Bosch FLEXIDOME Panoramic 5100i IR 12MP Outdoor Network Dome Security Camera with 1.26mm Fixed Lens

The NDS-5704-F360LE is a discreet and aesthetic panoramic camera for indoor and outdoor surveillance. Its stereographic, panoramic lens provides full 360 Degree coverage without blind spots, ideal for surveillance applications that require wide area coverage in a single, detailed view. The camera offers full situational awareness and simultaneous high-resolution zoomed in images. The high-end system on chip (SoC) provides dewarping for easy integration and flexible viewing and recording. Built-in Intelligent Video Analytics enriches full situational awareness and triggers relevant alerts.

Intelligent Audio Analytics gives meaning to the sounds it captures. The camera's integrated IR provides the flexibility to control IR intensity in multiple zones to prevent IR saturation. Additionally, with its wide range of inputs and outputs, such as Alarm and HDMI, it can be used for any application. The camera has an IK10 and IP66 design to protect itself against vandalism and all weather conditions.

Functions

12MP sensor resolution
The camera offers a 12MP sensor to optimize for the amount of details required. This offers 30 fps to ensure real-time motion in your scenes. Together with its stereographic lens the image circle offers a 9MP effective resolution.

Panoramic vision and Intelligent Video Analytics
Combining Bosch Intelligent Video Analytics software with full panoramic vision, produces an extremely powerful surveillance tool, which enriches full situational awareness. With intelligent tracking, movement can be followed continuously throughout the full image circle. There is no need to hand off tracking from one camera to another, greatly simplifying movement analysis. The system reliably detects, tracks, and analyzes objects, and alerts you when predefined alarms are triggered.

A smart set of alarm rules makes complex tasks easy and reduces false alarms to a minimum. Specifically designed for the most demanding environments. It is extremely resistant to false triggers caused by challenging environments with snow, wind (moving trees), rain, hail, and water reflections. Calibration is quick and easy - just enter the mounting height of the camera. The internal gyro/accelerometer sensor provides the rest of the information to precisely calibrate the video analytics.

Camera Trainer
Based on examples of target objects and non-target objects, the 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. A free of charge license is required to activate the Camera Trainer program.

Intelligent Audio Analytics
The device has an integrated microphone array with three digital microphones for Intelligent Audio Analytics. This is a powerful AI-driven audio signal processing algorithm built to detect and identify target sounds from the ambient sound. It is powered by SoundSee technology and developed to improve operations of the International Space Station (ISS). A set of sound detectors identify sound events such as gunshot and T3 / T4 alarms. The sound detectors trigger an alarm functionality to alert the operator when the sound event matches an audio signature of a sound detector.

Without the need to record audio, Intelligent Audio Analytics generates metadata that is seamlessly integrated with Bosch' Intelligent Video Analytics metadata stream. The device is not only able to classify sounds, but also to provide an approximate location of the sound. If required by local laws, the microphone can be permanently blocked via a secure license key. As Intelligent Audio Analytics is under development, the available Sound Detectors and features will dependent on the camera FW version.

Dewarping
The lens captures a circular image. Our dewarping software transforms this circular image into several different distortion-free rectangular views. To facilitate system integration, you can choose edge dewarping inside the camera or client-side dewarping on an external platform. The edge dewarping in the camera provides three separate video channels simultaneously:

• Full image circle (Video 1 channel)
• Dewarped view mode (Video 2 channel)
• E-PTZ (Video 3 channel)

Different view modes can be selected for the video 2 channel. Your selection depends on the resolution you require and how you wish to view the dewarped image.

View modes
The following view modes can be select in the camera or on the client:

• Panoramic view (ceiling mount)
• Panoramic view (for 180 Degree wall mount)
• E-PTZ view
• Full panoramic view
• Quad view
• Double panoramic view
• Corridor view (ceiling mount)

HDMI output
The camera has HDMI output up to 1080p resolution for live streaming to a public view monitor, ideal for retail usage or for local video display. Via its micro HDMI connector, the camera can display the full image circle. It also offers the flexibility to display both warped and dewarped images, including quad view and ePTZ.

High Dynamic Range
The camera has High Dynamic Range. This is based on a multiple-exposure process that captures more details in the highlights and in the shadows even in the same scene. The result is that you can easily distinguish objects and features, for example, faces with bright backlight. The actual dynamic range of the camera is measured using Opto-Electronic Conversion Function (OECF) analysis according to IEC 62676 Part 5. This method is used to provide standardized measurements, which can be used to compare different cameras.

E-PTZ and regions of interest
The remote E-PTZ (Electronic Pan, Tilt and Zoom) controls allow you to select specific areas of the full image circle. These Regions of Interest (ROI) can be easily defined, allowing the most interesting part of a scene to be monitored separately. The high resolution ensures that details are not lost even when using the electronic zoom.

The E-PTZ feature of a panoramic camera has some advantages over normal PTZ cameras. There is no camera movement so the camera does not draw attention to itself or appear intrusive. Situational awareness is still retained even when zooming in on a particular object of interest. The smooth E- PTZ function helps navigation, and presets are available for setting up a guard tour. Intelligent tracking is also available to track people through the entire view of the camera.

Record exactly what you want
The camera provides the full resolution circular image for recording even if you are viewing only a portion of the scene. This means that you can always perform retrospective dewarping and analysis on the complete area covered and then zoom in on the region or object of interest. With edge-dewarping you can also choose to only record the relevant parts of the scene which helps reduce bitrates significantly.

Scene modes
The camera has a very intuitive user interface that allows fast and easy configuration. Multiple preset configurable modes are provided with the best settings for a variety of applications. Different scene modes can be selected for different situations, such as sodium lighting or dark environments.

Edge recording
Insert a memory card into the card slot to store up to 2 TB of local alarm recording. Pre-alarm recording in RAM reduces recording bandwidth on the network, and extends the effective life of the memory card. It has advanced edge recording providing a reliable storage solution possible due to the combination of these functions:

• Industrial SD card support allows for extreme lifetime
• Health monitoring of industrial SD cards provide early service indications
• Health monitoring will be available with a future firmware version

Data security
Special measures have been put in place to ensure the highest level of security for device access and data transport. The three-level password protection with security recommendations allows users to customize device access. Web browser access can be protected using HTTPS and firmware updates can also be protected with authenticated secure uploads. The cameras have built-in Secure Element (SE) hardware providing main Trusted Platform Module (TPM) functionality to ensure the highest levels of data security and privacy protection. Together with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) support, superior protection from malicious attacks is guaranteed. It also supports 802.1x network authentication with EAP/TLS and RSA encryption key lengths of up to 4096 bits, ensuring data safety beyond 2030. The advanced certificate handling offers:

• Bosch origin device certificate pre-installed
• Self-signed unique certificates automatically created when required
• Client and server certificates for authentication
• Client certificates for proof of authenticity
• Certificates with encrypted private keys