-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iView X - Release Notes Copyright © 2011 SensoMotoricInstuments GmbH All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.8 Build 26 Released: October 4, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - Win7 compatible Fixes: - automatic selection of stimulus image with wrong size - eye image mirroring available for MEG devices - distance calculation optimisation for RED low speed (60Hz, 120Hz) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.7 Build 13 Released: May 26, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - HED: Improved scenevideo performance - RED: Eye Video streaming available via ET command - RED: Have Pupil Diameter [mm] available for Analog Output Fixes: - Pupil only calibration works with HED MHT - HED Scenevideo freezing - iView X freeze on saving data files - HED Scenevideo brightness control - digital output not working -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.6 Build 27 Released: February 10, 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - NEW device: RED500 - RED: improved gaze precision and accuracy - RED: improved 9-point calibration - New: selectable calibration speed mode (slow=default, fast) for all devices Fixes: - problem with HED and saving files - saves full computer name in IDF file - improved compatibility with Intel i7 chipsets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.5 Build 23 Released: November 15, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements - NEW device: MEG 250 - RED5: improved tracking stability - RED: improved pupil diameter calculation - RED: improved distance measurement - RED: improved 2 and 5 point calibration model - file transfer server is installed with iView X now - added configurable parallel port address Fixes - RED5 camera drop outs in 60Hz mode on Clevo Laptop - initializes LPT_IO and PIODIO on startup correctly - RED standalone mode can be used with all calibration methods via remote commands - lateral offset in RED5 head position visualization - HED: Use TimeStamp in [ms] as Scene Video Overlay - improved rejection parameters for NNL Devices - crash when using ET_CAL in standalone mode - strange behaviour with ET_REM and eT_REM. Look up in command list is now case-insensitive. - RED5: Default speed is 60Hz for RED and 250Hz for RED250 - and many more small fixes and improvements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.4 Build 38 Released: February 18, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - Supports RED 250 and RED 60/120 - Improved Tracking Performance for Goggle Devices -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.3 Build 21 Released: May 25, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Note - No longer supported devices: RED pt, HED 2, HiSpeed 240/350Hz Enhancements: - RED: 2 & 5 point calibration - RED: Further improved accuracy and robustness - RED: calibration points can be moved - RED: added 60Hz mode - New idf Format (Version 9) - incl. RED pupil sizes in mm, addl. header information - New ET commands ET_VLX for extended calibration validation ET_BED requests/changes binocular eye distance for hispeed devices ET_SFT 0|1 11..15 [min max]: change or request rejection parameters ET_SRP for setting/requesting information about red calibration profile - tray icon and menu is available in background mode - iTools: HED: Remote Video tool for (wireless) eye and scene video transmission Fixes: - Crash after long term run with Experiment Center & Screen Recording - Improved suggestion for RED placement for standalone mode Known Issues: - HED4: Under rare conditions it has been observed that the scene video preview in iView X has stopped - the recording of the scene video is not affected from that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.2 Build 4 Released: January 15, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - ET_SAV can handle unc-paths now, like "ET_SAV \\computername\dirname1\dirname2\filename.idf" - HED: gaze-dependent gain control (requires uEye Driver 3.30) - RED: Improved Tracking Performance - RED: Pupil Diameter Estimation - spike filtering Fixes: - BC 2652: MRI/RED pt: missing synchronisation with ExC & screen recording -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.1 Build 25 Released: October 28, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - Goggle Devices"MRI NNL" and "MRI SV" - RED: Improved Tracking Performance - Audio Recording for HED4 - Calibration Quality Feedback - RED: Precise Pupil Diameter Estimation Fixes: - HiSpeed: roundtrip latency increases over time (requires Multicam Driver 6.3.0.49) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.0 Build 31 Released: June 2nd, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - RED-X Visual GUI - Improved System Setup - HED-Mobile - Red-X support - TOPAZ support - optional intelligent binocular gaze averaging - added ET_SRT to get current sample rate - Online Fixation Detection - Scene video streaming - HiSpeed Primate support Fixes: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 01.07 Build 30 Released: August 25, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - ET_EVB, ET_EVE remote commands to control lossy video recording - RedX, optical headtracking - support for 1250Hz, monocular - support for 500Hz, binocualar, monocular - optional bilateral filtering of gaze data - video recording ( jpg, bmp, lossy and lossless avi ) - online image quality measurement - online data qualtity measurement - direct disk eye data recording - auxilary remote interface - new button "AutoBalance", improved autobalance performance - 13 point drift correction implemented Fixes: - fixed ET_PNT command - iviewx crash while udp communication fixed - fix "falcon contrast/brightness was set to default when clicking cancel - fix return value of the ET_LEV remote command -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 01.06 Build 37 Released: January 20, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - ET_SFT remote command to control the tracker parameter - ET_MOV remote command to control the red3 camera - ET_SIM, ET_EIM, ET_IMG to start and receive mime encoded eye images - ET_CPA set and get calibration parameter - ET_LNS to control the RED camera - ET_SAV now takes 3 additional parameters for trial description and user name and overwrite option - ET_VLS to perform a calibration validation with short result ( RMS x, y ) - can iView minimize to tray now - saving iViewX setup to file - iViewX command line parameters to start iViewX as background task - one point calibration (requires a single previous 5-point calibration as system setup) - new rejection parameter for 2 independend reflex tracking (parameters set the min and max distance between the 2 reflexes ) - support for uEye USB 2.0 camera, binocular 25Hz grab - binocular data streaming - direct 2 point calibration for analog out - pulnix line artefact removal - can start left / right calibration in a binocular system remotely - setnumber can now be overlayed on the scene video - recording time is now limited to 2 hours maximum - improved pupil and reflex tracking algorithm with high speed systems - load / save head tracking calibration - hough transformation for badly damaged pupil objects ( experimental ) - ET_RST remote command to reset frame counter of scene video Fixes: - fix for crashes when using the matrox orion on hyperthreaded pc (requires an update of the Matrox Mil 7.5 library) - fix for serial communication bug ( only when using RS232 ) - support for RED2 second generation, Zoom In, Zoom Out changed - remotely starting calibration doesn't reset the position of the screen points - grab region for 350 Hz monocular centered - fixed crash when online data viewer was floating - fixed crash when trying to save data on a full disk - recording now stops after 2 hours - binocular aoi adaptation is more intuitive now - default pupil density rejection parameter for RED3 increased - network ip adress can now be resetet if interface settings changed - heuristic filter is now applied on mapped gaze data instead of raw pupil data and raw reflex data - cam offset for 350 Hz monocular added - 2 sec system blackout fixed when recording highspeed data - dynamic reflex tracking aoi is now coupled to the reflex pupil distance rejection parameter - fixed crash when setting reflex-pupil distance to 0 - fix for update problem of the scene.set - fix for eye video has leaps during calibration - fix for missing seperator between 2 reflexes - fix for crash when dealing with very bright backgrounds and having dynamic threshold enabled - bug fix for occasional one sample delay of set number increment -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 01.05 Build 46 Released: August 17, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - highspeed binocular tracking 350Hz ( grablink devices ) - sequencetial and parallel left / right eye calibration - Hyper Threading support - exporting head data in iView3 compatible files - now streaming scene frame counter - improved 2 CR tracking ( numbering the reflexes ) - 8 point calibration ( 2 layer calibration method ) - head mounted display support - one click frame rate change for high speed systems - support for the Vidac II MPEG hardware, Vidac I is no longer supported - real time UDP in commands ( ET_INC, ET_REM are now processed immediatly after reception ) - ctrl + F5 now start scene cursor adjustment in ht-mode - ET_PSE and ET_CNT are now available as ttl input commands - gaze output is now in pixels instead of mm in a Red-MHT system - thresholds are saved at program end - associate rejection parameter sets with specific devices - mouse grabber added, can now create artificial gaze data from mouse movement on scene view - pupil diameter calibration, can now output pupil diameter in mm or pupil area in mm˛ - eye video avi recording for debugging ( ctrl + shift + F3 ) - ET_CAL now usable without parameter to work with the ttl input - binocular analog out Fixes: - now sending ET_REC and ET_STP when starting / stoping eye data recording - flip odd/even deinterlacing when grabbing from firewire box - sheriff (licence) module updated from 2.4 to 2.6 - now exporting plane dimensions in Red MHT mode - fix for a crash when opening a not existent ip address - fix for timestamp overflow in scene video - ET_PNT now starts point numbering with 1 (previously with 0) - MPEG recording will now stop if there is less than 10% of the total disk space available - sometime the digital out channels of the PIO DIO didn't work after a reboot - heuristic filter now also delays messages - now exporting 6 post comma digits for normalized gaze vector - fix for head tracking data conversion problems on non-english systems - scene video frame counter is now refreshed after an even field only ( before it was random odd/even ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 01.04 Build 56 Released: November 12, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - red + magnetical headtracking added ( polhemus and ascention devices ) - euresys grablink grabber added ( camlink ), used for high speed - contour refinement using linear interpolation between background and object - SVHS input and output option for the orion ( curvid ) - 13 point RED calibration method added - new headtracking remote streaming commands added ( plane, headposition, eyeposition, gaze ) - pupil only calibration possible - roundness rejection parameter for pupil added - show / edit all calibration points simultaneously - IDF version 4 file introduced ( now saving gaze direction, eyeposition and stimulus geometry ) backward compatible to version 3 and 2 ) - speech output when calibrating in head tracking