# Create2dHeightMapFromPointCloud

The Create2dHeightMapFromPointCloud function Functions are tools that are available in Spreadsheet for processing and analyzing acquisitions or other results. You can add functions to your Spreadsheet job to create tool chains and produce results for specific applications. allows you to create a relative height map of all points within a Region of Interest (RoI) in the point cloud A point cloud is a 3D structure that consists of the data points collected by a 3D vision system during acquisition.. The height map translates the relative height of each point in the RoI to a greyscale value between 0 and 255, allowing you to visualize the differences in height between the points. The function returns an Image structure containing a 2D height map image.

The Create2dHeightMapFromPointCloud function is particularly useful in OCR applications, as it is capable of clearly highlighting the small features of embossed or engraved characters.

Input Point Cloud | Output Height Map