool bar icon, that was changed by other
right-click menu items, to the default.
Delete. to delete the selected menu, pull-down menu or tool bar icon.
Name. to set the name of the selected menu, pull-down menu or tool bar icon. The name is
displayed in the button with the icon.
Edit Button Image. to edit the button image. A dialog box [Button Editor] is displayed.
Change Button Image. to change the button image to one provided by IMAGEnet
Professional.
Default Style. to display only the icon on the button.
Text Only. to display only name (text) on the button.
Image and Text. to display the icon and the name on the button.
Begin a Group. to display the border line to divide groups at the left of the selected icon.
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8.
PC Specifications
1.
Personal Computer
- Compatible with Microsoft Windows XP Professional/Vista Business/7 Professional 32bit.
2.
Operating System
- English-language version of Microsoft Windows XP Professional/Vista Business/7 Professional
32bit.
3.
Monitor
- Compatible with Microsoft Windows XP Professional/Vista Business/7 Professional.
- Minimum 12801024 dots, full-color display.
4.
CPU
- Core2Duo E6600 4MB L2 2.4GHz 1066MHz FSB, or faster
5.
Memory
- At least 1Gbyte of RAM. (2Gbytes or more recommended.)
6.
Hard Disk
- SATA 3.0Gb/s NCQ (7200 rotations), or faster
- Installation drive: Requires the minimum 10Gbytes of free space.
- Working drive: Requires the minimum 30Gbytes of free space.
7.
Display Adapter
- DirectX 9.0 support
(Some display adapters may cause problems such as unstable movie replay.
The on-board type display adapters often cause problems. It is recommended to use the display
adapter that is inserted to PCI Express x 16 slot.)
8.
USB
- At least one USB 2.0 port must be available.
9.
Notice: Sometimes the movie images cannot be displayed smoothly due to the CPU processing
speed or the free disc space.
Notice: When any other peripheral device, which is connected to the USB connector of the PC, is
operating, sometimes the DC-3 cannot communicate with the PC normally.
Notice: Use a PC which conforms to UL 60950/UL 60950-1 or IEC 60950/IEC 60950-1.
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Please provide the following information when contacting us regarding questions about this
instrument:
Model name
Serial No.
Period of use
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