---
title: "LumiScan Calibration"
description: "LumiScan Calibration converts image coordinates from LumiScan vision apps into 3D coordinates on a calibrated plane, so robots can pick and place parts."
product: "LumiScan Calibration"
component: "lumiscan-calibration"
version: "2.0.0"
display_version: "2.0.0.8"
latest_version: true
language: "en"
url: "https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-calibration/2.0.0/index.html"
---

# LumiScan Calibration

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| ![Camera above a calibration plate on the work plane](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-calibration/2.0.0/_images/intro/step-1.svg)<br><br>**Calibrate the work plane once.** With a calibration plate; HDVS returns a TIFF file. | ![Camera image with a marked position at 812, 455 pixels](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-calibration/2.0.0/_images/intro/step-2.svg)<br><br>**Take a position in pixels.** For example a part found by a LumiScan vision app. | Example result<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>x<br>412.6<br><br><br>y<br>118.2<br><br><br>z<br>0.0<br><br><br>Module<br>cell-1<br><br>**Get 3D coordinates on the plane.** Ready for the robot to pick or place. |

LumiScan Calibration converts 2D image coordinates into 3D coordinates on a calibrated plane, so positions found in camera images map to real-world coordinates. You calibrate the plane once with a calibration plate; afterwards every pixel position a LumiScan vision app reports can be transformed, one point at a time or as an array. This is what robots need for bin picking and placing parts, on ctrlX OS or a Windows or Ubuntu PC.

For licensing, see [Licence](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-calibration/2.0.0/lumiscan-calibration/requirements.html#licence). Questions or an error message? See the [FAQ](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-calibration/2.0.0/faq.html).