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1. Introduction 1.1 General Description The USS-300/USS-301 series is an automatic exposure control (electronic shutter) camera using near infrared (NIR) CCD imager. The camera is four times more sensitive than the conventional CCD camera at 945 nm wavelength. Smear is significantly reduced and dynamic range is much greater than the conventional CCD cameras.
1.5 Camera Specifications Model USS-300 (EIA) USS-301 (CCIR) CCD Sensor ½” Interline-Transfer EXview HAD CCD Chip Size 6.4 mm x 4.8 mm Effective Pixels (H x V) 768 x 494 752 x 582 8.4 mm x 9.8 mm 8.6 mm x 8.3 mm...
2.1 Basic Camera Setup For basic camera setup, as shown in Figure 1, one USS-300/USS-301 camera, one standard C-mount lens, one TV monitor, one PS-12C power supply unit or equivalent, and one BNC cable (75W) are required. Make sure the camera has the correct settings before powering up.
3. Camera Functions 3.1 12-Pin Connector The 12-pin Hirose connector is located on the rear Pin No. Description Note plate of the camera. All ground signals on pin # 1, 3, +12V DC input 5, 8, 10, and 12 are common grounds. Although +12 V DC input is recommended on pin #2, this Video camera should withstand +12 V ±...
The camera default setting is in ASM mode. To disable the default setting (auto electronic shutter mode), switch to NRM. 3.5 Gain Control Mode (AGC/MGC) Automatic gain control (AGC): AGC/MGC switch is located on the rear plate. AGC factory setting is 2V for AGC control and 3V for AGC MAX control. Therefore, the maximum gain is about 18dB as shown in Figure 6 below.
Field Mode: Field/Frame mode switch is located on the rear panel. In field mode, two adjacent horizontal lines are combined and scanned out as shown in figure 8 shown below. There is one line offset between odd field and even field. The sensitivity in field mode is double for each field scanning (1/60 second).
4.2 Integration The USS-300/USS-301 camera can be integrated up to 2 seconds without severe noise or dark current effect. Make sure the camera is set to NRM and FRM before preceding any integration; this will ensure that there will be a full frame video (both odd and even field).
CCD glass surface or the CCD camera is partially damaged. Use high-pressure air to blow the dirt away if the CCD glass is not clean. If the problem still exists, contact the UNIQ technical support for help. If there is video on TV monitor but not with a frame grabber, most likely the problem is from the frame grabber's software or hardware.
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