e-con Systems See3CAM CU51, User Manual

Page 1: ...w e consystems com Subject to change without notice Page 1 of 24 e con Systems India Pvt Ltd RR Tower IV 7th Floor T V K Industrial Estate Guindy Chennai 600032 www e consystems com QtCAM See3CAM_CU51...

Page 2: ...buntu Launchpad Online 6 7 Application Features 7 7 1 Enumeration and Selection of camera device 7 7 2 Still capture 7 7 3 Video recording 8 7 4 Camera Settings 9 7 4 1 Image Quality Settings 9 7 4 2...

Page 3: ...tCAM installation procedure from Ubuntu Launchpad Ubuntu 12 04 Business Development Team 1 3 19 Oct 2015 Minor edits and Review Business Development Team 1 2 15 Oct 2015 Added QtCAM installation proce...

Page 4: ...ion developer gets the very high resolution 12bpp data for every pixel for performing accurate image processing functions The See3CAM_CU51 is UVC compliant camera and it does not require any additiona...

Page 5: ...s provided in the application are as follows 1 Enumerating and listing all USB video devices connected 2 Changing resolution and color space compression for video stream if different resolutions are s...

Page 6: ...inux will automatically detect all the drivers and it will be installed 6 2 Installing and Launching QtCAM application 6 2 1 Ubuntu Launchpad Online To install in Ubuntu 14 04 from Ubuntu Launchpad we...

Page 7: ...f the camera is busy i e camera is opened by another application like Skype etc Also if there are two instances of QtCAM application and both have the same camera selected then there will be no previe...

Page 8: ...d a video by selecting record icon available in the sidebar The video will be saved in the directory path selected in the video location path The default name for recorded video file is QtCAM YY_MM_dd...

Page 9: ...he path specified in Video Location in Video Capture Settings 7 4 Camera Settings 7 4 1 Image Quality Settings On selecting Image quality settings a control menu will display camera control settings T...

Page 10: ...rom a minimum value of 1 to 128 by moving the slider and the exact changes will be reflected immediately in the preview This brightness control increases the brightness of See3CAM_CU51 The Default val...

Page 11: ...Page 11 of 24 7 4 2 Still Capture Settings On selecting Still Capture Settings the user can select color space resolution size for capturing the images capture image location path and image save form...

Page 12: ...available as follows 1 2592x1944 2 1920x1080 3 1280x720 4 640x480 7 4 2 3 Image Location The image location can be changed by clicking the folder icon or the text box A file dialog will open for the u...

Page 13: ...ystems com Subject to change without notice Page 13 of 24 7 4 2 4 Image Format Four image formats are available in this version as follows 1 jpg 2 bmp 3 raw 4 png The captured images are saved as per...

Page 14: ...deo Capture Settings the user can select frame rate color space video output size video encoder format video container Extension and the video location to save 7 4 3 1 Frame Rate Frame rate displayed...

Page 15: ...le camera is selected the preview output size will be selected but the user can change this at any point of time The preview will be updated as per the selected output size USB mode Resolution Frame r...

Page 16: ...tems com Subject to change without notice Page 16 of 24 7 4 3 4 Video record format Two video formats are available in this version 1 avi 2 mkv 7 4 3 5 Video encoder format There are four video encode...

Page 17: ...ecorded in any one of the selected encoder format 7 4 3 6 Video Location The video location can be changed by clicking the folder icon or the text box A file dialog will open for the user to select th...

Page 18: ...considered as a free running mode of the camera The camera is configured for a preview resolution and still resolution The application is started and the Master mode is chosen and the application star...

Page 19: ...ailable and the camera will be kept in standby waiting for a trigger pulse to start the integration of pixels and provide a global shutter image The user can switch to trigger mode by clicking on the...

Page 20: ...the text box and this exposure value will be applied during exposed image capture See3CAM_CU51 supports exposure levels ranging from 1 milli second to 30 seconds This can be input through the exposur...

Page 21: ...rted by See3CAM_CU51 camera is as follows 1 Torch mode on and off By default Torch mode is off in See3CAM_CU51 camera If Torch mode is set to on the torch LED is continuously on irrespective of extern...

Page 22: ...to change without notice Page 22 of 24 7 6 5 2 Serial Number The Serial Number button can be used to view the Unique ID of the See3CAM USB camera device 8 About To know about the application name ver...

Page 23: ...on available in the side bar to close the application 10 Known issues and Limitation 1 This QtCAM application is in Ubuntu 14 04 64 bit 32 bit and Ubuntu 12 04 64 bit 32 bit Linux Distribution only 2...

Page 24: ...nt provides detailed explanation on various features and options available in QtCAM application 12 Appendix 1 12 1 Keyboard Shortcuts 1 Press Key I to capture the image from keyboard 2 Use the Left ar...