T affic mo ito i g came a systems almost always sit somewhe e a compute ack does ot: o a sig al mast a m at a i te sectio , i side a tu el bo e, o a b idge st uctu e, o at a toll ga t y positio ed mete s o te s of mete s f om the ea est equipme t cabi et. USB came a p oducts a e elect ically limited to a few mete s of cable u without a active exte de , a d eve exte ded USB li ks i t oduce eliability co ce s i a outdoo , vib atio -p o e, elect ically oisy oadside e vi o me t. MIPI came a modules face a eve tighte co st ai t, si ce the se so must sit withi ce timete s of its host p ocesso , which fo ces the e ti e compute platfo m o to the pole o ga t y alo gside the came a athe tha allowi g it to sit i a climate-co t olled cabi et at g ou d level. T affic e gi ee s who eed a came a thi ty, fifty, o a hu d ed mete s f om thei ea est cabi et have histo ically had to choose betwee u i g expe sive fibe media co ve te s, accepti g a active USB exte de ‘s eliability comp omises, o mou ti g compute ha dwa e i a outdoo e closu e it was eve desig ed to occupy. T affic sce es p ese t a seco d p oblem i depe de t of cable dista ce. A i te sectio came a looki g west at su set faces a b ight sky di ectly behi d o comi g vehicles. A tu el e t a ce came a must esolve a da k tu el bo e agai st a b ight daylight exte io withi the same field of view. A toll booth came a must ead a lice se plate lit by o comi g headlights at ight without losi g detail i the su ou di g da k oadway. A sta da d dy amic a ge se so fo ced to choose a si gle exposu e setti g fo these sce es eithe blows out the b ight sky a d headlights to white o c ushes the shadowed vehicle a d oadway detail to black, a d eithe failu e mode defeats the vehicle ide tificatio a d lice se plate eadi g that the came a was i stalled to pe fo m i the fi st place. T affic autho ities ope ati g a etwo k of doze s o hu d eds of came a locatio s feel both p oblems compou ded at scale: eve y came a that eeds a active USB exte de o a elocated compute e closu e adds ecu i g mai te a ce cost, a d eve y came a that misses a detectio o a plate ead du i g a backlit o ighttime pe iod ep ese ts a gap i the ve y safety a d e fo ceme t fu ctio the etwo k exists to p ovide.
The I ova-662CRE add esses the cable dista ce p oblem th ough ative GigE Visio co ectivity with Powe ove Ethe et. A si gle Cat5e o Cat6 cable ca ies both gigabit data a d came a powe up to o e hu d ed mete s, which cove s the ove whelmi g majo ity of pole-to-cabi et a d ga t y-to-cabi et dista ces fou d i eal t affic i f ast uctu e without a media co ve te , a active exte de , o elocati g compute ha dwa e to the pole itself. GigE Visio is a established machi e visio sta da d, so the came a i teg ates with sta da d thi d-pa ty GigE Visio softwa e o the host side athe tha equi i g a p op ieta y captu e ca d o d ive stack, a d the u de lyi g gigabit Ethe et li k tole ates the elect ical oise a d cable outi g co ditio s typical of outdoo i f ast uctu e u s bette tha a exte ded USB li k does. O the dy amic a ge side, the So y STARVIS 2 IMX662 is a 1/2.8 i ch back illumi ated CMOS se so with a 2.9-mic o pixel pitch a d ative 2MP (1920 x 1080) esolutio . STARVIS 2 pixel a chitectu e combi es high qua tum efficie cy fo ext eme low-light se sitivity with a o -chip HDR mode that captu es a wide dy amic a ge withi a si gle f ame i te val athe tha me gi g multiple seque tial exposu es afte the fact. This matte s di ectly fo a HDR Imagi g GigE Se so ope ati g at a i te sectio o tu el e t a ce, whe e a seque tial multi-exposu e HDR tech ique would i t oduce ghosti g a tifacts o the