The Technology Behind the MOBOTIX
Cameras
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MOBOTIX cameras
are equipped with a very wide range of largely software-based
features. Customers can find any new releases of the MOBOTIX
software as free downloads on the Internet.
In the following, you will find an overview of the
most important MOBOTIX camera features. Individual camera functions
and interesting technology are described in more depth in separate
chapters. To find what you are looking for, use the navigation bar
on the left side of the screen.
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| "All in
One" IP Monitoring |
Safe Investment
The
MOBOTIX IP-camera is the first and only weatherproof network camera
to date with an integrated recorder function, video management
system, video sensors and audio. The free scalability of the number
of cameras, storage capacity and data connections (IDSN, DSL,
Ethernet, WLAN, GSM, copper, fiber optics) ensures system
flexibility, low cost of system expansion and safe investment
protection.
Performance
Through Versatility
The MOBOTIX IP cameras feature
internal as well as external recording. Any standard file server
(Linux, Windows) can be used for external storage. The camera
manages the entire database without requiring any additional
software. All the recording, FTP and e-mail functions can be either
time or event-controlled.
Multi-Functional
Should
you want to simultaneously display multiple cameras on the PC or a
monitor wall with a high image rate, a control station software
(MxPEG Viewer) is also available free of charge. Alarms can be
signaled via e-mail, SMS or telephone call or even via a PDA.
Talkback over IP and telephone is already integrated. Despite the
wide range of functions available, the camera is as easy to connect
as a network printer. Power is supplied via the data cable or a
solar panel with a buffer battery. |
| No Problems With
Backlight |
Exposure Zones instead of
Backlight
Most cameras more or less shut down when
they are confronted with backlight. Unfortunately, the areas of
interest usually remain dark. A backlight function is often used to
try to remedy the situation – but even then, the results are
disappointing. MOBOTIX has taken a whole new approach to solving
this problem by using freelydefinable exposure zones. This is
possible due to the cameras' not requiring an auto iris lens. And
what’s more, freely-definable exposure zones make more sense because
the camera’s automatic features then always know exactly which areas
of the picture you want to have exposed perfectly.
Individually
Professional
The exposure zones in the MOBOTIX camera
can be configured freely in terms of number and position in the
picture - this can also be done remotely via the network. The
example shows the differences between a shot without using exposure
areas (on the right) and one using the exposure zones on the outside
of the doorway.
When It Is Really
Important…
The original photograph of the scene at the
bank makes it clear how important this function is. Conventional
cameras would darken the faces in the foreground – and in the event
of a holdup, it would be very difficult to identify the perpetrator.
In contrast, the MOBOTIX camera was configured with an exposure zone
in the lower half of the image to prevent the light coming through
the window from affecting the the exposure time so that the relevant
parts of the picture are illuminated correctly.
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| Long-Term Recording
Included |
Unique Storage Concept
The MOBOTIX storage concept is so
simple, yet so unique, that it never ceases to amaze. The fact that
the camera stores images or videos internally in a 64-MB ring buffer
is still quite understandable to most, but that it stores the ring
buffer on a PC hard disk via the network and manages it on its own
is almost unbelievable. After all, it is the MOBOTIX camera that
organizes all the data itself and not the PC. It is not necessary to
have an FTP or any other software on the PC; a standard Windows or
Linux operating system is all you need. In combination with large
server systems and RAID disks, the storage capacity and reliability
have virtually no limits – and it all operates using inexpensive
standard and readily available IT components. |
Low Network
Load
The MOBOTIX storage concept reinforces the
advantage of low network load against the centralized PC solutions
with video management software. After all, why continuously send
camera images to the centralized PC for processing when the data
processing can take place in the camera and the camera manages
storage itself. In addition, due to the temporary storing of images
in the camera, short network failures or shutdowns (e.g. changing of
a switch) can be bridged. |
| Comfortable Video
Surveillance |
Add to the System Any Time
Each MOBOTIX camera simply gets
configured with the IP address of the recording PC via menu entry
along with the maximum directory size allocated for recording. This
process has no limits with respect to the number of recording PCs
and cameras connected. In an airport, for example, there might be
400 MOBOTIX cameras distributed over 10 recording servers and this
system can be expanded at any time, even after
installation.
Management Included
In
addition to recording, the MOBOTIX camera is equipped with a
complete management system via the web browser:
• Search by
events
• Playback events
• Signal alarms
• Display alarm
list
• Management of multiple cameras
• Quad and multiview
display
Global Alarming
Whether
by e-mail, SMS or telephone call – the MOBOTIX cameras can signal
events to anywhere in the world. With the integrated sound channel,
it is also possible to set up an audio connection in both directions
– and the audio is lip-synchronized with the video images,
regardless of whether the camera transmits 1 or 25 frames/s. This
means that the sound recorded by the camera can also be delivered to
the web browser via DSL and the Internet.
Remote Access by
Telephone
The tone dialer of any telephone anywhere in
the world can be used to trigger the camera functions, which can
open doors, retrieve the last event, send an e-mail with the current
image or request the Internet IP address via voice
output. |
| Day & Night – Always
Ready |
Day and Night
Whether in
broad daylight or at night, security cameras have to be capable of
working around the clock and of delivering high-resolution images,
which is exactly what the M10-DN has been designed to do. The
daynight network camera is equipped with two image sensors and two
lenses, and automatically selects the ideal mode based on the
prevailing lighting conditions: either the color sensor with the
daylight lens or the black-and-white sensor with the infrared lens.
Thanks to this dual sensor system, the camera produces good true
colors during the day, but is also extremely sensitive in dark
environments.
In Moonlight or with Infrared
Lighting
Thus, the MOBOTIX sensors allow
exposure times of up to four seconds so that true-color images are
possible even in moonlight. While such high exposure time tends to
blur moving objects, it is unparalleled when it comes to recognizing
static objects, such as parked cars and graffiti. When it really
gets dark, the ten times more sensitive black-and-white sensors in
combination with IR lighting, make it possible to produce incredibly
sharp images even in the dead of night. |
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