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Summary of Contents for e-con Systems See3CAM CU40
- Page 1 QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-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 See3CAM_CU40 - Linux User Manual Revision 1.4 Nov 04, 2015 www.e-consystems.com Subject to change without notice Page 1 of 22...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 Contents Contents ............................. 2 Revision History ......................... 3 Introduction ........................4 Scope ..........................4 Product Description ......................4 QtCAM Application Description ..................5 Pre-Requisites ........................5 Installation of the See3CAM_CU40 and Drivers ............5 Installing and Launching QtCAM application ............5 Ubuntu Launchpad - Online ................. -
Page 3: Revision History
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 Revision History Rev No Date Major Changes Edited By Added QtCAM installation procedure Business Development 04 Nov 2015 from Ubuntu Launchpad Team - Ubuntu 12.04 Business Development 22 Oct 2015 Minor edits and Review Team Added QtCAM installation procedure 15 Oct 2015... -
Page 4: Introduction
2 Introduction The See3CAM_CU40 is a 4 Mega pixel, color, UVC Compliant, USB3.0 Super Speed camera from e-con Systems, a leading embedded Product Design Services Company which specializes in advanced camera solutions. The See3CAM_CU40 is the latest member of the See3CAM family of USB3.0 Super Speed camera products launched by e- con. -
Page 5: Qtcam Application Description
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 Brightness (Sensor gain) Exposure 5 QtCAM Application Description The QtCAM application is a simple interface for capturing and viewing video from the devices supported by the Linux UVC driver. This tool also supports extension unit control of e-con’s See3CAM USB 3.0 webcam products. -
Page 6: Application Features
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install qtcam To launch QtCAM application, we have to run following command from the terminal. $ sudo qtcam To install in Ubuntu 12.04 from Ubuntu Launchpad, we have to run following commands in terminal $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:qtcam/precise $ sudo apt-get update... -
Page 7: Enumerate And Selection Of Camera Device
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 7.1 Enumerate and Selection of camera device Application will enumerate USB video devices connected to the system. The device name is displayed in the device connected combo box. User can select any one of the camera from the combo box and the corresponding preview is displayed in the right hand side of the side bar. -
Page 8: Video Recording
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 7.3 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. -
Page 9: Camera Settings
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 Once user clicks video stop icon while recording, recording will be stopped and video file will be saved in the path specified in “Video Location” in Video Capture Settings. 7.4 Camera Settings 7.4.1 Image Quality Settings On selecting Image quality settings, a control menu will display camera control settings. - Page 10 QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 User can move the slider and configure the preview settings according to their needs. The value being set will be displayed in the text box based on the position of the slider marker. As soon as the slider is moved to configure the values the preview’s property will change at that instance.
- Page 11 QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 SLIDER RANGE 2.0 EXPOSURE TIME 3.0 EXPOSURE TIME 108 micro seconds 111 micro seconds 2 to 4 216 micro seconds 200 micro seconds 5 to 9 541 micro seconds 511 micro seconds 10 to 19 1 milli second 1 milli second 20 to 38...
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Page 12: Still Capture Settings
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 7.4.2 Still Capture Settings On selecting Still Capture Settings, the user can select color space, resolution size for capturing the images, capture image location path and image save format type. 7.4.2.1 Color space/compression Currently See3CAM_CU40 supports Y16 format. www.e-consystems.com Subject to change without notice Page 12 of 22... - Page 13 QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 7.4.2.2 Output Size Four output resolution sizes are available: 672 x 380 1280x720 1920x1080 2688x1520 7.4.2.3 Image Location The image location can be changed by clicking the folder icon or the text box; a file dialog will be opened for the user to select the new location.
- Page 14 QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 7.4.2.4 Image Format Four image formats are available in this version: 1. jpg 2. bmp 3. raw 4. png 5. IR data (8 bit bmp) The captured images are saved as per the selected image format. The default format is “jpg”.
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Page 15: Video Capture Settings
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 If we select IR data (8 bit bmp), the output image will appear as shown below: 7.4.3 Video Capture Settings On selecting the Video Capture Settings, the user can select frame rate, color space, video output size, video encoder format, video container (Extension) and the video location to save. - Page 16 QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 7.4.3.2 Color space/compression Currently See3CAM_CU40 supports only Y16 format. 7.4.3.3 Output size Four output resolution sizes are available: 672 x 380 1280x720 1920x1080 www.e-consystems.com Subject to change without notice Page 16 of 22...
- Page 17 QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 2688x1520 By default (while camera is selected), the preview output size will be selected, but the user can change this at any point of time. The preview will be updated as per the selected output size. USB mode Resolution Frame rates at Y16...
- Page 18 QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 7.4.3.5 Video encoder format There are four video encoder formats available in this version: YUY (Raw) MJPEG H264 The video will be recorded in any one of the selected encoder format. www.e-consystems.com Subject to change without notice Page 18 of 22...
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Page 19: Display Current Frame Rate Achieved
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 7.4.3.6 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. User has to click the open button in the file dialog to change the path. -
Page 20: Extension Settings
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 7.6 Extension Settings On selecting the Extension settings tab, the extension control will appear, if the device supports extension unit. 7.6.1 Firmware Version The Firmware Version button can be used to see the current firmware version in the running camera. -
Page 21: About
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 8 About To know about the application name, version and copyrights click the about button available in the side bar. Exit Click the exit button available in the side bar to close the application. www.e-consystems.com Subject to change without notice Page 21 of 22... -
Page 22: Known Issues And Limitation
QtCAM See3CAM_CU40 User Manual 11-Nov-15 10 Known issues and Limitation This QtCAM application is in Ubuntu 14.04(64-bit & 32-bit) and Ubuntu 12.04(64-bit & 32-bit) Linux Distribution only. In this version, Audio recording is not supported while video recording. We planned to give support for audio recording in future.
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