DOI: 10.11118/ecos2026_013

INTEGRATION OF CHRONOS HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS INTO THE MERCURYRT DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION SYSTEM

Martin Kmenta¹

¹ Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

This article deals with the design and implementation of an integration module that connects Chronos 1.4 and 2.1-HD high-speed cameras with the MercuryRT digital im-age correlation (DIC) system. The work responds to the previously missing integration that required manual transfer of recordings and separate setup of both systems. The proposed solution uses the camera REST API for control and an RTSP stream decoded by an external FFmpeg process for live preview. A custom integer-based YUV420p-to-RGB conversion algorithm in C# was implemented; it handles a 10 FPS preview in real time with typical latency around 300 ms. Functionality and stability were verified by a four-hour stress test and trigger measurements using an LED flash; the recording completed without frame loss.

Klíčová slova: high-speed imaging, digital image correlation, REST API, RTSP, FFmpeg

stránky: 14-14, online: 2026