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See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 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 See3CAM_81 Application User Manual Revision 1.5 29-May-2017 Page 1 of 22 www.e-consystems.com...
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 Contents Revision History ........................3 Introduction ..........................4 Scope ............................4 Description ..........................4 Pre-Requisites.......................... 5 Installation of the See3CAM_81 and Drivers ............5 Using e-CAMView ........................6 Devices Menu ......................7 Options Menu......................8 6.2.1 Video Capture Filter ..................
Introduction The See3CAM_81 is an 8 Mega pixel, color, UVC Compliant, USB3.0 SuperSpeed camera from e-con Systems, a leading embedded Product Design Services Company which specializes in the advanced camera solutions. The See3CAM_81 is the latest member of the See3CAM family of USB3.0 SuperSpeed camera products launched by e-con.
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 The See3CAM_81 has the following camera controls namely, Brightness Contrast Saturation Sharpness White Balance (both manual and automatic) Focus(both manual and automatic) This document explains the following things. Selecting the supported preview resolutions.
Using e-CAMView To launch the video streaming and capture application e-CAMView click on the Start -> All Programs -> e-con Systems -> e-CAMView. This version of e-CAMView comes with a set of features that can be used to attain the full functionality of See3CAM_81.
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 6.1 Devices Menu Devices menu will show the currently connected video devices to host PC and the user can select any video devices attached to the computer. A check mark is placed before the device indicating the video device which is currently streaming.
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 6.2 Options Menu The options menu can be used to select the various preview and image resolutions and the controls that are supported by See3CAM_81. When 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 ...
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 6.2.1 Video Capture Filter The Video Capture Filter sub menu of the Options Menu can be used to configure some of the camera parameters of See3CAM_81 Camera. Brightness Contrast Saturation Sharpness ...
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 Default Minimum Maximum Manual Auto Controls Value Value Value Control Control Brightness Contrast Saturation Sharpness White balance Table 2: Values of See3CAM_81 Controls 6.2.1.1 Brightness Control The Brightness values can be changed from a minimum value of -4 to 4 by moving the slider, and the exact changes will be reflected immediately in the preview.
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 Figure 6: Still capture pin Note1: While changing the still image resolution, the preview will be stopped and resume once again when the resolution is selected and the OK button is pressed. 6.2.4 Freeze Frame Freeze frame option allows the user to pause and resume a streaming preview in any resolution.
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 Figure 7: Capture menu 6.4 Extension Unit Menu The See3CAM_81 camera has some additional controls and features. These are not quite common controls and hence they are not included in the standard UVC controls, but listed as UVC Extension controls.
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 Figure 8: Extension Unit Menu The controls supported in this are listed below, 6.4.1 Focus Mode control See3CAM_81 supports two modes. They are the following Auto Mode In Auto Mode, it has Single Shot Mode and Continuous Mode. ...
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 In Continuous Mode, the camera detects the object’s movements and refocuses if there is a scene change. Manual Mode In Manual Mode, Focus can be adjusted manually with help of slider which moves from the range of 0 (infinite) to 1022 (macro) and the exact changes will be reflected immediately in the preview.
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 Grayscale: The normal preview is de-saturated and the image stream is composed of shades of gray in this mode. Figure 11: Grayscale mode (Note: If there is any change in saturation under UVC Control tab, then Grayscale is changed to Normal Effect.) 6.4.3 Flip / Mirror Control ...
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 6.4.4 Strobe Control If LED is used means it should be connect to pin 7 of CN3 Connector. See3CAM_81 has three type of strobe controls, which controls the LED Flash. They are Flash for Video Streaming In this control, it switches ON the LED while video is streaming.
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 Figure 14: GPIO Controls 6.4.6 Focus Status Button To know the status of the Focus, User can press the Focus Status button, if camera finished focusing means it will display “Focus Succeeded” otherwise it will display “Focus busy”. Figure 15: Focus Status 6.4.7 Focus Position Button To know the position of the Focus, User can press the Focus Position Button, it will...
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 6.4.8 RGB Gain Control To control the RGB Sliders, it’s necessary to Disable the AWB (Auto White Balance) from UVC Control Tab. To do this, go to Options->Video Capture Filter->Video Proc Amp-> Uncheck White Balance auto Box(Figure 17). After doing this RGB Silders are enabled and it be changed by moving the silders.
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See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 Figure 20: Auto Focus ROI - Manual Figure 21: Auto Focus ROI – Manual Note: The Green Window shown in the images are just for representation in document and will not be seen in the actual image. Page 20 of 22 www.e-consystems.com | Subject to change without notice...
See3CAM_81 Application User Manual 29-May-2017 Figure 24: Help menu Conclusion This document provides the basic steps involved in using the e-CAMView application and See3CAM_81 in the appropriate modes. For additional information on the usage of See3CAM_81 refer the specific documents provided. Page 22 of 22 www.e-consystems.com | Subject to change without notice...