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See3CAM_130
e-CAMView Streaming Application
User Manual
Version 1.11
e-con Systems
5/28/2018

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  • Page 1 See3CAM_130 e-CAMView Streaming Application User Manual Version 1.11 e-con Systems 5/28/2018...
  • Page 2 Disclaimer The specifications of See3CAM_130 camera board and instructions on how to connect this board with PC are provided as reference only and e-con Systems reserves the right to edit/modify this document without any prior intimation of whatsoever. © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents INTRODUCTION TO SEE3CAM_130 REREQUISITES ESCRIPTION USING E-CAMVIEW EVICES PTIONS IDEO APTURE ILTER IDEO APTURE TILL APTURE REEZE RAME INDOW APTURE XTENSION CENE ODES PECIAL FFECT OISE URST OCUS ROI M XPOSURE ACTOR OCUS INDOW ECTANGLE ESTORE EFAULT TREAM ETECTION MILE ETECTION RAME...
  • Page 4 GLOSSARY SUPPORT © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.

  • Page 5: Introduction To See3Cam_130

    Introduction to See3CAM_130 The See3CAM_130 is a 13 Megapixel, color, UVC compliant, USB 3.0 SuperSpeed camera from e-con Systems, a company with over two decades of experience in designing, developing, and manufacturing OEM cameras. The See3CAM_130 is the latest member of the See3CAM family of USB 3.0 SuperSpeed camera products launched by e-con Systems.

  • Page 6: Description

    Note: The above frame rates are subject to change with lighting of the surroundings, different renderers and PC configuration. The above table is true only in manual exposure, when the exposure value is changed above -6 (15.6 milliseconds) there © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.
  • Page 7 will be a drop in the frame rate because the exposure time is more than the frame time. In auto exposure, maximum frame rate could be achieved with maximum lighting. The camera controls of See3CAM_130 are as follows: • Brightness •...

  • Page 8: Using E-Camview

    By default, the See3CAM_130 device will be indicated by the name See3CAM_130. The See3CAM_130 camera being listed in the Devices menu is shown below. © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.

  • Page 9: Options Menu

    Figure 3: Enumerated Devices List In case any other video device such as on-board webcam is connected, e-CAMView will list down those video capture devices and you can switch between the available video capture devices, by selecting the respective device. Note: There is no audio capture source available with the See3CAM_130 camera.

  • Page 10: Video Capture Filter

    See3CAM_130 camera. When you click the Video Proc Amp tab in the Properties dialog box, you can view the controls that are available in the Properties dialog box as shown below. © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.
  • Page 11 Figure 5: Video Proc Amp The camera parameters of See3CAM_130 are as follows: • Brightness • Contrast • Saturation • Sharpness • Gamma • White Balance (both manual and automatic) • Gain • Zoom • Exposure (both manual and automatic) •...
  • Page 12 You can change the brightness values from a minimum value of -15 to 15 by moving the slider, and the exact changes will be reflected immediately in the preview. This brightness control increases the low light performance of See3CAM_130. © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.
  • Page 13 Contrast Control You can change the contrast values from a minimum value of 0 to 30 by moving the slider, and the exact changes will be reflected immediately in the preview. Increasing the contrast control increases the luminance of See3CAM_130. Saturation Control You can change the saturation values from a minimum value of 0 to 60 by moving the slider, and the exact changes will be reflected immediately in the preview.
  • Page 14 The slider values are computed according to the USB Video Class standards, and hence the exposure time that is applied is shown in below table. © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.
  • Page 15 Table 3: See3CAM_130 Slider Value-Exposure Time Mapping Slider Value Exposure Time 100 micro seconds 200 micro seconds 400 micro seconds 1 milli second 2 milli seconds 3.9 milli seconds 7.8 milli seconds 15.6 milli seconds 31.2 milli seconds 62.5 milli seconds 125 milli seconds 250 milli seconds 500 milli seconds...

  • Page 16: Video Capture Pin

    To change the color space or compression format, you can select the format in the Color Space/Compression drop-down list box. To change the resolution, you can select any one of the resolutions from the Output Size drop-down list box as shown below. © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.

  • Page 17: Freeze Frame

    Figure 8: Still Capture Pin Note: The resolutions are same as in preview resolutions available through Video Capture Pin option. While changing the still image resolution, the preview will be stopped and resume once again when the resolution is selected and click OK. Freeze Frame You can select the Freeze Frame option of the Options menu to pause and resume a streaming preview in any resolution.

  • Page 18: Extension Unit Menu

    UVC Extension controls, hence they are not included in the standard UVC controls. You can click the Extension Unit menu to select these extended UVC controls of See3CAM_130 as shown below. © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.
  • Page 19 Figure 10: Extension Unit Menu The controls supported in the Extension Unit menu are as follows: • Scene Modes • Special Effect • De-Noise • Burst Size • Auto Focus • Region of Interest (ROI) Mode • Auto Exposure • interleaved High Dynamic Range (iHDR) e-CAMView Streaming Application User Manual...

  • Page 20: Scene Modes

    Figure 22: Document Mode Note: The scene mode will not have any effect in manual white balance mode. © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.

  • Page 21: Special Effect

    Special Effect The Special Effect enables four other processed image preview options in See3CAM_130. The Special Effects are as follows: • Normal: In this mode, the normal un-processed UYVY or MJPEG image stream from the camera as shown below. Figure 33: Normal Effect •...

  • Page 22: De-Noise

    You can select the De-Noise option to blur the effect of noise in the image preview. The values can be varied from 0 to 15 with default value being 0 by moving the slider as shown below. Figure 18: Minimum De-Noise © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.

