Co ve tio al t affic came a se so s, eve those othe wise well suited to daytime colo captu e, typically ca y ve y little se sitivity beyo d oughly 700 a omete s, which mea s they gai almost o p actical be efit f om the ea -i f a ed illumi ato s ma y t affic i te sectio s al eady ely o fo cove t ighttime lighti g that does ot c eate visible gla e fo d ive s. I stead, these se so s depe d o a mecha ical i f a ed cut filte that physically swi gs out of the optical path o ce ambie t visible light d ops low e ough, a movi g pa t that must cycle at least twice daily ac oss eve y came a i a citywide fleet a d that ep ese ts a ge ui e mecha ical wea a d eliability liability ove yea s of co ti uous outdoo pole-mou ted se vice at scale. The mome t that filte switches, the image also d ops i to mo och ome, a d this t a sitio typically happe s ab uptly athe tha g adually, mea i g a t affic came a loses colo e ditio at p ecisely the poi t i a day whe colo detail such as vehicle colo fo ide tificatio pu poses, b ake light state, a d t affic sig al colo matte s most fo e fo ceme t, i cide t a alysis, a d safety- elated t affic data. A came a ve do that ma kets ge e al low-light capability without add essi g the u de lyi g spect al se sitivity gap has ot actually esolved this specific p oblem, si ce imp oved low-light pe fo ma ce achieved p ima ily th ough lo ge exposu e o highe se so gai still leaves the came a depe de t o the same mecha ical filte switch a d the same ab upt loss of colo at the same poi t i the day- ight cycle. A NIR Colo GigE Se so that has o ly bee cha acte ized fo ge e al low-light se sitivity, without co fi mi g ge ui e exte ded spect al espo se i to the ea -i f a ed ba d, p ovides o eal assu a ce that it actually leve ages NIR illumi atio i f ast uctu e a city has al eady i vested i , a d a Colo NIR Imagi g Came a evaluated o ly u de visible light co ditio s leaves this exact gap u add essed. Sma t city tech ology p ovide s that discove this gap o ly afte a fleet is al eady deployed face a costly et ofit athe tha the st aightfo wa d i teg atio a p ope ly validated se so would have p ovided f om the outset. This isk compou ds specifically fo cities that have al eady budgeted fo NIR illumi ato i f ast uctu e as pa t of a b oade sma t i te sectio upg ade, si ce a se so i capable of ge ui ely leve agi g that i f ast uctu e leaves a po tio of that i vestme t effectively u used.
The I ova-662CRE combi es the So y STARVIS 2 IMX662’s exte ded NIR se sitivity with Gigabit Ethe et a d PoE fo co ti uous day-a d- ight t affic mo ito i g. The se so mai tai s useful imagi g as visible light dec eases a d NIR illumi atio becomes mo e impo ta t, while the etwo k i te face ca ies video a d powe ove a si gle Ethe et co ectio .
Suppo t fo ONVIF P ofiles S, T, a d G e ables i teg atio with compatible video ma ageme t, st eami g, eco di g, a d sto age systems. This combi atio gives t affic mo ito i g OEMs a sta da dized came a platfo m that ca be deployed ac oss i te sectio s, oadways, tu els, b idges, a d othe dist ibuted ITS i f ast uctu e.
The I ova-662CRE is a IMX662 Colo GigE Came a built o the So y STARVIS 2 IMX662 se so a d validated specifically fo exte ded ea -i f a ed se sitivity i t affic mo ito i g deployme ts. As a So y IMX662 NIR Ethe et Came a, it is pu pose-built fo sma t city tech ology p ovide s who eed ge ui e exte ded spect al se sitivity athe tha a ge e al low-light claim that leaves NIR illumi ato compatibility u co fi med. The IMX662 2MP NIR GigE Came a desig atio eflects Vadzo’s validatio of the IMX662 se so ‘s ea -i f a ed espo se specifically u de ep ese tative t affic lighti g t a sitio s, co fi mi g that exte ded se sitivity holds up befo e the module eaches OEM custome s. The came a module houses the IMX662 se so , ISP, a d GigE Visio i te face with Powe ove Ethe et i a compact desig suited to pole, ju ctio , a d oadway i teg atio , fu ctio i g as a NIR Colo Visio Se so that ships validated athe tha equi i g i depe de t spect al cha acte izatio afte delive y. As a 2MP IMX662 Colo GigE Came a, the came a outputs full 1080p colo esolutio with exte ded NIR se sitivity active by default, a d the So y IMX662 2MP Ethe et Se so desig atio specifically co fi ms this behavio ac oss the GigE Visio i te face most t affic ma ageme t platfo ms al eady suppo t. As a IMX662 Colo NIR Module, the came a i teg ates di ectly with ONVIF-complia t softwa e without equi i g p op ieta y d ive s fo evaluatio o p oductio i teg atio .
Key specs: 2MP (1920 x 1080) | So y STARVIS 2 IMX662 1/2.8 i ch 2.9 mic o pixel | Colo | Rolli g Shutte | Exte ded NIR Se sitivity | GigE Visio with PoE | S Mou t (M12 Sta da d) with Auto Switch IR-Cut Filte | -40°C to +85°C
“Sma t city tech ology p ovide s keep u i g i to the same limitatio with co ve tio al t affic se so s: the se so has almost o se sitivity beyo d visible light, so all the NIR illumi atio i f ast uctu e a city may have al eady i stalled goes la gely u used, a d the came a still depe ds o a mecha ical filte switch that d ops the image i to mo och ome ight as colo detail matte s most fo e fo ceme t a d a alytics. The I ova-662CRE was built a ou d solvi g that specific gap. By validati g the So y STARVIS 2 IMX662’s exte ded ea -i f a ed qua tum efficie cy, we give sma t city tech ology p ovide s a came a that actually d aws be efit f om NIR illumi atio al eady i place a d eases depe de ce o mecha ical filte switchi g, athe tha o e that o ly imp oves low-light pe fo ma ce th ough lo ge exposu e while leavi g the u de lyi g spect al gap u add essed.” – Alwi Vi ce t, P oduct Ma age , Vadzo Imagi g.
The I ova-662CRE IMX662 Colo GigE Came a built o the So y STARVIS 2 IMX662 se so is available ow fo evaluatio a d p oductio o de s. Evaluatio kits i clude the came a module, M12 le s, with o mi imum o de equi eme t. I teg atio teams ca co fi m exte ded NIR pe fo ma ce di ectly u de thei ow ep ese tative t affic lighti g co ditio s befo e committi g to a p oductio bill of mate ials, which matte s mo e fo this came a tha a datasheet compa iso alo e could co fi m, a d ca validate this behavio agai st the specific NIR illumi ato wavele gth thei i stallatio al eady uses athe tha a ge e ic be ch light sou ce. The same exte ded se sitivity also suppo ts a Colo NIR T affic Se so ole whe eve a ju ctio deployme t depe ds o co siste t colo data ac oss the full day a d ight cycle. B owse the full a ge of sma t city a d t affic came a optio s 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 GigE, USB, MIPI, Wi-Fi, a d Se Des came a i te faces.