ADOS-TECH Contour IR Digital User manual
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Manual
Contour IR Digital
Infrared cameras
Contents About
The near infrared CONTOUR IR Digital camera is designed
for viewing, registration and record radiation in near infrared
zone in 400-1700 nm spectral region emitted by infrared
sources such as GaAs IR LED s, diode- or solid-state lasers
as well as for use in infrared microscopy, infrared
luminescence, examination of documents, forensics, art
restoration and etc.
The camera is based on a the newest CMOS sensor with
increased sensitivity, micro lenses on photo cells and
intensifying cascades. Camera is connected to PC via USB
2.0 (USB 3.0) cable.
Features
•Support high speed interface USB2.0 and USB3.0.
•WDM - it is able to work with many programs.
•High-sensitivity CMOS sensor with micro lenses and
intensifying cascades.
•8 bits of a target signal of brightness.
•A wide spectral range of sensitivity 400 - 1700 nm.
•Control from a computer.
Contents 2..........................................................................
About 2...............................................................................
Features 2..........................................................................
Operation 3........................................................................
PC requirements 4.............................................................
Software set and features 4...............................................
Applications development by the customer 4.....................
The Maintenance instruction 5...........................................
Spectral sensitivity of Contour IR Digital 5.........................
Approx. Power density 5....................................................
Technical information 6......................................................
Safety requirements 7........................................................
Warranty 7..........................................................................
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Operation
CAUTION! Do not direct powerful laser radiation on a
sensitive area of the sensor.
CAUTION! Use the filters, attenuators or beam splitters for
decrease of laser radiation.
1. Install the camera driver and software from CD.
2. Connect the camera to PC.
3. Start the software on PC.
4. Open EVScap program.
5. Observing the image on monitor, focus the objective lens
of the camera."
If necessary, switch on or switch off system of automatic
control, arrange parameters of the camera (brightness,
contrast, saturation, factor of scale - correction) in
properties of software (see file "help"), and also if it is
required change a format of the image (1280х1024 or
640х480) and frequency of the staff (7 Hz, 15Hz, 30Hz
and 60Hz). For the receiving of a straight-line
characteristic for photometric measurements, for that you
need in factor of scale-correction to switch ON Scale= 1.
6. Use the camera at the lowered external illumination when
there are not the external light hindrances decreasing the
relation a contrast / background and when the mode of
the increased sensitivity of the camera automatically is
switched on. Use the cut-off or interference filters for
observation of infrared radiation.
Figure 1. Contour IR Digital camera
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1. Video output
2. Objective with IR
cut-off filter
3. Tripod connection
¼inch
PC requirements
•Processor Pentium-3 at least 1 GHz, or Pentium-4 at least
1.6 GHz.
•At least 256 MB RAM
•USB 2.0 (USB 3.0) port
•OS Microsoft WIN/ME (USB 2.0 Host, root concentrators
and Direct-X drivers shall be installed), or WIN/XP
(Service Pack 2).
Software set and features
•WDM driver suitable for Windows XP/7 (32, 64bit).
•Two applications for visualisation on the PC screen as well
as for capture and recording of single frames (EVS_CAP
software) and pictures (AM_CAP software) on a hard disc
•The Contour-IR digital camera is supplied with the
software controling the following camera functions:
storage time, gain factor, gamma correction etc.
•The max. camera exposure is equal to the frame duration,
which depends on the chosen reading format.
•The electronic shutter is in the Rolling Shutter. The
operation in pulse mode with short exposures is useless –
the picture will be visible is just one or several lines of the
entire frame.
•The gain factor is approx. 30 dB.
•The gamma correction can be deactivated from the driver
bookmark.
•There is no external synchronisation in the camera.
•The uncompressed video record function is available.
•The camera features the sensor with micro lenses, the
certain concentration of metal in the silicone photodiode
and noise subtraction from signal. All this allowed
increasing the IR camera sensitivity to 1700 nm. The
resolution remains the same.
•The IR sensitivity has non-linear characteristics.
•The cameras are tested with laser diodes as well as with
interference filters and wide-band sources of light.
Applications development by
the customer
The Contour-IR digital camera is supplied with the WDM
driver that implements the Microsoft Direct Show technology,
which is the Windows SDK (Microsoft Direct X) component.
>> Download Windows SDK here
It allows working with a large array of commercial and free
software, supporting this technology, such as Ulead Video
Studio, Adobe Premier, AmCap, VirtualDub etc.
For own applications development, the customer shall apply
to the Microsoft Windows SDK and to the SDK catalogue
available from the supplied CD. To develop own software at
CBlider and Delphi it is recommended to use the ready-made
components like DSPACK.
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The Maintenance instruction
•Keep the device out of direct ingress of water.
•Prevent the device from mechanical damage and
moisture.
•Protect the lenses from dirt. If necessary, clean them with
clean soft cloth; remove oiled spots or deposit with cotton
wool slightly wettened in rectified alcohol or with alcohol-
ether mixture.
Spectral sensitivity of Contour
IR Digital
Figure 2. Spectral sensitivity for Contour IR viewer!
Approx. Power density
The approximate minimal power density of radiation on an
object at the signal-to-noise ratio =10 (20dB) on a distance
0,1 m:
Figure 3. Approx. power density
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Relative response
0,001
0,01
0,1
1
λ, nm
350
550
750
950
1150
1350
1550
1750
400-1700nm
mW/cm2
0,1
1
10
100
1000
λ, nm
1250
1350
1450
1550
1650
1750
Contour IR
Digital
Technical information
Standard kit includes:
•IR camera;
•distance ring;
•IR cut-off filter;
•Software and drivers (CD);
•manual;
•case.
Spectral sensitivity
400-1700nm
Sensor size
1/3 inches, 6.0mm x 4,96mm
Lens
F1.4/26mm, CS-mount
Field of view
10°
Focusing range
0.15m to inf
Sensor
CMOS 1/3” 1280 (h) x 960 (w)
Size of pixel
3,75 x 3,75 µm
Dynamic range
60 Db
Relation signal to
noise
54 Db
Format 1
1280x960 (4, 8, 12.5, 16, 25, 30 Hz)
Format 2
1280x720 (5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 40 Hz)
Format 3
800x600 (6.25, 12.5, 20, 30, 40, 50
Hz)
Format 4
640x480 (8, 16, 25, 32, 50, 64 Hz)
Range of exposure
34µs - 34ms
Temperature range
+5… +40°C
Weight
0,2 kg
Dimensions
55x55x75 mm
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Safety requirements
•The customer is responsible for light source safety while
using a camera as a standalone device or integrated into
system.
•The customer must consider protective measures if
necessary.
•While assembling or operating camera, do not stare at the
direct laser (or other light source) light even with safety
goggles.
•All parts of the body must be kept away from the
radiation.
•Appropriate eye protection must be worn at all times.
•Electrical safety requirements must be complied while
operating this device.!
Warranty
Infrared viewing device CONTOUR-IR Digital meets
specifications of the manufacturer and declared operable.
The warranty period of the device is 24 months from the date
it was sold to the consumer.
Claims to quality of work of the device are not accepted, and
warranty repair is not made, if refusal has arisen as a result of
the improper use or non-observance of service and
maintenance rules. The final decision on the reason of failure
of the device is made by experts of the company –
manufacturer or distributor. The company shall not accept
warranty claim:
- At non-authorized alteration,
- At opening and disassembly,
- At mechanical damages,
- At non-observance of conditions of operation.
Serial No.
Version No.
Spectral range
Date of Issue
7
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