Industrial cameras can be classified into line scan cameras and area scan cameras based on the structural characteristics of their sensors. The following is a brief introduction to the working modes of line scan cameras and area scan cameras.

1. Line Scan Camera Operating Modes:
1-1. Fixed Line Scan Rate Continuous Mode
a. Fixed line rate
b. The target object moves at a constant speed
c. The line scan rate depends on the frequency of the line synchronization signal

1-2. Variable Line Scan Speed ​​Trigger Mode
a. Line trigger
b. Target object speed is variable
c. Line scan speed depends on the duration of the external trigger pulse

1-3. Variable line scan speed and variable frame size mode
a. Line trigger + Frame trigger
b. Target object's speed and size are variable
c. Line scan speed depends on the external trigger pulse duration

2. Operating Modes of Area Scan Cameras
2-1. Continuous Mode
a. Exposure time does not exceed transmission time
b. Frame rate remains constant and independent of exposure time
c. Internal exposure control

2-2. Pseudo-continuous mode
a. Exposure time can exceed transmission time
b. Frame rate equals the reciprocal of (exposure + transmission) time
c. Used when transmitting large amounts of data

2-3. Trigger Modes
a. Internal Exposure Control
b. External Trigger
c. Image Acquisition After a Delay

2-4. Asynchronous Reset Mode
a. Requires asynchronous operation mode
b. Obtains the current image without delay
c. The acquisition card sends the exposure signal to the camera.

2-5. Programmable Control Modes
a. External Exposure Control
b. Camera-Controlled Delay Time
c. Programmable Exposure Time Control

2-6. Long-duration integration mode
a. External or internal exposure control
b. Exposure time is longer than transmission time
c. Equivalent to multi-image accumulation, increasing brightness; commonly used in gel and darkroom operations.