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Introduction
Revision 1.1
Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera User’s Guide
To reduce the fixed pattern noise from the CMOS image sensor, the
PC-1280 Camera provides a Fixed Pattern Compensation Feature.
The user can capture a Black Field with the particular fixed pattern
of a camera, then load it to the Fixed Pattern Buffer in the camera.
This Black Frame will be subtracted from the video frames during
live video capture to effectively reduce the Noise.
The PC-1280 Camera employs a ½" CMOS image sensor (with
Bayer color mask on color version). The sensor chip provides 54dB
dynamic range. The camera delivers 15 FPS at full resolution (1280
x 1024), 60 FPS at VGA resolution (640 x 480). The PC-1280 also
supports user defined Region Of Interest (ROI) capture.
The Phoenix PC-1280 USB Digital Camera uses C-Mount lens (C-
S lens is supported with an adaptor) with 1/2" optical format. This
makes easy to replace existing CCD 1/2" cameras without chang-
ing the optical and mechanical design.
The PC-1280 Camera connects to the PC with a USB 2.0 cable. All
the image data transfers and all camera control commands are de-
livered on this cable. A separate Trigger Input is provided for trig-
ger/reset one or multiple Phoenix Digital Cameras at the exact time
for highly accurate images capture. A Strobe Output is provided by
the camera to control the external shutter or strobe light. The time
relation between the Shutter and the Trigger is software program-
mable.
The user can control and operate the PC-1280 Camera with the
PhoenixView DEMO & Utility Program. MuTech also provide
standard TWAIN and WIA image capture drivers for the Phoenix
PC-1280 products. A software development kit (Phoenix PC-1280
Software Development Kit) is available for OEM customers.
The Phoenix PC-1280 software supports Windows 2000 and Win-
dows XP platform. Multiple Cameras can be installed and operated
in one system.
1.2 Phoenix Camera Software
1.2.1
PhoenixView DEMO & Utility Program
The PhoenixView provides direct control for most features of the
PC-1280 Camera. For simple applications, it can be used to acquire
image frames and/or video sequences under the desired conditions.