Anyone Using 3D Printers For Surveillance/Security Applications?
If you were to use the Mobotix M15D with an 82 degree lense on a 25' high wall, at the near edge looking straight down, your field of view would spread out from a width of just under 40' at the base of the wall. This would work best with a custom angled ring mount looking down with boresight 50 degrees below horizontal or so. I suppose you could build up almost that same angle by aggregating four of Mobotix' 15-degree mounting rings, but a custom mount might be more stable and reliable. It could also improve the already low profile of these units by more closely emulating building exterior trim and finish near the mounting point.
Higher zoom LPR options should also be easier by planning the installation before hand and printing a custom mount.
At present print speeds, it's not terribly likely that you'd print your custom mounts on the job. You'd need to plan and print prior to the installation.
If you were a Mobotix installer, tube mounts of different lengths and presentation angles should be variations on a theme. Now if only the 3D camera planning tool could work directly with RipRap...
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