iCamPro - guest from the future
In our electronic age it is difficult to surprise with something, but the creators of iCamPro succeeded! Inaccessible for most people early opportunities are embodied in the device, causing a "wow effect" and the desire to possess them in many who first saw the "alien" miracle.
This is not an astronaut's helmet, iCamPro is the first home camera in the world that monitors a person on their own!
The boy with the net was wrong, after the appearance of the coolest iCamPro, the movie is just beginning! Now you do not need an operator for home shooting of children and animals, stories about cooking in the kitchen and other interesting scenes with editing , reviews with movements, and (with regret) monitoring employees at workplaces.
No camera specialist needed. Anyone can cope with the simplest connection ... and the era of video selfie is waiting for us.
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Living creatures often have nicknames that reflect their essence. To iCamPro “stuck” male name “Kolobok”.
From the smart and big-eyed Kolobka, neither grandparents nor Santa Claus, who made his way to the Christmas tree with a gift, nor even ...
As in fairy tales, there are “foxes” in life. Cloudy Gingerbread Man, where were you when “moles” turned into a “pumpkin” recorder with local data storage?
Koloboks are back! Welcome, or No Trespassing!
It has become a tradition that the first letter “i” in the title means that the next letter has a mind and intellect.
Our clever Gingerbread Man appeared on New Year's Eve, and since then he has seen, listened to and knows a lot. This sometimes helps in different situations.
I have not noticed that modern young managers begin their activities with the introduction of an automated access system, control over vehicles, and ... installation of video cameras. This increases the discipline of employees, labor productivity, work efficiency and, consequently, the company's revenue.
Consider a specific case that can happen to anyone. Or maybe it was already happening, but you didn’t notice it due to carelessness, lack of data or equipment.
To unravel even the simplest case, you must quickly collect and process a huge amount of various information. It takes a lot of patience and patience on the path to truth. In order not to mix the interesting with the pleasant, the detective lovers go to the hiding place “Investigations are conducted by Koloboks”. With iCamPro everything would be easier and faster, but then we would lose an interesting and instructive investigation.
Now about the pleasant.
The Netherlands is not only a source of tulips, Dutch cheese, the inviting “red light district” and other delights. It is the birthplace of the revolutionary camera iCamPro, which appeared as a result of many modern achievements.
It first thundered at CES-2015 (Las Vegas, USA), where it was recognized as the best innovation.
Then there was the path to the consumer, and a milestone was Kickstarter : “The first home robot that tracks intruders!”
So Kolobok's parents told about her, which scraped along the bottom of the barrel, were stranded in the barn.
1,627 people believed in the project, having invested $ 365,538. He received a start in life, and, behold, ... a drum roll ... on Kickstarter messages appear:
07/10/2015 Dear supporters, we have good news, we officially began shipping the first iCamPro FHD on Monday.
Already on July 28, the camera shot a man running around the room with a baton in his hands.
08.21.2015 Dear supporters, this week we sent 300 iCamPro FHD and expect to send more than 300 next week. We hope we can improve the speed of the production line.
On December 27, 2005, under our Christmas tree, an interesting gift appeared (however, you have already seen it).
Today, the owner of an impressive new product can be anyone.
At the moment, brunettes and white blondes are baked.
Briefly about the main thing.
I do not know how all this fits in Kolobok’s head with a size of 10x10x9 cm and a mass of 250 grams, but only a brief enumeration for sure doesn’t seem to have all the possibilities!