mode - now displaying a warning if the licence expires in less than 30 days - optional display of trigger status in the scene video - record + export the scene video counter with the eye data - user message recording (record user enter text while eye data recording) - adaptive gaze cursor filtering on scene video (online fixation detection) - integrated control for camlink cameras ( hi-speed, 240Hz, 350Hz ) - when saving a calibration resolution is also saved/restored, old calibration files are incompatible to the new files - ET_VRE remote command to start mpeg recording ( ET_VRE "c:\temp\scenevideo.mpg", parameter is optional ) - ET_VST remote command to stop mpeg recording - ET_EXE remote command to start any application on the iViewX pc remotely Fixes: - fix for the HT mode using the bitmap view ( low virtual memory when switching often between different planes ) - fix for chrash when changing windows network settings when remote ethernet interface is used - fix for moving RED with "Input Filter Eye" on - Drop-Frame Time Code to eliminate two NTSC frames each minute except for minute 00,10,20,30,40,50 to compensate the color NTSC framerate of 29.97 fps - fix for swapped message + sample when exporting data ( message was written before sample although it's timestamp was older ) - fix for long auto calibration with a high speed grabber - fixes for many, many gui glitches - fix for the sample delay in the data file when using heuristic filtering - can now use more than 10 planes in head tracking mode -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 01.03 Build 24 Released: February 28, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - network support ( udp ) - vidac mpeg card support - firebox grabber support ( firewire grabber ) - RED3 eeprom verion now available - brightness / contrast adjustable for falcon grabber - ET_SAV implemented - TTL output using LPT port added - F8 starts a verification of the calibration Fixes: - fix for the crash when deselecting the size = pupil diameter option - fix for moving the calibration crosshair in the scene bitmap view - fix for deselecting "Auto Accept" on ET_CAL - fix for message "remote command failed" although it was performed in ET_INC and _ET_CSZ - online data plot y-scale is now adapted properly after a load calibration - randomize calibration points - fix for mixed up scene video overlay positions - black overlay color fixed - fix for exporting right gaze data, backward compatible binary file format 3 introduced (for IDF Converter) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 01.02 Build 94 Released: September 20, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - elliptical fit for pupil center measurement ( experimental ) Fixes: - curvid overlaying is now disabled if iView runs in the background to fix irregular crashes - offplane distance in headtracking mode is now adjustable, scene can be calibrated by entering the space key - stability check for y-diameter removed when calibrating the system - y-correction for interlaced cameras / grabbers fixed - Red3 focus is recalled in the manual focus mode only -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 01.02 Build 90 Released: September 06, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - meteor highspeed progressive scan grabbing ( 350 Hz @ 648x100 pixels ) - HeadTracking, displaying of surveyor points on 2D planes (bitmaps) added - elliptical and rectangle areas of interest - save report box content to a file - Analog Out support using PioDA board added - pupil diameter calculation using pupil area added - can now setup horizontal / vertical eyedata mirroring - 2D scene gaze cursor if head tracking is calibrated - switching bitmaps according to planehits in head tracking mode - monitor plane setup for head tracking - 2 point calibration method - meteor highspeed progressive scan grabbing ( 236 Hz @ 648x200 pixels ) - polhemus head tracking support added - quality measurement of eye data samples added - now saving the processing duration (latency) of each data sample - version management for setting files Fixes: - ET_BMP remote command fixed - synchronicity mpeg/data recording fixed - *.idf fix makes existing files obsolete - can now use huge scene bitmaps without system performance decrease - fix for a crash when switching left / right eyetracker - fix, setnumber is only incremented if the data is recorded - falcon board image aquisition problem solved ( a certian hardware setup caused a field drop out once in a while ) - falcon board can now handle bad eye images ( wireless HED ) the falcon reset will now continue the grabbing just in case it stopped due to bad images -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 01.00 Build 78 Released: April 16, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - load / save of calibration added - save of scene video working area added - Dazzle Mpeg recording support ( Navis Mpeg support removed ) - manual shift compensation added - 2 CR tracking, using left, right or average of both reflexes for mapping - calibation point position can now be reseted independent from other calibration properties - eye image queueing and delayed processing added to handle system blackouts when using mpeg recording - odd / even compensation of interlaced eye images ( softracker.dll 1.01. build 2 required ) Fixes: - cr tracking disabled if threshold is 255 - zero raw data is now mapped to zero - Red III camera tracking error ( introduced in build 72 ) - set number was saved - switching to EyePC and back to Falcon now updates the EyeTracker Form properly - RED III control misbehavior fixed - iView3 export: setnumber now starts to count with 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 01.00 Build 57 Released: February 27, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enhancements: - First official release Fixes: