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See3CAMCU50

Application User Manual

16-04-2014

www.e-consystems.com

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e-con Systems India Pvt Ltd

RISHABH INFO PARK,

RR Tower – IV, 7th Floor,

Super A-16 & A-17, Thiru-Vi-Ka Industrial Estate,

Guindy, Chennai - 600 032.

www.e-consystems.com

See3CAMCU50

Application User Manual

Revision 1.2

16-04-2014

Summary of Contents for See3CAMCU50

Page 1: ...om Subject to change without notice Page 1 of 15 e con Systems India Pvt Ltd RISHABH INFO PARK RR Tower IV 7th Floor Super A 16 A 17 Thiru Vi Ka Industrial Estate Guindy Chennai 600 032 www e consystems com See3CAMCU50 Application User Manual Revision 1 2 16 04 2014 ...

Page 2: ...3 2 Introduction 4 3 Scope 4 4 Description 4 5 Pre Requisites 5 5 1 Installation of the See3CAMCU50 and Drivers 5 6 Using e CAM View 6 6 1 Devices Menu 7 6 2 Options Menu 8 6 2 1 Video Capture Filter 9 6 2 2 Video Capture Pin 11 6 2 3 Still Capture Pin 12 6 3 Capture Menu 13 6 4 Extension Unit Menu 14 6 5 Help Menu 14 7 Conclusion 15 ...

Page 3: ...ct to change without notice Page 3 of 15 See3CAMCU50 1 Revision History Rev No Date Major Changes Author Initial Draft 18 03 2014 Initial Draft Bhanu 1 1 21 03 2014 Reviewed and added changes Subbarao 1 2 16 04 2014 Modified Frame rate of 1280x720 resolution Camera PRDs Team ...

Page 4: ... Super Speed Camera that is also backward compatible with USB2 0 host ports and does not require any special camera drivers to be installed in the host PC The See3CAMCU50 is also backward compatible with the USB2 0 High Speed interface albeit at lower frame rates 3 Scope e con provides a sample DirectShow application called e CAM View along with the See3CAMCU50 The e CAM View is a typical DirectSh...

Page 5: ...ing steps to initialize the device with the host computer Connect the one end of the USB 3 0 cable to the USB 3 0 connector provided at the side of See3CAMCU50 and connect the other end to the USB 3 0 host controller on the computer Move the power switch to on position Once Switched ON the LED light on the device will glow indicating that See3CAMCU50 is powered up and ready to use As See3CAMCU50 i...

Page 6: ...AM View This version of e CAM View comes with a set of features that can be used to attain the full functionality of See3CAMCU50 The Menu bar at the top contains few menu items and the lower status bar shows some information When the application is running the current preview resolution and the frame rate are displayed in the lower status bar The following sections describe each of the menu items ...

Page 7: ...the video device which is currently streaming By default See3CAMCU50 will be indicated by the name See3CAMCU50 In case any other video device is connected such as on board webcam etc the e CAM View shall list down those video capture devices as well and the user can switch between the available video capture devices by selecting the respective device There is no audio capture source available with...

Page 8: ...en clicked the options menu will appear as shown in the snapshot below Figure 3 Options Menu From this Options menu the following options can be selected Video Capture Filter to change brightness contrast saturation sharpness white balance Video Capture Pin to select various video preview resolutions supported by the device Still Capture Pin to select various still image resolutions supported by t...

Page 9: ... of these controls of the See3CAMCU50 The various controls that are supported by See3CAMCU50 are Brightness Control Contrast Control Hue Control Saturation Control Sharpness Control White Balance Control Auto Manual The brightness contrast hue saturation sharpness white balance controls are available in the Video Proc Amp The Default button in the tab is used to select the default inbuilt values o...

Page 10: ... 0 6 2 1 4 Saturation Control The Saturation values can be changed from a minimum value of 0 to 8 by moving the slider and the exact changes will be reflected immediately in the preview This Saturation control increases the Saturation of See3CAMCU50 The Default value is 4 6 2 1 5 Sharpness Control The Sharpness values can be changed from a minimum value of 1 to 5 by moving the slider and the exact...

Page 11: ...lution will appear in the Frame Rate text box Currently See3CAMCU50 supports YUV2 and MJPEG color format and in this format four resolutions are supported in USB3 0 and USB2 0 YUV2 640 x 480 at 30 fps in USB 3 0 and 30 fps in USB 2 0 1280 x 720 at 30 fps in USB 3 0 and 15 fps in USB 2 0 1920 x 1080 at 15fps in USB 3 0 and 10 fps in USB 2 0 2592 x 1944 at 8 fps in USB 3 0 and 2 fps in USB 2 0 MJPEG...

Page 12: ...View application will save the images in Bitmap bmp format in the user specified location To change the resolution the user can select any one of the resolutions from the Output Size list box To change the color format of the preview the user can select one of the color formats from the Color Space Compression list box The See3CAMCU50 supports only YUV2 color format and in this format only one res...

Page 13: ... the e CAM View will set the Desktop as the image storage path for easy access but the user can change to any location by using the still path option To take an image the user can either click the Get Still option or press the Enter key of the keyboard with the e CAM View application being in focus The image will be captured and stored in the location specified by the user The image resolution and...

Page 14: ...ion Unit has some additional controls and features and these not quite common controls and hence they are not included in the standard UVC controls but listed as UVC Extension controls Currently Extension Unit is not supported for the See3CAMCU50 6 5 Help Menu The Help Menu can be used to obtain the version information of e CAM View application installed in the computer ...

Page 15: ...nge without notice Page 15 of 15 Figure 10 Help menu 7 Conclusion This document provides the basic steps involved in using the e CAM View application and See3CAMCU50 in the appropriate modes For additional information on the usage of See3CAMCU50 refer the specific documents provided ...

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