- simple, easy and quick setup in less than one minute;
- automatic tracking of a moving object;
- Circular coverage of the premises, which allows to drastically reduce the cost of equipment, cables, installation work and configuration;
- sound sensor and three motion sensors;
- custom control zones;
- alerts in the form of text or photo messages with the transfer to the owner of the photo of the attacker's face in real time;
- remote camera control;
- the possibility of remote audio communication through the camera;
- camera matrix - 1 / 2.7 "CMOS sensor with FHD resolution of 1920x1080 = 2 Mp, which allows to detect moving intruders at a distance of up to 9 meters;
- customizable image resolution formats: FHD, HD, VGA, QVGA;
- recording speed of 30 frames per second to the maximum resolution of FHD;
- two-channel audio file player;
- MP3 player (“read” a fairy tale or book to a child at night);
- siren or other audio files when an alarm is triggered;
- record on the MicroSD card (Class 6 and higher) up to 32 GB;
- TCP / IP, UDP / IP, HTTP / HTTPS, FTP, DHCP, NTP, WPS protocols;
- recording information on a file server;
- Google WebRTC technology (Real Time Communication);
- video compression standard H.264, MJPEG;
- 256-bit video encryption;
- Dynamic adjustment of video resolution depending on the channel bandwidth;
- free cloud storage up to 15 GB in Google Drive with archive viewing anywhere in the world;
- free cloud-based 24-hour video storage and three days of alerts in Amaryllo Cloud with the possibility of extending the period to 30 and 365 days;
- viewing images from the camera in real time in a special application or through a browser on Amaryllo Live;
- the presence of a private mode of operation;
- wireless data transmission method;
- the use of MIMO technology when working in a Wi-Fi network 802.11 b / g / n to increase the bandwidth of the communication channel;
- the ability to install both on the table and mounting on other surfaces, even on the ceiling , with the rotation of the image;
- color day and black and white night mode;
- infrared illumination with a lack of light;
- iOS operating systems support: 7.0 and higher, and also Android: 4.1 and higher.
And now let's try to take off with all this!
About the capabilities of the camera. In the following description, versions of the application v1.2.15 under Android, and camera firmware v3.5.3 are considered, but!
When the article was almost ready, I tried using an iPad. Just at that moment there was an update of versions on v1.2.5.2050 and v3.6.2. Changing the version number of the application occurred only after the third point. What will happen in v2 ...?
It is impossible to predict what will surprise Kolobok in the future, but you can influence it!
Memorize your wishes in the course of reading the article, express them in the comments, and the staff of the Dajet will pass them directly to the developers of this miracle. Then you can say that you took part in raising Kolobok.
Can you think of different nicknames for him: “cosmonaut”, “head with ears”, “countryman in the porthole”? Write, he will not be offended.
Compared to the previous version, many new and useful features have appeared:
- message about the detection of the face. At the same time, “Face detection” can be disabled in the settings;
- setting the home position of the camera. In the viewing window, any position of the camera is selected and it is saved as a “home” position. If you need to turn the camera to this position, the “home position” icon is pressed on the viewing screen and the camera rotates into this zone.
- the “Alert Zones” setting, where you can select the status (whether or not the mode is enabled) and the control mode (activity control inside or outside the zone. The control zone is drawn on the viewing screen.
When movement is detected anywhere around the camera, it turns to the source of movement, but when movement disappears, it returns to the control zone. From the side looks impressive!
Translated into a cat, it looks like this. The cat lies at the entrance to the mink and hypnotizes it with its look at the appearance of the mouse. At this moment you come. The cat will look at you, but then again will turn his gaze on the mink, continuing the difficult hypnotic work;
- in the sound alerts, in addition to the sound file selection, one of three volume levels is available;
- formatting the SD card installed in the device;
- add new users in view mode. At the same time, the name of the new user is entered, the type of his authorization is selected (application or browser), login data is provided to the live.amarullo.eu site (login and password). Any user can be removed from the list;
- the ability to turn on the rotation lock of the camera by the owner - I'm the eldest here! if at this moment it is twisted by other users included in the viewing list;
- disable alerts for any period up to 60 minutes;
- adjustment of sensitivity in the night mode (the darkest, darker, normal).
Nothing complicated.
Many people are frightened by the difficulties that arise when connecting surveillance cameras of the previous generation.
iCamPro eliminates this problem. Easy installation allows you to simply, quickly and independently connect the Kolobok without the involvement of specialists.