  • Page 23: Burst Size

    Figure 79: Maximum De-Noise Burst Size You can select the burst length from a minimum value of 1 to 5 from a Burst Size drop-down list box, and the exact number of images will be captured and stored in the location you have specified. Auto Focus The modes in Auto Focus are as follows: •...

  • Page 24: Auto Exposure

    Manual ROI: In this mode, you can select the ROI and at that region, the exposure value will be applied to the entire frame as shown below. Table 6: Images of Manual ROI Mode © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.
  • Page 25 Note: The exposure window size can also be selected from the Extension Unit menu. The window size defines the size of ROI. For window size 8, the entire frame will be the ROI. If this region exceeds or deceeds, the frame boundary of ROI will be clipped automatically.

  • Page 26: Ihdr

    The different modes of iHDR are as follows: • iHDR Off: The off mode of iHDR is shown below. Figure 23: iHDR Off • iHDR Auto: The auto mode of iHDR is shown below. © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.

  • Page 27: Q-Factor

    Figure 24: iHDR Auto • Manual (1X, 2X, 4X, 8X): In manual mode, 1X, 2X, 4X and 8X represent the manual iHDR value (Ratio between two integration time T1 and T2). Note: The manual iHDR will have better results in manual exposure mode. Table 8: Images of Manual iHDR iHDR Manual (2X) iHDR Manual (4X)

  • Page 28: Flip

    You can select the Smile Detection control to enable and disable the smile detection. By enabling the Smile Trigger option, you can trigger the still capture when smile value exceeds the smile threshold value. When Embed Data option is selected, the © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.

  • Page 29: Frame Rate Control

    last section of the frame will be replaced with smile details. Refer to the See3CAM_130_Face_and_Smile_Detection document for more information. Frame Rate Control You can change the frame rate using the Frame Rate control. The default frame rate control value will appear in the Frame Rate text box of Video Capture Pin property dialog box.
  • Page 30 960P (1280 x 960) 1080P (1920 x 1080) MJPEG 1440P (1920 x 1440) 66666 66666 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) 2.8K (2880 x 2160) 4K Cinema (4096 x 2160) 13MP (4208 x 3120) © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.

  • Page 31: Getting The Unique Id Of The Camera

    Getting the Unique ID of the Camera You can click the Get Firmware Version button available in the Extension Unit dialog box, to get the Unique ID that has been assigned to the See3CAM range of cameras. The Serial Number of the camera will be displayed along with the Firmware Version as shown below.

  • Page 32: Help Menu

    You can click the Help menu to obtain the current version information of e- CAMView application installed in the computer. The e-CAMView Version information is displayed as shown below. Figure 2812: Help Menu © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.

  • Page 33: Troubleshooting

    In the e-CAMView sample application, the device is selected but the preview window is blank and the streaming green LED light blinks continuously. It seems like no image is received from the camera. Contact e-con Systems online support support@e-consystems.com. Device connected, indication LED is RED, and the device is not listed in the application or device manager.

  • Page 34: Faq

    If you still face the same issue, please write to techsupport@e-consystems.com with your requirement in detail to get immediate support. 6. How to access e-con Systems See3CAM Custom Format with OpenCV? Please refer e-con Systems blog https://www.e- consystems.com/blog/camera/?p=1317 to get an idea on how to access e-con Systems custom format cameras with OpenCV.
  • Page 35 Refer Extension Unit API Document of See3CAM_130. 11. I am using e-con Systems See3CAM in Matlab and I need support on how to acquire image from the tool. e-con Systems does not test See3CAMs in Matlab environment. If you need support in Matlab tool, please write to techsupport@e-consystems.com...
  • Page 36 If you are new to e-con Systems, then please write to sales@e-consystems.com with your requirement in detail. 13. I am using one of your See3CAM and getting low fps even in e-CAMView application. We have not achieved half of the fps that was advertised.
  • Page 37 Systems custom format cameras. 17. Do you have any sample application in Android platform? Yes, e-con Systems have an application in Android platform. The application is Webeecam - Android USB Camera App. Please refer the following website to know more.
  • Page 38 Factor will improve stability in case of any issues. If it is still required to reduce the frame rates, contact sales@e-consystems.com. 24. What sort of support does e-con Systems provides along with the camera? e-con Systems will provide the basic support on the evaluation for all the customers who have purchased the camera.

  • Page 39: What's Next

    What’s Next? After understanding the usage of e-CAMView application, you can refer to the following documents to understand more about See3CAM_130. • See3CAM_130 Extension Unit API Document • See3CAM_130 Application Note - GPIO Usage • See3CAM_130 Datasheet e-CAMView Streaming Application User Manual...
  • Page 40 UYVY: YUV422 16-bit image format with UYVY ordering. VGA: Video Graphics Array (Industry name for 640 x 480 resolution). iHDR: interleaved High Dynamic Range. Q-Factor: Value that is used as a scale factor for the quantization table. © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.
  • Page 41 Support Contact Us If you need any support on See3CAM_130 product, please contact us using the Live Chat option available on our website - https://www.e-consystems.com/ Creating a Ticket If you need to create a ticket for any type of issue, please visit the ticketing page on our website - https://www.e-consystems.com/create-ticket.asp To know about our Return Material Authorization (RMA) policy, please visit the RMA...
  • Page 42 Camera Team and iHDR Updated resolution and frame rate table. 1.10 26-December-2017 Added FOV and Crop details. Camera Team Added Face ROI. 1.11 28-May-2018 Updated frame rate and zoom changes Camera Team © Copyright e-con Systems. 2017. All rights reserved.

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