Multi-Imagers Added to IPVM Design Calculator

IPVM has added multi-imager cameras to the Design Calculator, supporting this growing category of cameras offering 2 to 5 imagers with both fixed and PTZ options.

New Multi-Imager Support

Multi-imagers are a new model type in the Design Calculator that offers quicker and more accurate layouts.

Each imager can be adjusted individually plus the entire camera group can be moved as one assembly:

Camera configuration (e.g. HFoV, PPF/PPM, Distance, etc) for each imager is the same as current single imager camera models.

Selecting and Managing Multi-Imager Cameras

IPVM has added a new "Multi" form factor in the Select Camera Model menu which filters for multi-imager cameras:

Once selected, multi-imagers will have 2-5 imagers nested under the primary camera model. Each can be selected and managed (distance, FoV, locked, color, etc) independently as a normal camera in the Calculator:

Additionally, the main camera unit can be locked so only the 2-5 independent imagers can be rotated/adjusted around the fixed point of the main unit. This offers users to look down the main camera and not be concerned about moving all of the imagers at once while adjusting the FoV of one.

Updating Models Currently

We have 15+ of the most commonly selected multi-imager cameras loaded in the Calculator (including Avigilon, Axis, Dahua, Hanwha, Hikvision) and are actively adding models every day. If there is a specific multi-imager model you need for a design, email info@ipvm.com with the manufacturer and model and we will add.

Feature Overview Video

This 2-minute video demonstrates using multi-imager models:

Non-Restrictive Model

The Design Calculator multi-imager model is a non-restrictive design, and will allow lens configurations that may not be physically possible with a specific camera model. We are looking to add limitations in a future update, but project designers will need to understand the range of adjustment for different camera models.

In this video (from the IPVM Repositionable Multi-imager shootout) are examples of the physical restrictions in multi-imager designs:

Previous "Single Imager" Support Deprecated

Previously, multi-imagers were supported in the Calculator by a notation prefix of "Single Imager" in the Model Selector Menu. Existing projects will still have those camera models in them, but as the full model list is updated, users will not be able to select "Single Imager" models.

Upcoming And Requests

We are now working adding 'walls' to simulate / show how camera FoVs will be impacted by various real-life barriers.

Earlier this year, we added the Phone Design Calculator and we have more upcoming features later this year.