To do this, you need only a few actions:
1. Download the “Amaryllo” app for your smartphone / tablet, launch it, enter the name and password of your Wi-Fi network.
2. Turn on the camera and wait for the blue LED to flash, show the camera the QR code from the application screen.
3. Everything, the camera is working!
If necessary, further “fine” tuning allows you to customize the Kolobok as “your heart desires”.
Himself handsome.
Usually we watch video from surveillance cameras, not particularly interested in the cameras themselves.
But iCamPro refers to those devices that themselves attract increased attention to themselves. This is an object that can be watched as a cat playing to understand its behavior.
We used to wait when the TV warms up, and now - when the operating system boots.
Kolobok is not more stupid than the TV. After powering on, the operating system is loaded for 25 seconds and the connection is set up, then the camera “kneads the bones” - calibrates the mechanical system, checking, as the aviators or submariners would say - yaw and pitch.
The process from two angles (the first 25 seconds are not the most dynamic) is shown in the films:
iCam PRO. Calibration, side view .
iCam PRO. Calibration, top view .
45 seconds after switching on, the camera is ready for combat duty at any time of day at a distance of up to two meters from the nearest outlet in the Wi-Fi network coverage area.
Circular defense.
iCamPro detects movement on one of the three PIR motion sensors (passive infrared sensors) located on the device's body at an angle of 120 degrees, which provides a circular “defense” zone, and turns the upper part of the body face (camera lens) in this direction.
From whatever side you approach her, the “hut” turns in front of you. There is no need to ask, and this is even cooler than in the fairy tale about Baba Yaga, especially since it looks much nicer than the hut on chicken legs.
Pro sensors are well written in the article “Theory and practice of passive pyroelectric sensors or how to make an indicator of the direction of motion”.
The angle of rotation of the upper part of the body in the horizontal plane is 340 degrees due to the limitation at the location of the connector. Given the field of view of the camera in the horizontal plane of 100 degrees, this noise is not relevant - Gingerbread Man has a full circular view.
The upper part of the body when it reaches the stop makes a turn back and continues further tracking of the target. An example is shown in the film.
I see the goal.
After hitting the target in the lens, the intellectual algorithm begins to work, analyzing the resulting image frames with simultaneous tracking of the object of observation by rotating the upper part of the body. If there is not enough horizontal rotation to fix the object in the frame, the camera rotates the lens in a vertical plane by -25 +10 (a total of 35) degrees.
At the same time, the facial recognition algorithm works. If the object has changed its position, the lens adjusts more precisely to keep it in its field of vision - an attentive cat!
The words “I am my own!” Do not help yet; Kolobok incorruptibly continues to monitor movements, which distinguishes him favorably from the human operator.
Although the camera's operating mode assumes its use at home, one Chinese comrade installed iCamPro on a car (white camera is preferable: Sun, heating), where he explored his Kolobok day and night .
If you disable all three motion sensors, then Kolobok monitors the movement of people in the image frame.
During the experiment, due to the absence of a horizontal section, iCamPro in the car was installed on the book, which was held by a hand, therefore image vibrations are sometimes noticeable. Also sometimes there is a movement of air in front of the camera, it works by blowing the ventilation glass of the cabin.
The distance to the store's porch is about 10 meters, and the camera quietly produces a “grip” at such a distance that it will guarantee reliable work in a comfortable office. An interesting algorithm is the tracking of the target, interception, termination of tracking, the influence of color, speed, object size, etc.
Only the “ears” of the observant “cat” were seen ...
Music played in the car, Kolobok listened to it and recorded it too. Immediately after uploading the received video to YouTube, it was reported that the video was blocked in some countries due to one song. I had to remove the native sound and impose on the part of the movie a safe YouTube sound track. In order to evaluate the parameters of the camera, the video is best viewed with 1080p quality.
The night Watch.
