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See3CAM_CU51
Application User Manual
06-August-2015
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_CU51
Application User Manual
Revision 1.4
06-August-2015
www.e-consystems.com
| Subject to change without notice
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  • Page 1 See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 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_CU51 Application User Manual Revision 1.4 06-August-2015 www.e-consystems.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 Contents Revision History ........................3 Introduction ..........................4 Scope ............................4 Description..........................4 Pre-Requisites .......................... 5 Installation of the See3CAM_CU51 and Drivers ............. 5 Using e-CAMView ........................6 Devices Menu ........................7 Options Menu ........................8 6.2.1 Video Capture Filter .....................

  • Page 3: Revision History

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 See3CAM_CU51 1 Revision History Rev No Date Major Changes Author Initial Draft 13-August-2014 Initial Draft Raghavan.N.S 28-November- Updated Product name, updated 120 fps in VGA and Raghavan.N.S 2014 changed extension menu image. 24-December- Updated exposure support in preview Raghavan.N.S 2014 08-May-2015...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    2 Introduction The See3CAM_CU51 is a 5.0 Mega pixel, monochrome, 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_CU51 is the latest member of the See3CAM family of USB3.0 SuperSpeed camera products launched by e-con.

  • Page 5: Pre-Requisites

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 This document explains the following things.  Selecting the supported preview resolutions.  Selecting the still image resolution.  Capturing still images.  Using supported controls.  Switching between operational modes.  Getting the Unique ID of the camera 5 Pre-Requisites This section describes the high level instructions to install the See3CAM_CU51 on a PC.

  • Page 6: Using E-Camview

    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_CU51. The Menu bar at the top contains few menu items and the lower status bar shows some information.

  • Page 7: Devices Menu

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 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.

  • Page 8: Options Menu

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 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_CU51. 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 ...
  • Page 9 See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 The Default button is used to select the default orientation for the See3CAM_CU51. 6.2.1.1 Brightness Control The Brightness values can be changed from a minimum value of 1 to 128 by moving the slider with a default value of 15. The exact changes will be reflected immediately in the preview. This brightness control increases the low light performance of See3CAM_CU51.

  • Page 10: Video Capture Pin

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 6.2.2 Video Capture Pin The Video Capture Pin submenu of the Options Menu is used to select the various supported resolutions by See3CAM_CU51.  To change the resolution the user can select any one of the resolutions from the Output Size list box.

  • Page 11: Still Capture Pin

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 6.2.3 Still Capture Pin The Still Capture Pin submenu of the Options Menu is used to select the various resolutions supported by See3CAM_CU51 for taking still images. One of the important features of See3CAM_CU51 is that a still image of any resolution can be taken from any preview resolution. The e-CAMView application will save the images in RAW format(.RAW) format in the user specified location.

  • Page 12: Freeze Frame

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 6.2.4 Freeze frame The Freeze frame option can be used to freeze the current previewing frame. This can be done by clicking on the Freeze Frame option from the Options menu. To resume the normal preview the user should uncheck the Freeze Frame option.

  • Page 13: Capture Menu

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 6.3 Capture Menu The Capture Menu is used to capture the image by using the e-CAMView application. It can also be used to select the Still image capture path where the images will be saved. By default the e-CAMView will set the Desktop as the image storage path for easy access, but the user can change to any location by using the still path option.

  • Page 14: Extension Unit Menu

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 6.4 Extension Unit Menu The See3CAM_CU51 camera has some additional controls and features and these not quite common controls and hence they are not included in the standard UVC controls, but listed as UVC Extension controls. The Extension Unit Menu is used to select these extended UVC controls of See3CAM_CU51.

  • Page 15: Trigger Mode

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 6.4.1.2 Exposure control The exposure control for See3CAM_CU51 is provided in the extension menu. The required exposure value can be entered into the text box and this exposure value will be applied for both preview and still image. See3CAM_CU51 supports exposure levels ranging from 1 milli second to 30 seconds.

  • Page 16: Getting The Unique Id Of The Camera

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 In Trigger mode of See3CAM_CU51, the preview will not be available and the camera will be kept in standby waiting for a trigger pulse to start the integration of pixels and provide a global shutter image.

  • Page 17: Help Menu

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 6.5 Help Menu The Help Menu can be used to obtain the current version information of e-CAMView application installed in the computer. Figure 11: Help menu www.e-consystems.com | Subject to change without notice Page 17 of 21...

  • Page 18: Opening A Raw Image

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 7 Opening a RAW image The See3CAM_CU51 camera stores the images in a RAW (.raw) format. To view these images the user can use the following steps; 7.1 Installing Irfanview To open the RAW format image, the user can use any raw image viewer application. The following section describes the method of viewing RAW images using a third party application “Irfanview”.
  • Page 19 See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 Figure 12: Irfan view properties www.e-consystems.com | Subject to change without notice Page 19 of 21...

  • Page 20: Comparison Of Binned Vga And Full Fov 5Mp

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 8 Comparison of binned VGA and FULL FOV 5MP This comparison shows the FOV conservation in binned VGA Figure 13: VGA Full FOV Image (Resized to fit in document) www.e-consystems.com | Subject to change without notice Page 20 of 21...

  • Page 21: Conclusion

    See3CAM_CU51 Application User Manual 06-August-2015 Figure 14: 5MP Full FOV Image (Resized to fit in document) 9 Conclusion This document provides the basic steps involved in using the e-CAMView application and See3CAM_CU51 in the appropriate modes. For additional information on the usage of See3CAM_CU51 refer the specific documents provided.

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