Integrated IR Camera Use Surging 2014
Author: John Honovich, Published on Jun 10, 2014
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Comments (8)
Luis Sadio
In my country (Portugal), in my opinion, for outdoor the cameras with a IR, as we know them, are a mistake.
At night, outdoor, in few days most of this cameras will have spider's web and will not see nothing at night unless anyone clean them.
The spiders make a web in front or IR Led's because know that the bugs will be atracted by the light.
Then the web reflects the light of IR LEd's into image sensor and it is not possible have a good night image.
If the IR are installed in a different way, it could avoit the web be made in front of image sensor.
If possible, I would like to know the experience from other integrators about this problem.
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Undisclosed Distributor #1
Why has there not been a mention of water droplets on the bubble of the dome. This in my opinion is probably more significant than spiders etc. In most outdoor applications where the dome/bubble type cameras are installed, they are subjected to the weather and we have found that the moisture on the bubble causes significant blind spots and flaring of the image produced. This is further impacted when the moisture then dries and leaves dirt marks on the bubble. During the day these are almost invisible but at night when the IR comes on, then again there is flaring or reflections produced resulting in service calls to remedy the bad picture. The SI who attends then gives the dome bubble a wipe and all is good until night falls and then the image appears foggy due to the fine scratches (from cleaning) reflecting the IR light. This also appears to get worse as camera manufacturers strive to get greater distance from the IR light which in turn causes greater reflections.
The dome cameras with a flat glass window (like IR bullet cameras) separating the lens from the IR LED's with a collar, overcome most of the issues above, except of course the spiderwebs which can stretch across from the LED's and past the front of the lens.
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David Lambert
[IPVM Note: Commenter is a direct competitor against integrated IR cameras.]
I think you mean like that. On integrated products the IR lighting reflects off water droplets back into the camera. We see a lot of this (at Raytec) and are asked to provide separate IR illuminators.
Remember - its not only about the occasions with water droplets / spiders. Its about triggering false alarms and affecting analytics
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Undisclosed Integrator #2
integrated IR cameras are good for monitoring at night, but give a false alarm on every little bug flying through its lens.
one night with motion recording will record from dusk till dawn.
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