4.Set the camera

4.1Check whether the object is of the appropriate size

When using our function extension software, you can check the number of grids to see if the size is adequate to recognize the object.
→For more information about the recommended size of the extension software

4.2Adjust the image quality

This section explains how to adjust the image quality when installing the camera.

4.2.1Set the light intensity control mode depending on the installation location and installation area.

Use [Light control mode] to set the light intensity appropriate for the installation location and area.

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Live image pages configuration panels>Clicking the [Image quality] tab enables you to set the image quality.

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Select [Light control mode]

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For outdoor installation: Set [ELC].

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For indoor installation: Set [Indoor scene(50Hz)] or [Indoor scene(60Hz)].
50 Hz/60 Hz can be used differently depending on the region.

4.2.2Set white balance depending on the lighting environment you install

Use [White balance] to set the white balances appropriate for the installation location and area.

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Live image page setup panel>[Detailed setting]>[Camera detailed setting]>[Image] or [Image/Audio] in the Advanced menu on the left>[Image adjust] in the [Image quality] tab>Click [Setup] to display the image quality adjustment setting screen.

(1)

Select [White balance]

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Select from [ATW1], [ATW2], and [AWC].

[ATW1]

Set the automatic color temperature tracking mode. The camera continuously checks the color temperature of the light source and automatically adjusts the white balance.
operating range is about 2700 K to 6000 K.

[ATW2]

Set the automatic color temperature tracking mode. The camera automatically adjusts the white balance under a sodium lamp.

The operating range is from about 2000 K to 6000 K.

[AWC]

Set the automatic white balance control mode. Since the light source is fixed, it is suitable for shooting in a place where the lighting environment does not change.

The operating range is from about 2000 K to 10000 K.

Colors may not be reproducible faithfully in the following conditions. In such cases, set it to [AWC].

・Mostly dark colored objects

・Clear blue sky or the sun at dusk

・Object with very low illumination

4.2.3Set how to switch between black-and-white and color modes at night

When shooting at night, use [Day & Night(IR)] to set the mode suitable for the night shooting condition.

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Live image pages configuration panels>Clicking the [Image quality] tabs enables you to set the image quality.

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Select [Day & Night(IR)]

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Basically, select from [Off], [Auto1(IR Light Off)], and [Auto2(IR Light On)].

[Off]

This function is used for shooting colored images at night as well.

[Auto1(IR Light Off)]

The color mode and black & white mode are automatically switched depending on the brightness (illumination) of the image.
Select this when the built-in IR-LED is not used (for example, when an external IR-LED is used).

[Auto2(IR Light On)]

The color mode and black & white mode are automatically switched depending on the brightness (illumination) of the image.
Select this when using the built-in IR-LED.

4.3Record setting (SD Memory Card)

4.3.1Install the SD Memory Card

(1)

Remove the enclosure

(2)

Insert a microSD memory card into the slot

Use the SD Memory Card formatted on this unit.

To remove the SD Memory Card, select [SD memory card] [Not use] from the [Basic] > [SD memory card] tabs in the Advanced menu. Remove the SD Memory Card.

4.3.2Record using SD Memory Card

Set the schedule type to [SD memory recording] and record on an SD. This section describes the procedures for turning [Save trigger] to [Manual save].
Refer to the following for how to mount the SD card.
→Install the SD Memory Card

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Live image page setup panel>[Detailed setting]>[Camera detailed setting]>[Display]>Advanced Menu>[Basic]>When [SD memory card] is clicked, the SD Memory Card setup page is displayed.

(1)

Select [Recording format] streams

(2)

Select [Save trigger] and click [Set].

(3)

Click [Live] in the upper left corner and click the camera control panel button.

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The camera control panel is displayed.

(4)

Click [Start] on [Rec. on SD]

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Start recording to the SD Memory Card manually.

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You can stop recording by clicking [Stop]. After stopping, you can resume recording by clicking [Start].

4.3.3Play back images stored on the SD Memory Card

You can play back images stored on the SD Memory Card.

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Camera control panel of the live image page>Clicking [Playback of recording (Log disp.)] displays the log list.

(1)

Display the live image page and click the camera control panel button.

(2)

Click the [Log/Play] [Start] button

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The Log List screen is displayed in a separate window.

(3)

Click the shooting date and time displayed below [Time]

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The playback page is displayed and the saved image is played.

4.4Set up events

You can set an alarm to detect the operation of an area, interference to the camera, and noise, or set the operation when an alarm is detected.

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Live image page setup panel>[Detailed setting]>[Camera detailed setting]>[Set]>Advanced Menu>[Easy Setup]>Clicking on the [Event action] tab displays the configuration page.

・Refer to the User manual for the event setup procedure.

・Refer to the User manual for instructions on how to configure Internet disclosure.

4.4.1Detect the movement of the object

When an alarm is activated, the camera operates as configured. The alarm has a pattern that detects the movement of the specified area or when the camera is blocked.

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Live image page setup panel>[Detailed setting]>[Camera detailed setting]>[Display]>Advanced Menu>Clicking [Alarm] displays the configuration page.

Refer to the user manual for details of all alarms.

4.4.1.1Set the area for detecting the movement of an object

Set the area for detecting the movement of an object using the motion detection function using video images.

(1)

(PTZ only)Select the preset position number to be set for the motion detection area and click [Start].

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The Set Operation Detection Area screen is displayed.

(2)

Drag in the image to set the area.

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You can set the areas in order.

(3)

Adjust the [Detection area] and [Detection sensitivity] using the slider bar and then click [Set].

4.5Enhance communication security

Setting up HTTPS encrypts camera access and enhances communication security.