With an insufficient level of illumination, the camera switches to black and white mode of operation, including for illumination infrared LEDs - 4 or 8 pieces, depending on the darkness in the room. The range of their actions to honest 5-6 meters. If there is no movement at night, the backlight LEDs are turned off and the camera uses PIR sensors. When movement appears, the camera turns on the IR flashlight and “lifts its eyelids”.
Even in complete darkness Kolobok independently monitors the room. The high resolution of the camera allows not only to find a black cat in a dark room, but also to discern the finer details of the image. In the infrared light can be seen every speck of dust.
If you need to assess the degree of wear of bed linen, clothes, etc., shake them in the room, turn off the lights, and understand everything when watching a video from the camera. The more mysterious prana balls appear on the screen, the worse the state of matter.
Speaking of matter. Interestingly, with IR illumination, the black material with which the outlet of the active speakers is covered looks almost white in the video. Black materials from plastic, iron, etc., do not hamelionitsya. Thus, it is possible to distinguish the material of the object.
It is possible that the backlight brightness control occurs in the PWM mode, since the photos of the camera itself are fantastic at this time. Who can explain this?
The whole “flock” of such lighting engineering monsters “runs” in the photo album.
After the article about the thermal imager “Seek Thermal”, a device appeared in the arsenal that allows you to see objects in the warm, inaccessible to our eyes, part of the spectrum. The wooden surface of the table in the IR range works like a mirror.
Thermal imaging measurements of temperature in various parts of the body can also be seen in the photo album.
Disadvantages of classic surveillance cameras and artificial intelligence
To increase the field of view, use wide-angle cameras. But as a result, the person in the image turns out to be small and his identification becomes difficult.
To make the object occupy a sufficient part of the frame, the cameras are made narrow-angle. But in this case, to cover even a small room, it is necessary to purchase several such cameras with a small sector of view. This necessitates an increase in the number of communication channels and observation screens by the number of zones, switching between cameras, increased attention, high load on the operator and other problems. All this "flies a pretty penny."
The way out of the situation is the PTZ cameras, which successfully combine the optimal angle of view and the covered viewing area, up to the circular one.
But to control such cameras requires an operator who performs the necessary manipulations to track the movement of an object.
Ilon Mask said that Tesla will be able to create cars in two years that will cover long distances offline. Thus, drivers fall into the class of endangered occupations. Maybe that's why not everyone loves AI?
The creators of iCamPro went on a similar way to use AI, and released a device that can be released from the work of video surveillance operators and specialists in setting up these systems.
The intelligence of the camera and the complex of used solutions extends so far that the connection of Kolobok becomes ingeniously simple, secure and does not require inviting specialists, purchasing software for viewing, setting up an IP address and other “problems”.
Kolobok replaces a huge complex for automatic tracking of an object that previously consisted of several cameras, communication lines, a system unit or a DVR, expensive specialized software, service organizations (that is, unauthorized people who know the type, presence and location of cameras).
The headline of the near future newspapers: “Koloboks are back!”
Prison talk: “Gingerbread man caught me!”
It is possible that the camera will become an element of the AI ​​system, as mentioned by another famous person of our time, Mark Zuckerberg.
One of the most interesting and innovative functions that Mark Zuckerberg promised to implement is the function of monitoring a small child. This feature should be useful to all young parents. In particular, she will have to notify when the child woke up, fell asleep or needs to change a diaper. Source of
Man and woman.
If in terms of ease of installation, Kolobok looks like a man, then the abundance of options for setting up the iCamPro turns the device into a woman and provides numerous options for applying the camera in various situations.
AI, like this, can not be fully studied. It is not known how numerous switches and regulators are exhibited there at a particular moment in time, so the mind does not understand them ... but we will try.
Light touches allow you to manually control them. Kolobok responds to the actions smartly even through the Wi-Fi channel provided by the smartphone.
iCamPro can be an important element of a smart home security system. In a fairy tale, he escaped, and in his life works as a chief observer, replacing the grandmothers on the bench:
Who came to whom when
Who broke something
Everything is known in advance
Grandmothers old women.
Shake their heads
Strictly and severely
And sometimes afraid of them
Even the precinct.
