The solution for your traffic and high-end surveillance/security needs

JAI releases two low-noise, high-sensitivity CCD cameras designed to suit your needs for traffic and high-end surveillance/security applications.

The BM-141GE and BB141GE: two new members of the C3 Basic camera series
Optimised for outdoor applications in traffic and high-end surveillance and security applications the newly-released Jai BM-141GE (monochrome) and the BB-141GE (Bayer colour) cameras offer outstanding performance at cost effective prices.

These two low-noise, high-sensitivity CCD progressive-scan cameras can be used for a variety of machine vision applications but are particularly well-suited for outdoor deployment where light conditions are both wide-ranging and continuously changing.

Having a 1.4 megapixel resolution, outstanding image quality and a high level of automated response, these new cameras provide a combination of high-performance features well beyond that available from typical small-format traffic and security cameras - both interlaced and progressive.

What makes these JAI low-noise, high-sensitivity cameras interesting?
The BM-141GE and BB141GE are designed around Sony's popular progressive scan CCD which provides excellent sensitivity and spectral response. This sensor uses its pixel size and improved microlens technology to provide higher overall sensitivity (as low as 0.03 lux) with low-smear characteristics. It also features extended spectral response in the near-IR region, offering roughly 4x the sensitivity of conventional sensors at a 945 nm wavelength.

Through a combination of sophisticated circuit design and thermal management techniques, the BM-141GE and BB141GE deliver a signal-to-noise ratio of greater than 58 dB, producing high-quality images even in night time situations.

Both cameras feature an advanced Automatic Exposure function that can simultaneously control gain, shutter and lens iris to maintain optimum exposure levels across a wide range of changing lighting conditions.

Pre-set shutter speed of up to 1/10 000 second and programmable exposures as short as 63 µs are available for capturing fast-moving objects.

A variety of trigger modes are provided including reset continuous triggering (RCT) enabling the camera to operate in continuous mode while waiting for a trigger signal. This allows triggering to be used without sacrificing the camera's auto iris capabilities.

In "draft mode" it is possible to sub-sample the number of lines read out from the CCD chip. This functionality is especially useful in traffic and security applications where there is a period of "idle" time between events and nothing is happening. Having the camera operating in this "draft" mode results in using less bandwidth for data transmission thereby saving computer power.

What other features can the BM-141GE and BB141GE offer me?
*	Sequence trigger mode
*	Fixed/variable partial scanning
*	Pre-processing together with a fast -pixel clock frequency of (58 MHz)
*	30 frames/sec
*	Near-infra red capabilities

The JAI GigE Vision Camera Software package provides all SDK components required for easily integrating the cameras into vision applications. The SDK also contains the JAI control tool and a highly-efficient filter driver.

For what other applications are these cameras appropriate?
The specifications of these cameras make them suitable for any demanding machine vision application as well as for food sorting and medical applications - life science and spectroscopy, identifying or investigating sample composition of human tissue.