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Refer to the following support videos for the HTTPS setting method (pre-installation).
→Support video

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For information about how to configure HTTPS (CA certificate), refer to the following supported videos.
→Support video

4.6Detect data falsification

If you set Falsification Detection, you can detect the falsified data on the SD Memory Card using the dedicated software.
Refer to the following support videos for how to set up tampering detection.
→Support video

4.7Set the resolution and frame rates

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Live image pages configuration panels>[Stream] tabs>Set in [Image capture mode] of [Common].

・Refer to the User Manual for details on settings and frame rates.

・For more information on resolution, see the following.
→6.2 Image capture mode and Image capture size

4.8Set the overlay image function

You can specify the position to overlay the uploaded image or specify the color to be transmitted. In models that support SD Memory Card recording, the overlay displayed images are recorded during recording.
Refer to the User manual for details on how to configure the settings.

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Live image page setup panel>[Detailed setting]>[Camera detailed setting]>[Basic] in the Advanced menu on the left>Configure in the [Overlay image] tab.

(1)

Select an image with [Overlay] set to [On].

(2)

Set [Position], [Permeation], and [Selection of color to be penetrated]

(3)

Click [Set]

4.9Set the image stream

4.9.1About the Setting of Stream

You can configure whether to deliver streams, whether to use H.265 or H.264 compression, and what resolution, image quality, and streaming method to use.

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Live image page setup panel>Use the [Stream] tab. The streams of H.265 and H.264 images are set in [Stream] on the [Stream] tab.

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For the image compression method, refer to the following.
→Reducing Data Capacity with Smart Coding

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Refer to the following for how to distribute.
→About delivery volume control (bit rate)

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Refer to the User manual for details of each setting method.

4.9.2About delivery volume control (bit rate)

The following types of delivery modes are used to control the amount of delivery (bit rate) of the stream, and settings are made accordingly. You can also use smart coding, such as [Smart VIQS], to reduce the amount of data. For information about controlling the amount of stream delivery, see the following. Refer to the User manual for details.
→Reducing Data Capacity with Smart Coding

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Fixed bit rate:
H.265 (or H.264) images are delivered at the bit rate set by [Max bit rate (per client) *].

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Variable bit rate:
H.265 (or H.264) images are delivered at the frame rate set by [Frame rate*] while maintaining the image quality level set by [Image quality]. At this time, the bit rate is varied within the maximum bit rate set by [Max bit rate (per client) *]. The recording capacity varies depending on the [Image quality] settings and object conditions.

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Specify Frame Rate:
H.265 (or H.264) images are delivered at the frame rate set by [Frame rate*].

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Best effort delivery:
Depending on the bandwidth of the network, H.265 (or H.264) images are delivered with varying bit rates within the maximum bit rate set by [Max bit rate (per client) *].

4.9.3Reducing Data Capacity with Smart Coding

Smart coding is a data compression technology that minimizes compression to clearly capture a person's face, high compression to the background, and optimises compression by the object.

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Live image page setup panel>[Detailed setting]>[Camera detailed setting]>[Image] or [Image/Audio] in the Advanced menu on the left>Clicking [Image] displays the Smart Coding configuration.

This image is for reference. It is different from the actual view of the screen.

[Smart VIQS]

The image quality of the area where the object (head, people, automobiles, and motorcycles) is displayed is maintained at high quality. Images other than objects are delivered in such a way that low or medium image quality is maintained and the amount of data is reduced.

[Smart P-picture control]

In order to reduce the amount of data, data generation (macroblock) is reduced in areas other than where objects (head, people, automobiles, and motorcycles) are displayed.

[GOP control]

You can reduce the amount of data.

4.10Adjust the zoom/focus

You can manually or automatically adjust the zoom or focus of the displayed image.

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You can set zoom and focus by clicking [Camera control] buttons on the live image pages.

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Configure [Zoom], [Focus], and [Displays the auto focus frame] on the [Zoom] tab.

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Zoom and focus can be adjusted. Zoom can also be adjusted with the mouse wheel operation.

4.11Hide some of the images

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Live image page setup panel>[Detailed setting]>[Camera detailed setting]>[Image] in the Advanced menu on the left>[Privacy zone] in the [Image quality] tab>Click [Setup] to open the Privacy Zone Setting window.

(1)

Select the camera for which you want to set the privacy zone in [Camera selection].

(2)

On the image, specify four vertices of the area you want to hide and click [Set].

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Privacy zones are set in order from Area 1.

(3)

Select [Status] to view privacy zones

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Set up the privacy zone in [On]/[Off].

4.12Identify sounds with AI

Image monitoring can be enhanced by identifying and detecting human cries, broken glass sounds, horns, guns, and other sounds.

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Live image page setup panel>[Detailed setting]>[Camera detailed setting]>[Display]>Advanced Menu>[Alarm]>Clicking on the [Audio detection] tab displays the configuration pages.

For more information about AI Sound Classification, see below.
→WHITE PAPER

(1)

Set [Audio detection] to [On] to set sound detection.

(2)

Select Sensitivity of Detection with [Detection sensitivity].

(3)

Select the sound to be detected by [AI analytics target].

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Selection of [Other] is not recommended in conjunction with other sounds detected. For example, when a gun sound is detected with the settings for detecting two sounds: [Gunshot] and [Other], it is detected as two sounds.

For validated external microphones, see below.
→Verification result of external microphones

4.13Record sound

Audio data can be recorded to SD recording when an alarm is detected.

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Select whether to record audio data in the SD recording setting screen.

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[On] : Audio data is saved in videos (MP4 format).

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[Off]: Audio data is not saved in videos (MP4 format).

4.14i-PRO Configuration Tool (iCT)

This is a tool for managing the image monitoring system in one place.

For more information about i-PRO Configuration Tool (iCT), see the following.
→Click here for more information about i-PRO Configuration Tool