Scallop Imaging have unveiled an unusual new network camera carrying the name Digital Window D7 Camera.
It’s unusual due to its unique feature set. The D7 is a 7 megapixel camera capable of processing 100 megapixels of information per second. It also doesn’t have just one lens, instead incorporating 5 separate lenses allowing for a full 180-degree capture at 15fps.
As well as the high resolution capture, the camera doesn’t need a connection to a power point as it is powered over Ethernet. That means with a single cable you can have a very wide-angled security camera capturing HD footage.
The image below gives you an idea of the image the camera captures. Scallop also state there is no fish-eye distortion and you have a digital pan and zoom across the whole area the camera is looking at without losing image quality.
Peter Jones, CEO of Scallop Imaging commented:
“Television news programs routinely air crime scene videos of such poor quality that investigators turn to the public for help identifying possible subjects, whose facial and other identifying features are not clear. Digital Window is an affordable solution that offers resolution high enough for faces and other characteristics to be distinct … Digital Window also has the advantage of providing high resolution throughout its 180º field of view, and uses cutting edge H.264 video compression to stream video at low bandwidth to security DVRs – which is significant, given that most building infrastructures are not wired to accommodate high resolution, high megapixel video streaming.”