Patent ID: 6971066

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for configuring an image acquisition device to perform an image processing function, the method comprising: creating a graphical program on a computer system, wherein the graphical program implements the image processing function, and wherein the graphical program comprises a plurality of interconnected nodes which visually indicate functionality of the graphical program; deploying the graphical program on the image acquisition device, wherein the image acquisition device includes a processor and a memory, wherein the image acquisition device is coupled to or comprised in the computer system; wherein said deploying the graphical program on the image acquisition device comprises: generating an executable program based on the graphical program, wherein the executable program implements functionality of the graphical program; and transferring the executable program to the memory on the image acquisition device; the method further comprising: the image acquisition device acquiring an image of an object; and the image acquisition device executing to perform the image processing function on the image, wherein said image acquisition device executing to perform the image processing function on the image comprises the processor in the image acquisition device executing the executable program from the memory.