---
title: PixelBufferObservation
framework: vision
role: symbol
role_heading: Structure
path: vision/pixelbufferobservation
---

# PixelBufferObservation

An object that represents an image that an image-analysis request produces.

## Declaration

```swift
struct PixelBufferObservation
```

## Topics

### Creating an observation

- [init(_:)](vision/pixelbufferobservation/init(_:).md)

### Inspecting an observation

- [RequestDescriptor](vision/requestdescriptor.md)
- [cgImage](vision/pixelbufferobservation/cgimage.md)
- [pixelFormat](vision/pixelbufferobservation/pixelformat.md)
- [size](vision/pixelbufferobservation/size.md)

### Getting pixel data

- [pixel(at:)](vision/pixelbufferobservation/pixel(at:).md)

### Accessing the memory

- [withUnsafePointer(_:)](vision/pixelbufferobservation/withunsafepointer(_:).md)

### Instance Properties

- [pixelBuffer](vision/pixelbufferobservation/pixelbuffer.md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Decodable](swift/decodable.md)
- [Encodable](swift/encodable.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)
- [VisionObservation](vision/visionobservation.md)

## See Also

### Understanding the result

- [ClassificationObservation](vision/classificationobservation.md)
- [CoreMLFeatureValueObservation](vision/coremlfeaturevalueobservation.md)