GigE MV Cameras - XCG

GigE MV Cameras - XCG

Gig-E Camera Line-Up - XCG Speed EXview HAD High IR sensitive ICX-625 (Super HAD) ICX-274 (Super HAD) ICX-285 (EXView HAD) ICX-424 (HAD) XCG-V60E B&W, 1/3 VGA, 90fps XCG-SX97E SX99E B&W, 2/3 SXGA, 16/27fps GigE Vision/GenICam compliance XCG-U100E B&W, 1/1.8 UXGA 15 frames/s XCG-5005E B/W, 2,3, 5MP, 15 fps Advantages Dedicated Sony CCD sensor Homogeneous and standard digital line-up High quality with industrial specs Useful Features (trigger, delay setting,..) Flexibility with service issue Resolution

Latest news on Gig-E E Line up: New HD and Colour Models Frame rate 90 fps 50 fps 27 fps B&W XCG-SX99E XCG-V60E B&W XCG-H280E ICX-674 B&W CR E/CY12 NEW ADDITIONAL LINE UP 22.5 fps CR 16 fps 15 fps XCG-SX97E B&W B&W XCG-U100E Color B&W CR XCG-U100E XCG-5005E & Color Resolution VGA SXGA UXGA Full HD 5Mp

Full HD GigE Cameras NEW XCG-H280E/CR

Product Concept Full HD GigE Camera Sony has expanding its XCG series with the introduction of a new high-quality and high-sensitivity monochrome/color raw camera (Feb 2012), the XCG-H280E/CR. GigE Vision Interface High Frame Rate Image Transfer High Resolution Uncompressed Picture Output High Sensitivity Various Trigger Modes Temporal Image Storage Capability Robust and Small Form Factor Low power consumption

Full HD GigE Camera Specifications Camera specifications ICX-674: Bit depth: 2/3-type CCD, pixel: 4.54*4.54µm, 1920*1440 output pixels @ 64 fps in Full HD in sequence mode @ 32 fps in Full HD, standard free run mode* *up to 59.6fps depending on NIC capabilities 8/10/12 bits/pixels Gain/Shutter control Partial Scan / Binning 2x2 Trigger Mode: Meta-data: Memory Shot: H/W or S/W trigger Edge/Pulse width detection Standard/Bulk/Sequential trigger mode Image transfer with camera configuration / TimeStamp Image buffer for raw data

Specifications Shock resistance 70G Vibration resistance 10 G Operating temperature -10 to +50 C Mass 200 g Power consumption 5.8W MTBF Approx. 8.8 years

Full HD GigE Camera - Specifications (cont.) Mechanical and environmental specifications Operating temperature range: -10 to +50 C Internal temperature sensor Digital I/Os: General Purpose and dedicated function like camera ready Dimensions: 50 x 50 x 57.5 mm Power: 12v Power consumption: less than 5.5W C mount GigE Vision v.1.2 interface

Image Sensor Specifications EXview HAD II CCD sensor Successor technology of the ICX-285 EXview CCD Sensor Type Sony ICX285 Progressive Scan, Interline EXview HAD Sony ICX674 Progressive Scan, Interline EXview HAD II Image Size 2/3-type 2/3-type Number of Active Pixels 1,392 x 1,040 (1.45Mpixels) 1,940 x 1,460 (4:3) (2.83Mpixels) Frame Rate 15fps 50fps @ 2.8Mpixels, 4ch 60fps @ Full HD, 4ch Cell Size 6.45 x 6.45um 4.54 x 4.54um Smear -110dB -105dB Quantum Efficiency 65% (550nm) 75% (550nm) 9% (850nm) 17% (850nm) Sensitivity (F8.0) 1300mV 950mV

Image Sensor Technology EXview HAD II technology EXview HAD CCD Ⅱ = EXview HAD CCD + Super HAD CCD Ⅱ Technology to improve sensitivity XCG new Produt

Image Sensor Sensitivity Image Sensor : EXview HAD CCD II ICX674 : Sensor used for the XCG-H280E ICX285 : Sensor used for the XCG-SX97E and XCG-SX99E

