1 General Information The purpose of this document is to familiarize the customer with the correct operation of the Vzense ToF Camera. This document provides important information about the camera’s features, hardware specification, safe use of the camera, and installation procedures.
Description and Features Vzense TOF RGBD Camera Module DCAM305 is a 3D camera module developed by Vzense which uses TOF (Time of Flight) technology for face application scenarios or short distance scenarios. It is packaged in a small form factor and can provide high- precision depth information to be widely used for face-related applications such as financial payment, access control, gates, smart lock, time attendance terminal, etc.
Eye safety is only guaranteed when the camera is used properly Power The DCAM305 camera can be powered by standard USB Micro USB. Usage Don’t try to open the camera housing. Each camera has been calibrated at the factory to achieve precise measurements.
To avoid damaging the camera and to achieve best performance, please observe the maximum and minimum housing temperatures in Section 3.1 3 Specifications and Requirement General Specifications Specification DCAM305 Technology TOF (Time-of-flight) Depth Camera Depth Sensor Resolution and Frame 480×640(VGA)(Depth@15FPS+IR@15FPS)
Dimensions (L*W*H) 64mm×18mm×15mm Weight 17.5g Interface Micro USB 2.0 Working Temperature -20℃-50℃ Development Environment C/C++ SDK Operation System Windows 7, 8 and 10, Android 5.0+, Linux Safety Class 1 State Machine Description Electrical Specifications 3.3.1 Recommended Operating Conditions Parameter Symbol Conditions Min Typ.
Unit: mm Fig. 1: ToF Camera Dimensions Working Condition Requirements 3.5.1 Hardware Requirements DCAM305 ToF Camera Micro USB Cable (Not-included in package) Make sure the cable itself can meet the USB standard requirement, otherwise the product may not function well.
Vzense ToF Driver The Vzense ToF Driver software is available for Windows, Linux and Android operating systems and includes the following: SDK code Sample code Software user manual 3.5.3 Environmental Requirements Temperature and Humidity Housing temperature during operation: -20–50 °...
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Fig. 3: Origin of the Coordinate System Meshlab and CloudCompare tools are recommended to analyze the point cloud data saved by Vzense software or SDK method.
Interface with Host Connectors DCAM305 ToF Camera is equipped with Micro USB 2.0 at the bottom side of its housing. LED indication LED indication Power supply Working Mode Flash green at an (Powered by usb2.0) interval of 2 seconds...
5 Principle of Time of Flight Scope of remote sensing technology · Presence or proximity detection, where the absence or presence of an object in a general area is the only information that is required (e.g., for security applications). This is the simplest form of remote sensing; ·...
The difficulty in implementing the direct time-of-flight measurement method resides in the time intervals to be measured. In order to resolve a distance to centimeter-level accuracy, the required accuracy for the timers is 67 ps. Implemented in digital logic, this would require a 15 GHz clock speed, which is obviously not practical. Therefore, various time-to-digital conversion methods are typically used.
By measuring the energy received in successive integration intervals, it is possible to extrapolate the distance between the sensor and the measured object, based on the ratio of energy received in the different intervals. The difficulty with range-gated imaging is that CCD and CMOS imagers have a limited dynamic range;...
5.1.4 Vzense ToF Principle Vzense DCAM305 product principle is based on range-gated imaging ToF solution, and the sensor inside is based on Panasonic CCD sensor MN34906.
A strong ambient light may affect the accuracy and precision of the depth data, the Vzense DCAM 305 is suggested to in user below 50K LUX ambient light. 5.2.2 Multipath Propagation Based on the principle of ToF, Multipath effect may happen when the light reflected more one once.
Figure 4.1 Hardware Installation In Windows, when the camera module is successfully connected, it will pop up the notice of the device driver installation. After the driver is auto-installed successfully, it will display the Vzense RGBD Camera device in Windows Device Manger.
Vzense SDK is available for above systems. Download SDK from below link: China:https://gitee.com/Vzense Oversea:https://github.com/Vzense Vzense Utool Vzense UTool is ToF camera frame tool on windows OS that can help user evaluate product. Download the uTool from below link China: https://github.com/Vzense /UTool Oversea: https://gitee.com/Vzense /UTool...
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If you need other range mode requirement, you can ask Zense team to do range customization, reasonable NRE fee will be charged. One range mode of the Zense DCAM305 camera can fulfill furthest distance be at most 5 times of nearest distance. For example, if the near limitation is 0.4m, then the furthest distance in this mode can reach about 2m.
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0.025 0.02 0.015 0.01 0.005 DISTANCE RANGE UNIT MM Wide dynamic range means that the camera can work at more than one range modes alternately, then the camera itself will combine the result into one depth frame, therefore can expand the range limitation from furthest distance to nearest distance. Merge More Modes Into One DISTANCE RANGE UNIT MM This feature requires customization service for Zense team, you can refer to Chapter...
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Flying pixel removing; IR Image Besides the depth image, Zense DCAM305 camera can also output a VGA resolution IR image. And the IR image is strictly timing synchronized with the depth image. Pixel to pixel mapping is also strictly aligned.
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○: Indicates that this hazardous substance contained in all the homogeneous materials for ×: Indicates that this hazardous substance contained in at least one of the homogeneous Eye Safety Declaration DCAM305 is classified as a Class 1 Laser Product under the EN/IEC 60825-1, Edition...
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3 (2014) internationally and IEC60825-1, Edition 2 (2007) in the US. This product complies with US FDA performance standards under 21 CFR 1040.10 for laser products except for deviations pursuant to Laser Notice No. 50 dated June 24, 2007. Reliability Declaration Revision History...
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