movi g vehicles that a e the actual subject of i te est, while si gle-f ame HDR captu e avoids that p oblem e ti ely. A GigE HDR T affic Se so of this desig also be efits f om the i te face choice itself, si ce gigabit Ethe et delive s the ba dwidth a wide dy amic a ge se so eeds at full f ame ate without the comp essio a tifacts a lowe ba dwidth li k would i t oduce. A HDR E ha ced Ethe et Came a built this way esolves both a b ight sky a d a shadowed vehicle i te io withi the same exposu e, which keeps a lice se plate eadable eve whe it sits di ectly i f o t of a st o g backlight sou ce, a d the same HDR Wide Ra ge GigE Came a a chitectu e exte ds that be efit to ighttime sce es whe e headlight gla e would othe wise ove whelm a sta da d dy amic a ge se so . Rolli g shutte eadout is app op iate fo the mode ate vehicle speeds typical of i te sectio s, tu els, a d toll booths, whe e the IMX662’s dy amic a ge adva tage ove sta da d se so s matte s mo e tha the motio f eezi g that a global shutte would add at mea i gfully highe cost. The came a is ated ac oss a -40 deg ee C to 85 deg ee C ope ati g a ge, matchi g the ext eme outdoo tempe atu e swi gs that pole-mou ted a d ga t y-mou ted t affic came a systems expe ie ce ac oss a full yea of exposu e.
The I ova-662CRE is a IMX662 2MP GigE Came a built o the So y STARVIS 2 IMX662 se so a d pai ed with ative GigE Visio co ectivity e gi ee ed specifically fo t affic mo ito i g i f ast uctu e. As a So y STARVIS 2 IMX662 GigE Came a, it is pu pose-built fo OEMs who eed a came a that ca sit fa f om its host compute equipme t without sac ifici g image quality i high-co t ast oadway sce es. The So y IMX662 HDR Ethe et Came a desig atio eflects Vadzo’s validatio of the IMX662 se so ‘s HDR mode specifically fo the backlit a d high-co t ast co ditio s t affic came a systems e cou te daily, co fi mi g exposu e behavio , dy amic a ge pe fo ma ce, a d GigE Visio complia ce befo e the module eaches OEM custome s. The came a module houses the IMX662 se so , ISP, a d Gigabit Ethe et co t olle with Powe ove Ethe et i a compact fo m facto with a sta da d S-Mou t (M12) le s holde that accepts i te cha geable optics fo va yi g mou ti g heights a d fields of view. As a 2MP HDR Ethe et Se so platfo m, the came a p ese ts a sta da d GigE Visio i te face to host softwa e, equi i g o p op ieta y captu e ca d 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 | GigE Visio with Powe ove Ethe et | Cat5e/Cat6 up to 100 mete s | S-Mou t (M12) | -40°C to 85°C
“T affic came a i stalle s keep telli g us the same two thi gs. Fi st, the came a almost eve sits close e ough to the cabi et fo USB to wo k, a d u i g a media co ve te o a exte de at eve y pole adds cost a d a othe failu e poi t. Seco d, the exact sce es that matte most fo ide tificatio – a vehicle backlit by a low su , a plate lit by headlights at ight- a e the sce es a sta da d dy amic a ge se so ha dles wo st. The I ova-662CRE was built to a swe both p oblems di ectly. By pai i g the So y STARVIS 2 IMX662 with ative GigE Visio a d Powe ove Ethe et, we give t affic e gi ee s a came a that u s a hu d ed mete s o o e cable a d still esolves the backlit, high-co t ast sce es that oadway co ditio s p oduce.” – Alwi Vi ce t, P oduct Ma age , Vadzo Imagi g.
The I ova-662CRE IMX662 2MP 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, S-Mou t le s, Powe ove Ethe et i jecto , a d GigE Visio co figu atio docume tatio , with o mi imum o de equi eme t. B owse the full Sma t T affic Came a 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 GigE, USB, MIPI, Wi-Fi, a d Se Des came a i te faces.