Image Sensor Readout Dual(2) channel and quad(4) channel readout for high speed acquisition The camera combines the two/four output to one picture outside of the sensor as shown in the figure below. 2 ch. Readout Image boundary 4 ch. Readout Top-Left Top-Right Left Right Bottom-Left Bottom-Right MUX MUX Luminance difference of left / right and top / bottom image adjusted automatically by full automatic correction (default) or one-push correction

Image Sensor Frame rate Theoretical frame rates

Image Sensor Frame rate (cont.) Actual frame rate 59.6[fps] @ 4ch, 1920(H) x 1080(V), 8bit 44.6[fps] @ 4ch, 1920(H) x 1440(V), 8bit Conditions OS: Windows XP 32bit CPU: Core i5 2410 RAM: 2GByte NIC: Intel Gigabit CT Desktop adapter ExposureTime: 15000[us] SensorTaps: 4 Width: 1920 Height: 1080 / 1440 OffsetY: 180 / 0 PixelFormat: Mono8 GevSCPSPacketSize: 10596 GevSCPD: 32 Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter Effective image bandwidth More than 988Mb/s of image data out of an available 1000Mb/s

Features Partial Scanning High speed acquisition (Partial Scan) By reducing the size of the acquisition region (ROI) the amount of data can be reduced and the acquisition speed increased Can be used in combination with H/V binning function Four parameters Adjustable range Parameter: Offset X Parameter: Width wo/binning XCG-H280 w/binning Parameter: Offset Y Width (pixels) Height (lines) 640 to 1,920, 8-pixel step 480 to 1,440, 2-line step 320 to 960, 4-pixel step 240 to 720, 1-line step Parameter: Height Offset X Offset Y 0 to 1,280, 2-pixel step 0 to 720, 2-pixel step 0 to 640, 1-pixel step 0 to 480, 1-pixel step

Features Partial Scanning (cont.) Frame rate on vertical partial scan (theoretical) Actual frame rate depends on available bandwidth Horizontal Partial Scan has not effect on frame rate due to CCD readout scheme (vertical shift registers) but reduces bandwidth Number of lines 2ch Frame rate 4ch 1,440 26.3255 52.1159 1,280 28.962 57.5772 1,080 33.1279 65.4108 1,024 34.4947 68.3153 800 41.4456 82.1828 720 44.6708 87.8117 480 58.1869 113.792

Features Binning Combines 2/4 pixels together with the following benefits Sensitivity increase Readout noise reduction Data reduction with same field of view as full resolution image Frame rate increase with vertical binning 2ch readout Vertical binning Off On 4ch readout Vertical binning Off On Horizontal binning Off On 1,920 x 1,440 26 [fps] 960 x 1,440 26 [fps] 1,920 x 720 52[fps] 960 x 720 52 [fps] Horizontal Binning Off On 1,920 x 1,440 52 [fps] 960 x 1,440 52 [fps] 1,920 x 720 102[fps] 960 x 720 102[fps] 2ch readout Vertical binning Off On 4ch readout Vertical binning Off On Horizontal binning Off On 1,920 x 1,080 33 [fps] 960 x 1,080 33[fps] 1,920 x 540 62[fps] 960 x 540 62[fps] Horizontal binning Off On 1,920 x 1,080 65 [fps] 960 x 1,080 65[fps] 1,920 x 540 122[fps] 960 x 540 122[fps]

Features Frame Rate Control Adjust frame rate by delaying next acquisition timing Auto Frame Rate Setting (default) Fastest frame rate set automatically based on the exposure time and scanning area. Manual Frame Rate Setting User selectable frame rate, mhz accuracy Useful to manage bandwidth

Features Trigger Modes Edge detection Pulse width

Features Trigger Modes (cont.) Bulk trigger mode Up to 16 parameter sets Trigger input Camera setting Stored in the memory channel Setting 1 Setting 2 Setting 3 Output picture Sequence trigger mode Up to 16 parameter sets Trigger input Camera setting Stored in the memory channel 1 2 3 Setting 1 Setting 2 Setting 3 Output picture

Features Memory Shot Store acquisition sequence in internal frame memory until playback command is issued Up to 16 full resolution, 12bit images can be stored Playback on demand through API function Volatile memory (RAM FIFO) Sequence lost if Power Off Output order cannot be changed Benefits Allow full acquisition frame rate up to 64fps in Full HD (1920 x 1080) Finely tune image transfer to accommodate available bandwidth, especially for multiple camera configurations

