e-con Systems See3Cam CU51 User Manual
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- Page 1 See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 e-con Systems India Pvt Ltd RR Tower-IV, 7 Floor, T.V.K. Industrial Estate, Guindy, Chennai-600032 www.e-consystems.com Qtcam User Manual – See3Cam_CU51 Revision 1.1 Aug 07, 2015 www.e-consystems.com Subject to change without notice Page 1 of 23...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 Contents Revision History ..................... 3 Introduction ....................4 Scope ......................4 Product Description ..................4 Qtcam Application Description ................5 Pre-Requisites ....................6 Installation of the See3CAM_CU51and Drivers ..........6 Launching the Application ................6 Application Features ..................7 Enumerate and Selection of camera device ............ -
Page 3: Revision History
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 Revision History Rev No Date Major Changes Edited By Reviewer Name Description heading Sarath Natakam revised Product Project Manager 07 Aug 2015 Application Description Team Application Description. Sarath Natakam 23 July 2015 Initial Version Application Project Manager Team www.e-consystems.com Subject to change without notice... -
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: Qtcam Application Description
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 USB mode Resolution Frame rates at Y16 format 2592x1944 USB 3.0 1920x1080 1280x720 640x480 2592x1944 USB 2.0 1920x1080 1280x720 640x480[binned from full FOV] It currently supports colour format Y16. It is capable of supporting still capture of Global shutter images with the required exposure level and the camera can synchronize the exposure of all the pixels on receiving an external trigger. -
Page 6: Pre-Requisites
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 6 Pre-Requisites This section describes the high level instructions to install the See3CAM_CU51 on a 6.1 Installation of the See3CAM_CU51and Drivers Follow the following steps to initialize the device with the host computer. 1. Connect one end of the USB3.0 cable to the USB3.0 connector provided at the back of the See3CAM_CU51, and connect other end to the USB 3.0 host controller on the computer. -
Page 7: Application Features
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 8 Application Features The features that are supported in the current version of Qtcam are briefly described here. They are as follows:- 1. Enumerate and Selection of camera device 2. Still capture 3. Video recording 4. Camera Settings 4.1 Image Quality Settings 4.2 Still Capture Settings 4.3 Video Capture Settings... -
Page 8: Video Recording
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 8.3 Video Recording To record a video, user has to switch the application from capture mode to video mode by clicking the video icon. Then the user can record a video by selecting record icon available in the sidebar. The video will be saved in the directory path, selected in the video “Qtcam- location path. -
Page 9: Camera Settings
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 Once the user clicks the video record icon, video recording will begin, to stop recording click the stop icon which is available in the side bar. During video recording, user cannot change the preview resolution and camera device. 8.4 Camera Settings 8.4.1 Image Quality Settings On selecting Image quality settings, a control menu will display camera control... -
Page 10: Hardware Default
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 8.4.1.2 Hardware Default This button is helpful to reset the Image Quality Settings menu values to the hardware default state. Once the user clicked the hardware default button, all the control values and preview is set to the default mode. 8.4.2 Still Capture Settings On selecting Still Capture Settings, the user can select colour space, resolution size for capturing the images, capture image location path and image save format type. -
Page 11: Colour Space/Compression
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 8.4.2.1 Colour space/compression Currently See3CAM_CU51 supports Y16 monochrome format. 8.4.2.2 Output Size Four output resolution sizes are available, they are as follows:- 1. 2592x1944 2. 1920x1080 3. 1280x720 4. 640x480 www.e-consystems.com Subject to change without notice Page 11 of 23... -
Page 12: Image Location
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 8.4.2.3 Image Location The image location can be changed by clicking the folder icon or the text box, a file dialog will be open for the user to select the new location. User have to click the open button in the file dialog to change the path. -
Page 13: Video Capture Settings
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 3. raw 4. png The captured images are saved as per the selected image format. The default format is “jpg”. 8.4.3 Video Capture Settings On selecting the Video Capture Settings, the user can select frame rate, colour space, video output size, video encoder format, video container (Extension) and the video location to save. -
Page 14: Colour Space/Compression
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 8.4.3.2 Colour space/compression Currently See3CAM_CU51 supports only Y16 monochrome format. 8.4.3.3 Output size Four output resolution sizes are available, they are as follows:- 1. 2592x1944 2. 1920x1080 3. 1280x720 4. 640x480 By default (while camera is selected), the preview output size will be selected, but the www.e-consystems.com Subject to change without notice Page 14 of 23... - Page 15 See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 user can change this on any time. The preview will be updated as per the selected output size. USB mode Resolution Frame rates at Y16 format USB 3.0 2592x1944 1920x1080 1280x720 640x480 USB 2.0 2592x1944 1920x1080 1280x720 640x480 User switches the resolution from 640x480 to 1920x1080, then the preview will be...
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Page 16: Video Record Format
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 8.4.3.4 Video Record Format Two video format are available in this version, 1. avi 2. mkv 8.4.3.5 Video encoder format There are four video encoder formats available in this version, 1. YUY (Raw) 2. MJPEG 3. H264 www.e-consystems.com Subject to change without notice Page 16 of 23... -
Page 17: Video Location
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 4. VP8 The video will be recorded in any one of the selected encoder format. 8.4.3.6 Video Location The video location can be changed by clicking the folder icon or the text box, a file dialog will be open for the user to select the new location. -
Page 18: Display Current Frame Rate Achieved
1. Software Still Capture 2. Hardware Still Capture e-con systems has found an intelligent method to facilitate still image capture by using the sample application Qtcam. In Master Mode still image can be taken by using any of the methods, and also in all available resolutions using any brightness value. -
Page 19: Trigger Mode
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 8.6.2 Trigger Mode In Trigger mode, See3CAM_CU51 camera is capable of synchronizing the exposure (or integration) of the pixels of the camera to an external trigger pulse that can be given through the connector of the camera. Also the duration of the exposure depends on the pulse duration of the trigger pulse. -
Page 20: Exposure Control
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 Exposure control 8.6.3 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 during exposed image capture. See3CAM_CU51 supports exposure levels ranging from 1 milli second to 30 seconds. -
Page 21: Flash Controls
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 8.6.4 Flash Controls The Flash controls supported by See3CAM_CU51 camera is as follows 1. Torch mode (on and off) By default Torch mode is off in See3CAM_CU51 camera. If Torch mode is set to on, the torch LED is continuously on irrespective of external trigger. 8.6.5 Other Options 8.6.5.1 Firmware Version The Firmware Version button can be used to see the current firmware version in the... -
Page 22: About
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 8.6.5.2 Serial Number The Serial Number button can be used to view the Unique ID of the See3CAM USB camera device. 9 About To know about the application name, version and copyrights click the about button available in the side bar. -
Page 23: Known Issues And Limitation
See3CAMCU51 User Manual 13-Aug-15 11 Known issues and Limitation 1. This Qtcam Application is tested in Ubuntu 12.04(32-bit and 64-bit) and Ubuntu 14.04(32- bit and 64-bit) Linux Distribution only. 2. In Ubuntu 12.04(32-bit and 64-bit) the kernel version tested is up to 3.2.0-63-generic-pae. In kernel versions higher than this, switching resolutions of the camera does not work.