Bosch AUTODOME IP Starlight 7000i PTZ 2MP HDR 30x Clear IP66 Outdoor Pendant Camera

The AUTODOME IP starlight 7000i camera incorporates the latest in Video Analytics, starlight technology, and video streaming. With starlight imaging technology for excellent low-light sensitivity and the most robust Intelligent Video Analytics on the market, the camera delivers unmatched picture quality. Even under the most challenging light conditions, the 30x PTZ dome camera delivers highdefinition (HD) 1080p video. Easy to install, the camera is available in either a field-proven, outdoor pendant housing or an indoor, in-ceiling housing.

Functions

Exceptional low-light performance
The latest sensor technology combined with the sophisticated noise suppression results in an exceptional sensitivity in color. The low-light performance is so good that the camera continues to provide excellent color performance even with a minimum of ambient light.

High dynamic range
The dynamic range of the camera is outstanding and is obvious in real-world performance comparisons. In extended dynamic range mode, the camera uses an electronic shutter to capture four images with different exposure time and reproduce a high-contrast frame. The result is that you can view details in both the bright areas (highlights) and the dark areas (shadows) of a scene at the same time. You can easily distinguish objects and features (for example, faces) with bright backlight.

H.265 high-efficiency video encoding
The camera is designed on the most efficient and powerful H.264 and H.265/HEVC encoding platform. The camera is capable of delivering high-quality and high-resolution video with very low network load. With a doubling of encoding efficiency, H.265 is the new compression standard of choice for IP video surveillance systems.

Snap to zoom
Drawing a box in the image will trigger the camera to zoom to the correct position.

Intelligent Video Analytics on the edge
With built-in video content analysis (VCA), the camera reinforces the Intelligence-at-the-Edge concept where edge devices become increasingly intelligent.

The camera comes with the state-of-the-art VCA method by Bosch, Intelligent Video Analytics, that reliably detects, and analyzes moving objects while suppressing unwanted alarms from spurious sources in the image.

With this method, the camera is able to detect idle and removed objects as well as loitering, multiple line crossing, and trajectories. This method also supports BEV (Bird's Eye View) People counting.

Video Analytics while camera is moving
Outside of pre-positions and even while the PTZ camera is moving, whether on guard tours or manually, the Intelligent Video Analytics application can detect and start alarms when objects are in alarm fields. These alarm fields are defined once across all PTZ camera views. The camera can automatically trigger an alarm if any part of a field within the camera's view becomes active while on a guard tour sweeping across the monitored areas.

Intelligent Tracking
The camera utilizes the built-in Intelligent Video Analytics to follow an individual or an object continuously. When Intelligent Video Analytics detects objects while the camera is in a stationary position, the camera activates the Intelligent Tracking feature. This feature controls the pan/tilt/zoom actions of the camera to track the objects and keep them in view in the scene.

The new Intelligent Tracking is based on robust flow detection algorithms which can reliably track moving objects even under challenging scenes.

The tracking and detection reliability can be enhanced further with virtual masking for scenes with a lot of background motion such as trees or other objects creating constant motion in the scene.

Auto mode: When configured in this mode, the camera actively analyzes the video to detect any moving object. If it detects movement, it begins to track the object. This mode is most useful for scenarios where normally no motion is expected.

One Click mode: In this mode, users can click an object moving in the live video image to enable the camera to track the movement of the selected object. This mode is most useful for scenarios where normal scene activity is expected.

Camera Trainer
Based on examples of target objects and non-target objects, the new Camera Trainer program uses machine learning to allow the user to define objects of interest and generate detectors for them. In contrast to the moving objects that the Intelligent Video Analytics application detects, the Camera Trainer program detects both moving and non-moving objects and classifies them immediately. Using Configuration Manager, you can configure the Camera Trainer program using both live video as well as recordings available through the respective camera. The resulting detectors can be downloaded and uploaded for distribution to other cameras.

Intelligent streaming reduces bandwidth and storage requirements
The low-noise image and the efficient H.265 compression technology provide clear images while reducing bandwidth and storage by up to 80% compared to standard H.264 cameras. With this new generation of cameras an extra level of intelligence is added with Intelligent Streaming. The camera provides the most usable image possible by cleverly optimizing the detail-to-bandwidth ratio. The smart encoder continuously scans the complete scene as well as regions of the scene and dynamically adjust compression based on relevant information like movement. Together with Intelligent Dynamic Noise Reduction, which actively analyzes the contents of a scene and reduces noise artifacts accordingly, bitrates are reduced by up to 80%. Because noise is reduced at the source during image capture, the lower bitrate does not compromise image quality. This results in substantially lower storage costs and network strain and still retain a high image quality and smooth motion.

Image Stabilization
As PTZ cameras continue to increase their optical zoom capabilities, image stabilization becomes critical to eliminate movement caused by unstable camera mounts. Minor movement of the camera mount can shift the field of view by a large distance when the camera is zoomed to a high value. This can render images unusable. The camera incorporates an Image Stabilization algorithm; when turned on, the camera detects continuous vibration. If it detects vibration, the camera dynamically corrects the shaky video in both the vertical and horizontal axis, resulting in improved image clarity and a stable field of view on the monitor.

Auto Exposure (AE) region and Focus region
With the Auto Exposure (AE) function, the camera computes the lighting condition of the entire scene. Then the camera determines the optimum level of iris, gain, and shutter speed. In AE region mode, users can designate a specified area of the scene, based on pre-positions. The camera computes the lighting condition of the specified area. Then the camera determines the optimum level of iris, gain, and shutter speed to get an image. Focus region mode, unlike normal auto focus mode, allows users to focus on a specified area of the scene. Users have the ability to customize these modes, if necessary, for the specific requirements of the site.

Simple set-up
The camera has a very intuitive user interface that allows fast and easy configuration. Configurable scene modes are provided with the best settings for a variety of applications.

Standard
This mode is optimized for most standard scenes both indoor and outdoor.

Color Only (Traffic)
In this mode, the camera does not switch to monochrome mode at low light levels. The mode is optimized to minimize motion artifacts and to capture the color of vehicles/pedestrians and traffic lights, even at night, for scenarios such as city surveillance and traffic monitoring.

Indoor
This mode is ideal for indoor applications where lighting is constant and does not change. Auto white balance will be mainly focused on low color temperature 3200K.

Sensitivity boost
This mode provides maximum sensitivity in low light scenes by using longer exposure times, resulting in bright images even in extreme low light.

Fast movement
This mode is used for monitoring fast moving objects like cars in traffic scenes. Motion artifacts are minimized and the image is optimized for a sharp and detailed picture in color and monochrome.

Vibrant
This mode provides a more vivid image with increased contrast, sharpness, and saturation.

Sophisticated alarm responses
The camera supports advanced alarm control that uses sophisticated rules-based logic to determine how to manage alarms. In its most basic form, a "rule" could define which input(s) should activate which output(s). In a more complex form, inputs and outputs can be combined with pre-defined or user-specified commands to perform advanced camera functions.

Pre-positions and tours
The camera supports 256 pre-positions and two styles of Guard Tours: Pre-position and Record/Playback. The Pre-position tour has capability for up to 256 prepositions with a configurable dwell time between prepositions and can be customized as to the order and the frequency that each Pre-position is visited. The camera also provides support for two (2) recorded tours, which have a total duration of 15 minutes of movements. These are recorded macros of an operator's movements, including pan, tilt, and zoom activities, and can be played back in a continuous manner.