Viewing Vision Sensor Data on the V5 Brain – VEX Library

You can view real-time data from the Vision Sensor on the Brain with pre-configured color signatures.

Access Vision Sensor Data

The Home screen of the VEX V5 Brain interface showing six icons. The Devices icon in the top center is highlighted with a white border, indicating it is selected. Other visible icons include Drive, Settings, VEX, VEXcode Pro, and Programs.

Select Devices from the Home menu.

The Device Info screen showing the connected components on the VEX V5 Brain. The screen displays graphical representations of connected devices including the Brain, a motor, and the Vision Sensor. The Vision Sensor icon is highlighted with a white border.

Select the port that the Vision Sensor is connected to. In this case, it is Port 1.

The Vision Sensor interface showing object detection with Object Color set to Red and Object Brightness set to Normal. A red rectangle is centered in the graph indicating one detected object. Signature ID is listed as Signature 1 with the object located at coordinates CX 61, CY 127, width 54, and height 83.

Any objects that match the pre-configured color signatures will now show up on the screen.

The Vision Sensor interface updated with Object Brightness set to Dark, which is highlighted with a white border. The same red object is now displayed darker in color, and the rectangle has moved to a larger region on the graph. The object coordinates are updated to CX 100, CY 149, width 132, and height 124.

Pressing the Object Brightness button changes the brightness of the pre-configured color signature.

This can can improve detection accuracy under current lighting conditions. Available brightness levels are:

Normal
Light
Dark

The Vision Sensor interface updated with Object Color changed to Blue, which is highlighted with a white border. A large blue rectangle is now displayed on the graph. The detected object is at coordinates CX 165, CY 148, width 150, and height 126.

You can change which pre-configured Color Signature to look for by pressing the Object Color button. Available color signatures are:

Red
Green
Blue
Yellow