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Page 1: ...IMS 5 Camera System System and Software Documentation Revision 1 22...

Page 2: ...ults From Auto Settings 12 Important Shooting Notes 12 Taking Still Pictures 14 Additional Shooting Tips 14 Summary of Survey Controls and Indicators 14 Summary of Manage Tab 16 Automatic Mapping Mode...

Page 3: ...35 Troubleshooting 35 Wi Fi connectivity 35 Survey browser compatibility 36 Removing reflections in mirrors 36 Ball head drift 36 Miscellaneous Survey issues 36 Wrong camera rotation direction 36 Bat...

Page 4: ...ul interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televi...

Page 5: ...e Each DSLR camera and lens assembly is factory calibrated to allow accurate rectification of fisheye images and their alignment and stitching into cubic panorama tiles It is important to handle the c...

Page 6: ...doesn t need to be removed to be charged and has a charge level indicator on top of the battery itself The USB flash drive where all the data is stored is also plugged into the system controller It i...

Page 7: ...r charging a completely discharged battery Figure 2 Camera handling Tripod Setup A tripod is not included with the camera and must be supplied by the user A tripod with a ball head is recommended to a...

Page 8: ...her will result in too much sway of the camera under its weight when the camera is rotated and will negatively affect quality of panorama alignment and stitching A foam cushion disk is provided with t...

Page 9: ...serve battery the laser scanner will power off if there is no communication between Survey and the camera for more than 2 minutes Additionally the camera system will power off automatically if no user...

Page 10: ...other Figure 4 Survey tab Data collection for Planitar iGUIDEs involves using the camera to scan a property and capture fisheye images in every room to create panoramas The integrated laser scanner c...

Page 11: ...n 1 Switch to the Project tab 2 Type a project name for the new house 3 Enter exterior wall thickness may not be needed for apartments 4 Press the Create button 5 Switch to the Floor tab 6 Enter a flo...

Page 12: ...Exposure 7 Adjust white balance in Survey by choosing a preset from the drop down list e g Daylight Tungsten Fluorescent Auto Use Auto if you prefer to let the camera decide Stitch will later correct...

Page 13: ...hoot if needed If you need to re shoot move the green square shot selector in the top left of the screen to correct shot position by tapping on it Also examine the resulting laser data for any signs t...

Page 14: ...y position and rotate panorama locations using the Move Pano mode After all three shots for a panorama are completed the camera checks measured compass angles for proper spacing and may warn you if th...

Page 15: ...ghting comes from incandescent light bulbs or warm yellowish fluorescent lighting use the Tungsten setting For cold white fluorescent lights use the Fluorescent setting Finer control of white balance...

Page 16: ...switch between AutoMap and Track modes Move scan Move current laser scan camera position on the map Move pano Move currently selected panorama on the map Map Actions selector Available actions Undo Au...

Page 17: ...ave incremental numbering For custom folder naming use the Pano tab Page reload Force reloading of Survey app in browser Coverage switch When turned on coverage of the floor by panoramas will be displ...

Page 18: ...The values entered here will affect the custom preset selection found on the Survey tab Values range from 1 to 7 and 1 to 7 17...

Page 19: ...ormat the usb drive while it is inserted into the camera This can be used as a quick way to delete all the project data from the USB drive IMPORTANT NOTE This will delete all the data from the USB dri...

Page 20: ...d is available upon request Update Firmware Update the camera s firmware when a new version becomes available System Information Firmware version and camera serial number are displayed Save System Log...

Page 21: ...upancy probability map White pixels indicate high probability of the space being occupied walls will be white Black pixels indicate high probability of the space being unoccupied space without walls o...

Page 22: ...canning at the edge of the map and the current scan stays red use Map Actions Re center Map option If the map grows too large use Actions Grow Canvas option to double the size of the map The initial m...

Page 23: ...he building Figure 6 Exterior pano is highlighted in green The preferred way to align these scans is to position their data in the appropriate position relative to the rest of the data captured from t...

Page 24: ...o store 360 degree images is a photo sphere where the complete 360 degree image is stored in one file in the equirectangular format with 2 1 aspect ratio for 360 by 180 degree coverage Photo spheres a...

Page 25: ...tes tool or at the project level by selecting the top level project in the tree view 7 Rotate each floor to have walls parallel to the sides of the screen All floors must have the same orientation 8 C...

Page 26: ...he scans are sorted by creation date Floor right click menu allows re sorting scans by name or date The displayed floor names in Stitch are used to label floors in the iGUIDE The displayed scan names...

Page 27: ...er panoramas taken with another device is available from the context menu by right clicking on any floor in the house tree view and selecting the Add User Pano option User panoramas must be jpg or png...

Page 28: ...ut with mouse wheel Select multiple scans to rotate them all at once Notes Double click on a floor to create and place a text label Clicking on an existing label will select it so that it can be moved...

Page 29: ...o being aligned Square up floor Rotate all data to align with vertical and horizontal axis Panorama Coverage Show panorama coverage of the floor to ensure drafting team will have enough data Zoom to F...

Page 30: ...found in Survey app on Manage tab Take Snapshots You can use this tool to snap still pictures for the iGUIDE image gallery from fisheye images See Figure 10 These pictures will have limited resolution...

Page 31: ...Figure 10 Stitch Settings Figure 11 Align Panoramas and Adjust Color 30...

Page 32: ...Planitar drafting team will not be able to draft a property until sufficient data is received and that data is acceptably aligned into correct floor layout Below are examples with explanations Figure...

Page 33: ...with visible artifacts Figure 14 Very good and properly aligned data Planitar drafting team will love you Figure 15 Not very well aligned data Planitar drafting team may be able to correct room align...

Page 34: ...this data for drafting until all rooms are positioned on the floor in the correct relationship and are sufficiently aligned Figure 17 Completely unaligned data Planitar drafting team will not accept...

Page 35: ...in Stitch by using the Reverse Camera Rotation option Figure 19 Missing room data not all rooms on the floor have image data so windows and other features cannot be shown properly on the floor plan P...

Page 36: ...blower before cleaning The cleaning cloth must be lint free You can breath on the lens to create a thin layer of condensation and then wipe it off with the cleaning cloth held stretched between two h...

Page 37: ...ng Wi Fi password to factory defaults To reset power the camera on wait until the LED at the top of the system controller is green and use a paper clip to hold the reset button down until the LED turn...

Page 38: ...ou connection worked but then stopped try to return to the location in the house where it worked last and connect to the camera again and change WiFi channel to Auto If you still cannot connect to the...

Page 39: ...iately when looking at the laser measurement data or the panorama preview image Battery Charging If the system battery is completely discharged no charge bars are shown on the battery s LCD display an...

Page 40: ...Wireless Wi Fi 802 11 g n 2 4GHz Access Point Mechanical System unit weight 2 4 kg 5 2 lbs System unit dimensions W 15 3cm 6 0 x D 15 7cm 6 2 x H 24 6cm 9 7 Tripod mounting thread 3 8 16 1 4 20 with...

Page 41: ...togram Brightness Setup 1 Auto power off 30 sec Auto rotate Off Setup 2 Feature guide Disable Setup 3 WiFi Disabled Custom Functions C Fn C Fn I Exposure 1 Exposure level increments 1 1 3 stop C Fn I...

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