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Olympus SP-500UZ used for the digital
images shown above
May 23
2007: Weather-Loop
Video added to Web Page.
This is an experimental flash
application that buffers the last 20 images received from the video
camera, and plays them back in a time lapse manner (similar to a
weather loop). The sequence of images is 'played' every time a
new image comes in. A new video image is uploaded every 2-5
seconds, so you should see about 2 minutes of action. Since the
video camera is inside the same housing that the digital camera is in,
you will often see the camera 'move' around, at various zoom values.
For example, when the movie of the end of the jetty is made, the video
camera is zoomed in all the way. If a digital shot is done next,
the camera housing will be repositioned for the digital camera, and
the video camera may remained zoomed in all the way, so all you may
see are waves in the middle of the ocean. We are working on
modifying its sequence of shots so that when its moving about, the
video camera is zoomed out. NOT
WORKING?? If the image has not updated in the
last minute, try refreshing your browser
(F5), and if it still doesn't update, it means for some reason, new
images are not being uploaded form the camera station....could be
maintenance, or a bug in the program, which should fix itself within
the hour ( a watchdog circuit will reboot the system).
General
Information (updated Dec 13 2005)
The
imaging system is comprised of a PC controlling a pan/tilt unit and
2 cameras. One camera is a standard high quality Sony low light
level video camera with 18x optical zoom. The other camera is
an Olympus SP500UZ 6-MegaPixel Digital Still Camera with 10x zoom
The digital camera has been mounted on its side, that is, rotated
90 degrees from the normal position, so the images are taller than
they are wide. Next to the digital camera is the
Sony block video camera. It has excellent low light capabilities
and an 18x optical zoom. A 160' cable connects the camera system to
an industrial PC running Windows XP. A DSL connection to the Internet
allows for uploading the images to the web site.
For more information about this system, please visit Erdman
Video Systems. |
