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Contents
▪ Who is SVS-Vistek? ▪ Current situation of lens control ▪ Lens control from CCTV market ▪ New lens control options ▪ Applications ▪ Q & A
Lens Control & Industrial Cameras Finally Merge! Sebastian - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Lens Control & Industrial Cameras Finally Merge! Sebastian - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Lens Control & Industrial Cameras Finally Merge! Sebastian Bachmann Manager OEM & Application Engineering 14.05.2018 Contents Who is SVS-Vistek? Current situation of lens control Lens control from CCTV market New
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Who is SVS-Vistek?
▪ Camera Manufacturer ▪ 60 employees ▪ VGA up to 120MP ▪ (Dual) GigE Vision, USB3 Vision, Camera Link, CoaxPress ▪ Customizations, OEM solutions ▪ Sebastian Bachmann ▪ Manager OEM and Application Engineering
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Current situation of Lens control
▪ Physical Adjustment needed ▪ Change lens settings ▪ Move camera ▪ Multiple camera systems ▪ => expensive, complexe, inaccurate ▪ Fixed-Iris ▪ Manual-Iris
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Fixed Iris
▪ No iris control ▪ Often small M12 lenses ▪ Brightness control over exposure time or gain ▪ Focus controlled by screw-in depth ▪ No possibility to fix the focus
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Manual Iris
▪ Aperture control manual ▪ Focus control manual ▪ Often fixed focal length ▪ Physical adjustment needed ▪ Often one time adjustment during installation
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Lens control options from CCTV
▪ Auto-Iris ▪ P-Iris
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CCTV market - Auto Iris
▪ Motorized control of iris ▪ DC-Iris: Control of iris is in the camera ▪ Video-Iris: Control of iris in the lens ▪ Depending on lightning conditions the iris can be
- pened and closed
▪ Control cable needed
Computar.com
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CCTV market - P-Iris
▪ P-Iris – Precision Iris ▪ Exact controlling of the aperture ▪ Set aperture to an exact value ▪ Control cable needed
Computar.com
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New Lens control options
▪ Liquid lens – up to 2/3“ ▪ Micro-Four-Third lens – up to 4/3“ ▪ Canon lens – larger sensors
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What is a Liquid Lens?
▪ Electronically controllable variable focus ▪ Water / oil ▪ Focus is very fast ▪ No zoom ▪ No aperture control
Corning Incorporated
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Liquid Lens
▪ Fixed Iris ▪ Focus control with Software ▪ Cable for controlling needed ▪ GeniCam Implementation
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What is a Micro-Four-Third Lens?
▪ Coming from DSLR cameras ▪ Manufacturers: Panasonic, Olympus, Sigma, etc. ▪ Lenses in different price ranges ▪ Direct communication with camera ▪ Bayonet mount
Marie-Lan Nguyen
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Micro-Four-Third Lens
▪ Control of – focal length – focus – aperture ▪ Via camera software
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Micro-Four-Third Lens
▪ Genicam compliant ▪ GigE Vision compliant ▪ USB3 Vision compliant
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Micro-Four-Third Lens
▪ Application know settings of the camera ▪ Full control of all lens settings
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Canon Lens
▪ Canon EF-Mount ▪ Known from SLR-market ▪ Adapter solution ▪ Communication to adapter via pins ▪ Communication to camera via cable ▪ Adapter for controlling focus and aperture
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Canon EF-Lens
▪ Genicam Compliant ▪ Easy accessible
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Applications
▪ Defense ▪ Parcel inspection ▪ Track and Trace / Packaging ▪ Traffic ▪ Automation ▪ High Level Surveillance ▪ Aerial Imaging ▪ Broadcast / Sports
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Defense
GFDL
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Parcel inspection
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Track & Trace / Packaging
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Traffic
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Automation
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High Level Security
euroluftbild.de/Erich Meyer
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Aerial Imaging
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Broadcast / Sports
Stephan Hoogerwaard
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Conclusion
▪ Old dream has come true! ▪ Solutions available ▪ Easy to control ▪ Suitable for multiple applications
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