Cisco Video Surveillance 3000 Series Configuration Manual page 20

Table 3-1
Control
Measurement Window Choose one of the following options to control how the IP camera calculates
Region Properties
Advanced Settings
Enable Low Light
Compensation check
box
Enable DRX check
box
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Description
exposure:
Full View—The entire IP camera image is considered for the exposure
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calculation.
Custom—Lets you draw up to 4 Inclusion regions and up to 4 Exclusion
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regions for the exposure calculation.
To designate regions, right-click the video image, choose Draw Region,
then hold down the left mouse button and draw the region, which is
indicated by a green rectangle.
A region is an Inclusion region by default.
To move a region, left-click it and drag its window to the desired area.
To resize a region, left-click it and drag an edge or corner of the region to
the desired size.
To remove a region, left-click it, then right-click it and choose Delete
Region.
BLC—Back Light Compensation causes only the middle part of the IP
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camera image, indicated by a white dashed rectangle, to be considered for
the exposure calculation.
Appears when you click a custom region that you created.
To expand region properties information, click the + icon next to Region
Properties. The icon changes to a – icon, which you click to collapse region
properties information.
Location—X and Y coordinates, respectively, of the top left corner of the
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selected custom region. To expand location information, lick the + icon
next to Location. The icon changes to a – icon, which you click to collapse
region location information.
Region Type—Type of the region (Inclusion or Exclusion). To change the
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region type, left-click that region, click Region Type, then choose one of
the following values from the drop-down menu that appears on the Region
Type line. Alternatively, you can double-click Inclusion or Exclusion to
toggle between these values.
Inclusion—The region is used to calculate the exposure value
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Exclusion—The region is ignored in the exposure value calculation
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In a low-light environment, check this check box to reduce noise in the video
image.
In situations in which there is significant contrast between light and dark parts
of an image, check this check box to cause the IP camera to continually adjust
the image for optimal appearance.
Chapter 3 Viewing Live Video
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