Camera Series¶
This topic should provide a short overview of the camera models, naming scheme and selection.
General Series Selection¶
The sections below provide rough guidance on how to select a suitable camera model given your application constraints.
Housing¶
When space is limited and a compact device is needed N-series devices should be considered first. When space is not critical X- and XR-series devices will in general deliver higher quality data with more robustness against ambient light.
Projection Color¶
When acquiring images of the human face it might be beneficial to use infrared projection, which is available in N-series models only. Also synchronous acquisition of color images in moving scenes only results in high quality data when using infrared projection.
Resolution¶
X/XR series cameras will in general achieve high lateral and depth resolutions because of the larger available baselines and higher resolution sensor models.
Performance¶
XR series cameras perform on-board processing. This is beneficial when using multiple cameras, or using with relatively low performance host systems because each camera brings its own processing power. If your host system as sufficient performance (>8 CPU cores, Cuda enabled GPU, etc.) you might be able to achieve slightly higher performance when connecting single X-series devices to this system.
Naming Scheme¶
Most of our camera models can be fitted with different optics and focus distances to form a wide range of different camera variants. You can use our camera selector tool to choose the model matching your application requirements. The composition of the camera model names is defined as follows.
X-Series¶
The X/XR-series model identifier is composed of four sections as follows:
<Type>-<Sensor>-<Optics>-<Mechanics>
Section |
Description |
Example model |
Possible values |
|---|---|---|---|
Type |
Projector Type |
X36 |
X30, XR30: For single-shot operation X36, XR36: FlexView 2 projector |
Sensor |
Image Sensor Type |
1CP |
1CP: 1.3MP GigE uEye CP, IP30 CP: 1.6MP GigE uEye CP, IP30 5CP: 5MP GigE uEye CP, IP30 1FA: 1.3MP GigE uEye FA, IP65 5FA: 5MP GigE uEye FA, IP65 2FA: 1.6MP GigE uEye FA, IP65 |
Optics |
Focal Length / Aperture / Focus Distance |
(in example: 12mm / F=1.4 / 2600mm) 12/14/2600 |
Focal length: 8-35mm Relative Aperture: 1.4 – 16 Focus Distance: any 2 |
Mechanics |
Baseline / Vergence Distance 1 |
(in example: 400mm / 1900mm) 400/1900 |
Baseline: 200mm or 400mm Vergence Distance: any 2 |
Note
X-series cameras don’t carry the -BL suffix because blue it is the only wave length option.
N-Series¶
N20 |
– |
12 |
– |
04 |
– |
16 |
– |
BL |
|
Description |
Camera type |
Camera and projector focal length |
Camera vergence angle |
Optics relative aperture |
Wave length |
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Effect |
Type of housing and interface. |
Larger focal lengths result in smaller view fields. |
Tilt angle of cameras. Larger vergence angles correspond to shorter focus distances. |
Smaller relative apertures result in higher light sensitivity but lower depth of field. |
Color of illumination. |
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Possible values |
N30: GigE, IP65 N35: GigE, IP65, FlexView N40: GigE, PA66 Housing, IP65 N45: GigE, PA66 Housing, IP65, FlexView N31: GigE, IP65, GigE Vision Protocol N36: GigE, IP65, FlexView, GigE Vision Protocol N41: GigE, PA66 Housing, IP65, GigE Vision Protocol N46: GigE, PA66 Housing, IP65, FlexView, GigE Vision Protocol |
6: 6.0mm 8: 8.0mm 12: 12.0mm 16: 16.0mm |
02: 2 deg 04: 4 deg 06: 6 deg 3 08: 8 deg 3 10: 10 deg 3 |
16: F=1.6 18: F=1.8 20: F=2.0 |
BL: blue, 465nm IR: infrared, 850nm |