Co ti uous patie t mo ito i g p ese ts a lighti g p oblem that most came a p oducts a e ot built to solve g acefully. Patie ts est bette with the lights dimmed o off e ti ely, pa ticula ly ove ight, a d a came a mea t to suppo t obse vatio without distu bi g that est ca ot ely o b ight visible illumi atio the way a daytime secu ity came a might. The alte ative ma y mo ito i g systems fall back o is suppleme tal i f a ed illumi atio , which avoids visible light but still i t oduces a dedicated light sou ce i to the oom, alo g with the additio al ha dwa e, wi i g, a d calib atio that illumi ato adds to what should be a simple bedside came a i stallatio . A came a without mea i gful low-light se sitivity p oduces g ai y, u usable video the mome t oom lighti g d ops towa d ighttime levels, which defeats the pu pose of co ti uous obse vatio at exactly the hou s whe a patie t is least likely to have a ca egive physically p ese t i the oom. Facilities that have deployed a sta da d daytime came a fo this pu pose typically discove this gap o ly du i g a actual ove ight i cide t, whe the eco ded footage p oves too da k o too g ai y to be cli ically useful at p ecisely the mome t it matte s most. A seco d p oblem sits alo gside the lighti g challe ge. Hospitals mo ito i g a patie t typically wa t two diffe e t thi gs f om the same came a feed: a live view a u se ca gla ce at f om a ce t al statio without delay, a d a highe quality eco d suitable fo late eview if a fall, a seizu e, o a othe eve t eeds to be docume ted a d exami ed afte wa d. A came a limited to a si gle video st eam fo ces a choice betwee low-late cy live viewi g a d a chival quality eco di g, o equi es a seco d came a a d a seco d cable u to get both, which adds cost a d complexity to a bedside i stallatio that should be as simple as possible to deploy a d mai tai ac oss doze s o hu d eds of patie t ooms. Facilities olli g out mo ito i g ac oss a e ti e wi g o buildi g feel this compou di g effect di ectly, si ce eve y additio al cable u , mou ti g poi t, a d came a va ia t multiplies the i stallatio labo a d the o goi g mai te a ce bu de ac oss eve y oom the p og am cove s.
The Me li -291CRS add esses both p oblems th ough the combi atio of its se so a chitectu e a d its USB st eami g impleme tatio . The So y IMX291 is a 2MP (1920 x 1080) back-illumi ated STARVIS se so with a 1/2.8 i ch optical fo mat a d a 2.9-mic o pixel pitch, built with backside illumi atio that outes i comi g light di ectly to the photodiode athe tha th ough the metal wi i g laye s that sit above the photodiode i a f o t-illumi ated desig . This a chitectu e delive s usable colo video at illumi atio levels well below what a sta da d se so equi es, which matte s di ectly fo a Low-Light Patie t USB Came a ole whe e the oom may be dimmed to ea da k ess fo a esti g patie t th oughout the ight. O the st eami g side, the came a exposes two i depe de t USB video e dpoi ts f om a si gle physical co ectio . O e e dpoi t st eams comp essed video suited to co ti uous, low-late cy viewi g at a u se statio o ce t al mo ito i g display, while the seco d e dpoi t simulta eously st eams a sepa ate feed suited to highe quality local eco di g fo late cli ical eview. This mea s a USB Bedside Mo ito Module of this ki d se ves both the eal-time obse vatio eed a d the docume tatio eed f om o e came a a d o e cable, athe tha equi i g sepa ate ha dwa e fo each pu pose. The came a behaves as a Low-Light Bedside Came a Kit i p actice, si ce a facilities o cli ical e gi ee i g team eceives a validated module athe tha a ba e se so equi i g i depe de t low-light a d st eami g cha acte izatio befo e deployme t. Because the came a d aws powe di ectly f om the USB co ectio , a bedside i stallatio eeds o ly a si gle cable athe tha a sepa ate powe co d a d a data cable, which qualifies the module as a Co dless Bedside USB Module i the se se that o additio al powe i f ast uctu e is equi ed beyo d the USB po t itself. The came a e ume ates as a sta da d UVC device o Wi dows, Li ux, a d A d oid, equi i g o p op ieta y d ive s, a d the default S-Mou t (M12) le s is facto y calib ated fo typical bedside wo ki g dista ces. Vadzo validates low-light pe fo ma ce a d dual-st eam behavio togethe athe tha cha acte izi g each i depe de tly, si ce a facility deployi g this came a eeds assu a ce that both capabilities hold up simulta eously u de the exact dim lighti g a d co ti uous st eami g co ditio s a occupied patie t oom p ese ts ove ight.
