$ImagingDevice
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$ImagingDevice
Details

- $ImagingDevice is initially set to $DefaultImagingDevice.
- $ImagingDevice can be set to any camera listed by $ImagingDevices.
- Only devices that are recognized by the operating system are supported.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)Summary of the most common use cases
The camera source is initially set to the default imaging device:
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Use $ImagingDevices to find another camera:
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Set $ImagingDevice to a different camera:
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Clear resets the source to default:
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Wolfram Research (2014), $ImagingDevice, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ImagingDevice.html.
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Wolfram Research (2014), $ImagingDevice, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ImagingDevice.html.
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Wolfram Research (2014), $ImagingDevice, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ImagingDevice.html.
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Wolfram Research (2014), $ImagingDevice, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ImagingDevice.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "$ImagingDevice." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ImagingDevice.html.
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Wolfram Language. 2014. "$ImagingDevice." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ImagingDevice.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). $ImagingDevice. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ImagingDevice.html
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Wolfram Language. (2014). $ImagingDevice. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ImagingDevice.html
BibTeX
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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$imagingdevice, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$ImagingDevice}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ImagingDevice.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-April-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$imagingdevice, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$ImagingDevice}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ImagingDevice.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-April-2025
]}