Basler IP Cameras

The Most Powerful IP Camera Concept

  Features and Benefits

The Basler IP camera product line offers flexible, high-performance solutions for a wide range of applications in the area of video surveillance. Our cameras meet the market's requirements for exceptional image quality and an excellent price/performance ratio.

Basler IP cameras use the best available CCD sensors and incorporate concepts specifically adapted to surveillance tasks. The outstanding performance of these cameras is a direct result of Basler's 20 years of experience in industrial image processing.
 

All Basler IP cameras have the following performance characteristics:

· Multi-encoding
Only Basler IP cameras offer the full range of video compression techniques, including standards-compliant MJPEG, MPEG-4, or H.264. Simultaneous independent streaming using different encoders provides a perfect fit for the varied requirements of users and clients. While MJPEG can deliver exceptional image quality for uses such as evidence data, MPEG-4 or H.264 can be used for lower bandwidth consumption at even higher frame rates.

· Multi-streaming
Multiple streams can be set up while deploying the full set of encoders. This approach allows, for example, the customized use of multiple MJPEG streams while also using an MPEG-4 or H.264 encoded stream. The resolution and frame rate of the MJPEG image streams and the MPEG-4 or H.264 stream can be adjusted independently.

· Scaling and AOI feature
To display a maximum of detail with the highest precision, several image formats and any aspect ratio can be configured. The unique Area of Interest (AOI) feature lets users define customized regions within the original field of view. The selected areas of interest can be streamed and encoded separately to realize not only ePTZ but also multiple virtual cameras. This means that only relevant image details will be transmitted, avoiding redundant data and leading to a significant reduction in the bandwidth required while maximizing storage utilization.

· Progressive scan
Basler IP cameras incorporate CCD image sensors with resolutions from VGA to two megapixels. These CCD sensors employ the progressive scan method, which is thebasis for exceptional image quality with reduced motion blur. The advantage of progressive scan is not only the higher vertical resolution but also the absence of the visual artifacts associated with interlaced cameras. Progressive scan leads to sharper, clearer images.

· Ideal image quality
A flexible set of control functions ensures outstanding quality images for a variety of applications. Configurable measurement windows for exposure control make it possible to maintain optimal brightness for a scene. White balance can either be automatically controlled or manually adjusted resulting in ideal color fidelity. Configurable gain control, an iris drive with DC control, and the incorporation of highly sensitive CCD sensors guarantee the best representation of objects under surveillance, especially if lighting conditions are poor or changing.

· Day & night functionality
True day and night functionality via an automatically retractable IR-cut filter provides a high image quality color mode for daylight applications and a black and white mode for night and low light conditions.

· Motion detection and intelligent alarm buffering
Using an array of 32 x 24 definable fields, the user can generate up to five different masks. Motion detection can be combined with extensive event and alarm management functionality. Configurable internal ring buffer storage makes it possible to access pre and post alarm images, even if no stream was sent to a client.

· Compact, robust design
An ultra-compact, all-metal housing with an 89.8 mm x 29 mm x 44 mm size and a weight of only 230 grams makes these the smallest IP cameras in their class. These characteristics contribute to the flexibility and ease of installation.

What Makes Basler Camera Quality So Special?

To ensure consistently high product quality, we employ several inspection procedures during manufacturing. The following list indicates three of the most important quality assurance tools we use to meet your highest requirements.

Camera Sensor Alignment Tool (CSAT):

Due to higher resolutions and smaller pixels, depth of focus and the exact positioning of the imaging sensor in the camera are becoming more and more critical. An area scan sensor must be aligned in six degrees of freedom.

The back focal length on each camera is carefully measured and adjusted by our patented "CSAT" procedure.
This guarantees an optimum distance between the lens flange and the sensor and ensures outstanding image quality based on compliance with optics standards.

Temperature Test

As a final check, our cameras passes a stress test. Cameras are tested over the entire temperature range specified in our documentation. By doing this, we can identify and remove temperature sensitive weak spots in the camera. This guarantees consistent image quality in conditions with quickly changing temperatures.

Camera Test Tool (CTT+)

Our advanced Camera Test Tool (CTT+), the first fully automated inspection system for digital cameras, checks all of the significant quality aspects of each camera we produce. The CTT+ is a unique combination of optics, hardware, and software that can be quickly and efficiently used to calibrate a camera and to measure its performance against a set of standards. For defined sets of conditions, an automated software program examines the camera's output, makes any calibration adjustments necessary, and compares the output to a strictly defined set of performance criteria.

Basler customers get a 100% tested camera, all of the benefits that go along with 100% testing, and a much higher level of satisfaction. This is a definite win-win situation.

RoHS Compliance

The Basler IP camera series is RoHS compliant. This is especially important in applications where the the end user requires strict RoHS compliance in all system components.