Canon Developing High-Sensitivity Network Camera That Achieves High Visibility Even for Long-Range Nighttime Surveillance*
September 02 2015 - 11:07AM
Business Wire
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today
announced that its parent company, Canon Inc., is developing a
high-sensitivity network camera equipped with a fast,
high-magnification lens capable of long-range color image capture,
even at night, enabling the surveying of subjects that might be
hard to see with the naked eye.
Amid ever-increasing safety and security concerns, a growing
need for advances in surveillance systems has fueled demand for
high-performance network cameras capable of recording clear visual
data night and day for such applications as urban surveillance and
the monitoring of important infrastructure facilities. Canon is
developing a compact high-sensitivity network camera that is
designed to enable the clear viewing in color of distant subjects,
even under conditions that might prove challenging to the naked
eye, such as at night with few ambient light sources. The camera’s
imaging capabilities will make it ideally suited for such
surveillance applications as crime prevention and the monitoring of
natural disaster sites, enabling the viewing of scenes during
either night or day.
Drawing on a range of optical technologies Canon has refined
over the years, the network camera being developed will feature a
large-aperture, ultra-telephoto zoom lens with a focal length of
more than 600mm (35mm film equivalent) that achieves a bright
F-value of 2.4 to allow large amounts of light to enter. The
compact lens unit will incorporate aspherical and UD (Ultra Low
Dispersion) lens elements that help suppress the incidence of
chromatic aberrations, which become more prevalent as a lens’s
aperture size increases. The combination of the large-aperture lens
with a high-sensitivity sensor and high-performance image processor
will enable the color recognition of a subject’s face at a distance
of 100 meters, even in dark environments with a mere 0.08 lux of
illumination, roughly equivalent to the illuminance of moonlight.
By comparison, conventional nighttime surveillance to date has only
been possible within a limited range with the aid of infrared
illumination, or by using a night mode that only captures images in
black and white.
Through the combination of an electric-drive pan/tilt function
that control’s the camera’s orientation with the ultra-telephoto
zoom lens, the network camera is designed to fulfill a wide range
of surveillance requirements. In addition to the monitoring of
natural disasters involving rivers or bays, for example, the camera
will be well-suited for such applications as urban surveillance
from the rooftops of buildings and for identifying automobile
license plate numbers on roads, not only during the day, but also
in settings in which nighttime surveillance is required. Canon aims
to offer the new network camera in 2016. Through the enhancement of
the Company’s network camera lineup, Canon is responding to
society’s ever-expanding monitoring and surveillance needs.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer,
business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to
the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding
Mexico) markets. With approximately $31 billion in global revenue,
its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in
U.S. patents granted in 2014† and is one of Fortune Magazine's
World's Most Admired Companies in 2015. Canon U.S.A. is committed
to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty,
providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for
all of the products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to
its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental
responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas Headquarters secured
LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for the design,
construction, operations and maintenance of high-performance green
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†Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
All referenced product names and other marks are trademarks of
their respective owners.
* This product is currently under development and is not
available for sale or use in the U.S. Specifications may change and
no assurances can be given that it will be made available for sale
or use in the U.S.
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