Features Black Level Control Internal block diagram (Sensor ~ FPGA) Sensor AFE (*1) / A/D FPGA Analog gain (*2) (*3) 4ch level adjustment Black level control LUT (*4) (*5) 12bit 12bit *1 : Analog Front End *2 : Gain Control *3 : Selectable from Auto(Default) and One-Shot(Off in Technical Manual may not be used). *4 : Readout Features *5 : Bit length(video output resolution depth) is selected(lower bits are cut). 8bit 10bit 12bit

Features Black Level Control (cont.) Adjust black level (base position of luminance value) to reduce the luminance difference between each 4 channels Default setting set to 960 for each channel Range from 0(+X) to 2,047 in 14-bit value 14bit (For left or right channel) 14bit (For right or left channel) Black level Setting range Black level (Default) 2,047 2,047 960 960 0 0 + X Index (unit: step) X : apporx. 50 step

Features Gain Control Manual and Auto gain control XCG-H280E Manual Gain Control 0 to +18dB, 0.0359dB unit Auto Gain Control 0 to +18dB Selectable area All area / Tap1 / Tap2 / Tap3 / Tap4 Auto Gain Control (AGC) User selectable detection area Tap1 Tap3 Tap2 Tap4 Average sensitivity Selectable from 0 to 16383 (14bit)

Features Look-Up Table Look-Up Table (LUT) Luminance transfer table applied to each pixels depending on its value Input [luminance transfer table] Output 12bit input to 12/10/8 bit output Several modes Linear (default) / Reverse / Linear Interpolation (5-point) / Arbitrary / Binarization Output luminance value Input luminance value Linear Reverse Binarization Linear Interpolation

Features Look-up Table (cont.) Linear Interpolation (5-point) By specifying the input (X) and the output (Y) each for 5 points, you can create LUT through linear interpolation between the points.

Features Auto Exposure Combines Auto Gain and Auto Shutter control Auto Gain only / Auto Shutter only / Auto Exposure (Gain + Shutter) Parameters Same target luminance value Same detection area Max / Min Gain adjustable Max / Min Shutter speed adjustable Adjustable response speed Under development Available in Feb. 2012 through firmware update Operations Dark (average value lower than AE target): increase shutter time until Max Shutter then increase Gain Bright (average value higher than AE target): decrease Gain until Min Gain then decrease shutter time

Features User Settings Memory Channels 16 Memory Channels are provided for storing user s camera settings All camera parameters saved (incl. network settings) Boot-strap register define which channel is loaded on startup Non-volatile memory User Memory Arbitrary user data can be stored 64 Bytes / memory Channel 1,024 Bytes total Non-volatile memory

Features Chunk Data Transmit acquisition parameters, timestamps and user settings at the same time as the acquired images Parameters list TimeStamp, BlockID TriggerCounter Temperature GPIO Status ROI: Width / Height / Offset PixelFormat ExposureTime Gain UserMemory Under development Available in Feb. 2012 through firmware update

Features GigE Vision Packet Resend Mechanism SDRAM Data Flow for Packet Resending The XCG-H280E is equipped with 128Mbit (16MB) of SDRAM used as a FIFO for packet resend. Resend requests are sent from host PC when a lost packet has been detected and are answered by the camera by resending the lost packet(s) Amount of storing data (1920x1080) (Reference value) 8bit 10bit 12bit XCG-H280E 8 frames 6 frames 5 frames

General Purpose Output (GPO) Multi-function output (TTL) Selectable from 1.Trigger through output 2.Exposure (Active period shows the exposure time) 3.Sensor readout 4.Strobe control (Width and delay can be set to Exposure) 5.GPIO output (Output of register value) 6.True(High) / False(Low) Output specification Pin No. Signal 1 (Line1) GPO[1] 2 (Line2) GPO[2] 3 (Line3) TRIGGER IN[1] 4 (Line4) TRIGGER IN[2] 5 (Line5) GPI[1] 6 (Line6) GPI[2] 7 (Line7) GND * The termination impedance of the TTL output shall be 10 [kω] or higher.