PC requirements
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Processor Pentium-3 at least 1 GHz, or Pentium-4 at least
1.6 GHz.
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At least 256 MB RAM
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USB 2.0 (USB 3.0) port
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OS Microsoft WIN/ME (USB 2.0 Host, root concentrators
and Direct-X drivers shall be installed), or WIN/XP
(Service Pack 2).
Software set and features
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WDM driver suitable for Windows XP/7 (32, 64bit).
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Two applications for visualisation on the PC screen as well
as for capture and recording of single frames (EVS_CAP
software) and pictures (AM_CAP software) on a hard disc
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The Contour-IR digital camera is supplied with the
software controling the following camera functions:
storage time, gain factor, gamma correction etc.
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The max. camera exposure is equal to the frame duration,
which depends on the chosen reading format.
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The electronic shutter is in the Rolling Shutter. The
operation in pulse mode with short exposures is useless –
the picture will be visible is just one or several lines of the
entire frame.
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The gain factor is approx. 30 dB.
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The gamma correction can be deactivated from the driver
bookmark.
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There is no external synchronisation in the camera.
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The uncompressed video record function is available.
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The camera features the sensor with micro lenses, the
certain concentration of metal in the silicone photodiode
and noise subtraction from signal. All this allowed
increasing the IR camera sensitivity to 1700 nm. The
resolution remains the same.
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The IR sensitivity has non-linear characteristics.
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The cameras are tested with laser diodes as well as with
interference filters and wide-band sources of light.
Applications development by
the customer
The Contour-IR digital camera is supplied with the WDM
driver that implements the Microsoft Direct Show technology,
which is the Windows SDK (Microsoft Direct X) component.
It allows working with a large array of commercial and free
software, supporting this technology, such as Ulead Video
Studio, Adobe Premier, AmCap, VirtualDub etc.
For own applications development, the customer shall apply
to the Microsoft Windows SDK and to the SDK catalogue
available from the supplied CD. To develop own software at
CBlider and Delphi it is recommended to use the ready-made
components like DSPACK.
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