The Me li -291CRS is a IMX291 Low-Light 1080P USB Came a built o the So y IMX291 se so a d positio ed specifically fo patie t mo ito i g deployme ts equi i g both low light pe fo ma ce a d flexible st eami g. As a IMX291 2MP USB Came a, it is pu pose-built fo OEMs who eed a si gle came a module to esolve usable video i a dimmed patie t oom while suppo ti g both live u se statio viewi g a d local eco di g f om the same ha dwa e. The So y IMX291 Medical USB Came a desig atio eflects Vadzo’s positio i g of the IMX291 se so ‘s low-light co figu atio specifically fo healthca e bedside applicatio s, whe e visible illumi atio is u desi able a d dual-pu pose st eami g educes i stallatio complexity. The came a module houses the IMX291 se so , ISP, a d a USB 2.0 UVC co t olle with dual-e dpoi t st eami g i a compact fo m facto with a sta da d S-Mou t (M12) le s holde , fu ctio i g as a Bedside USB Se sitivity Came a suited to the wo ki g dista ces typical of a hospital bed a d mou ti g poi t. As a 2MP Low-Light USB Came a, the came a e ume ates as a sta da d UVC device o Wi dows, Li ux, a d A d oid, equi i g o p op ieta y d ive s fo evaluatio o p oductio i teg atio , a d the 2MP IMX291 Low-Light USB Came a desig atio specifically co fi ms this low-light behavio i bedside co ditio s.
Key specs: 2MP (1920 x 1080) | So y STARVIS IMX291 1/2.8 i ch 2.9-mic o pixel | Colo | Rolli g Shutte | Low Light Se sitivity | Dual E dpoi t St eami g | USB 2.0 UVC | S-Mou t (M12) Optics
“Cli ical e gi ee i g teams buildi g patie t mo ito i g systems keep telli g us the same thi g: patie ts est bette i the da k, but staff still eed a usable view ove ight, a d they eed both a live feed fo the u se statio a d a eco ded feed fo docume tatio without doubli g the ha dwa e at eve y bed. The Me li -291CRS was positio ed to solve both eeds togethe . By pai i g the So y IMX291’s low-light se sitivity with dual e dpoi t st eami g, we give OEMs o e came a that p oduces a usable image i a dimmed oom a d se ves both the live mo ito i g feed a d the eco ded feed cli ical teams depe d o , f om a si gle USB co ectio a d a si gle cable at eve y bedside.” – Alwi Vi ce t, P oduct Ma age , Vadzo Imagi g.
The Me li -291CRS IMX291 Low-Light 1080P USB Came a built o the So y IMX291 se so is available ow fo evaluatio a d p oductio o de s. Evaluatio kits i clude the came a module, S-Mou t le s, USB 2.0 cable, a d platfo m d ive docume tatio , with o mi imum o de equi eme t. Cli ical e gi ee i g teams ca co fi m low-light pe fo ma ce a d dual-st eam behavio di ectly i a ep ese tative patie t oom befo e committi g to a facility-wide ollout, which matte s mo e fo this came a tha a datasheet compa iso alo e could co fi m. B owse the full USB 2.0 Bedside Came a Kit li eup at Vadzo’s website o co tact Vadzo at
Vadzo Imagi g is a global p ovide of embedded visio solutio s a d delive s high-pe fo ma ce came a tech ologies a d imagi g platfo ms fo applicatio s i obotics, i dust ial automatio , UAVs, edge AI, a d medical systems. Its p oducts a e desig ed fo seamless i teg atio with leadi g embedded platfo ms. Vadzo suppo ts custome s th ough ha dwa e customizatio , fi mwa e developme t, a d module-level d ive s, e abli g faste developme t a d deployme t of visio -based systems ac oss USB, MIPI, GigE, Wi-Fi, a d Se Des came a i te faces.