def _image_data(self):
        """Returns the data in image format, with scaling and conversion to uint8 types.

        Returns
        -------
        :obj:`numpy.ndarray` of uint8
            A 3D matrix representing the image. The first dimension is rows, the
            second is columns, and the third is simply the IR entry scaled to between 0 and BINARY_IM_MAX_VAL.
        """
        return (self._data * (float(BINARY_IM_MAX_VAL) / MAX_IR)).astype(np.uint8)
Returns the data in image format, with scaling and conversion to uint8 types.

        Returns
        -------
        :obj:`numpy.ndarray` of uint8
            A 3D matrix representing the image. The first dimension is rows, the
            second is columns, and the third is simply the IR entry scaled to between 0 and BINARY_IM_MAX_VAL.