Labforge Bottlenose™ High-Resolution 4K Smart Cameras

Labforge Bottlenose™ High-Resolution 4K Smart Cameras are designed for industrial automation and robotics applications. The Bottlenose™ Smart Cameras are available in monocular and stereo versions. The stereo version includes dual image sensors. Both monocular and stereo versions have hardware synchronized triple-axis gyroscopes, accelerometers, and magnetometers. Bottlenose™ can be connected over standard Ethernet using GigE Vision 2.1. It has simultaneous on-camera processing for HDR, feature point detection and matching, dense disparity, and AI.

Features

4K HDR
- Local tone mapping and image processing done on camera
- Capture rich details and features in low light and bright light situations
Dense depth (stereo version only)
- Disparity image computed at 4K
  - 128 disparities with subpixel approximation
  - 512 disparities with on-camera pyramids and binning
  - Based on Semi-Global Matching (SGM)

Point detection and mapping
- Detects points with Fast or GFTT
- Creates descriptors using A-KAZE
- Matches spatial or temporal points using Hamming distance
Neural networks
- Inference with models for segmentation object detection, classification, pose detection, and monocular depth estimation
- Support for on- and off-camera deployment
- Pre-trained models available for many use cases
- No need for quantization and pruning

Applications

Manufacturing
- Industrial automation
- Food and beverage processing
- 3D machine vision
- Industrial IoT
- Object detection
- Object classification
Defense and security
VRU detection

Human and animal biomechanics (gait analysis)
Robotics
- AgTech
- Service robots
- Delivery robots
- Warehouse robots
- Assistive devices and healthcare robots
- Localization
- 3D scanning

Specifications

Monocular or stereo versions
1x or 2x Sony IMX577, 1/2.3”, 12.3MP
Rolling shutter
Image sensor features
- Binning
- Flip
- Analog gain control
ISP functions
- Color correction
- Gain
- Gamma
- White balance
- Black level
- Hue
- Sharpness
- Saturation
- Pixel and Lens shading correction
TDK InvenSense ICM20689 and MEMSIC MMC5603NJ
Flexible field of view via interchangeable lenses
12V power supply
1x or 2x High Dynamic Range (HDR) compressed image via dual or triple exposure and local tone mapping

Interfaces
- GigE Vision 2.1
- Serial port
- Digital I/O
AI processed on camera
- Segmentation
- Classification
- Detection
- Pose
Processor
- 16nm chip with 10 processors
- 4x DSPs
- 8x accelerators
Connectors
- RJ45 Ethernet with mounting holes for GigE Vision cables
- 2.1mm ID and 5.5mm OD barrel connector for power
- Molex 0530480510 for serial port and digital I/O
CS-mount lens mount
-20°C to +75°C temperature range

Videos

Block Diagram

Labforge Bottlenose™ High-Resolution 4K Smart Cameras

TDK InvenSense ICM-20689 Inertial Measurement Units