...
And of course, the best
He knows everything in the world!
Hold me tight.
Kolobok can work with any surface. If necessary, mounting on a vertical plane or ceiling, use the bracket and screws supplied. The bracket is made at a high level and allows you to quickly, easily and simply install the camera on the desired surface. In the design, all elements are thought out, including the “eyelet” for fastening the power cable and removing it from the rotating case. Read more - in the album with photos.
Although the camera copes well with sources of illumination, it must be located in places where prolonged exposure to sunlight and moisture is prevented on the device.
I sit high and look around!
When installing, it is desirable to take into account the influence of reflective elements (windows, mirrors) and objects oscillating from the wind (curtains, curtains, etc.) - distract the attention of the “cat” from the main goal, since he has a highly developed lateral vision.
A cloud of hope.
After reading the detective story “The Koloboks are Investigating”, it will become clear that in such cases, or in the event of a banal apartment robbery, your camera, together with a recording device, “teleports” to another world. Therefore, it is difficult to come up with alternatives to remote or cloud storage of data in our realities.
This raises the problem of data security.
“Big Brother” is not the main source of problems. The main danger comes from “our younger brothers” in the form of “hackers” and other curious schoolchildren.
In order to avoid stories similar to those described in the article “Hackers crack video monitors ...”, the developers of iCamPro used many modern ways to protect information and storage options.
iCamPro is part of a large set of technologies that provide viewing of live broadcasts and archives, cloud storage of records, receiving alarm messages and ensuring security at all stages of information transfer, starting from the initial registration of the device and ending with 256-bit encryption of the transmitted data.
Live images from the camera can be seen in several ways:
1. Through the application “Amaryllo”, which is available for devices with an operating system on:
- Android 4.1 and higher on Google Play ;
- iOS 7.0 and higher in iTunes .
2. In the browser window.
The manufacturer recommends using Firefox version 33 and higher. When writing the article version 40.0.2 was used. Checked - works.
On the page click on the cube with a plus sign and enter:
Camera IDs iCRa
Access code XXXXXXX
Work with a couple of other browsers was also checked.
Microsoft Edge (version 20.10240.16384.0). When I tried to enter my login / password on the browse page, a message appeared that does not require translation: “Please change your browser to Firefox or Chrome.
Despite the last sentence, Chrome (version 47.0.2526.106 m was checked) is not suitable for viewing due to the lack of support for the H264 video stream. Surely this is a temporary difficulty.
Archive records can be viewed:
1. Via the “Amaryllo” application, on the main screen in the “Cloud storage” menu, after selecting the required storage.
2. In Google Drive.
3. With a microSD card having a cyclical recording mode. To correctly complete the recording of the current fragment, when removing the card, you must put the device in confidential mode.
Even in case of abduction or destruction, Kolobok will have time to send a text message and a photo of the offender to its owner. The owner can enable two-way communication and “communicate” with the criminal, which may reduce the damage from penetration if the conversation is convincing.
The bad thing is that if at the time of the “conversation” the owner of iCamPro is in a public place, then according to the current legislation, he faces a fine of up to one thousand rubles for using profanity.
But the creators of the camera foresaw this situation. Kolobok can use the built-in siren or “chat” by itself, if you record beautiful voice messages in his memory (suggest options in the comments).
So he (or rather, they) welcomed the visitors to the famous exhibition IFA-2015.
So, in two eyes (I remembered traffic police officers: yes, we saw in four eyes that your belt was not fastened!) They watched visitors of IFSEC-2015 in London.
Unlike other cameras, iCamPro possesses intelligence, and as a curious cat, it tracks moving targets on its own. An example of a person’s movement in an office (I forgot to turn off the light when I left ...)
Security at the enterprise using these cameras becomes much easier, safer and more interesting.
Not by bread alone ...
In addition to the main security functions, the use of iCamPro is much broader.
An important area is the supervision of small children. It can be not only a cot, a room in an apartment, a chat with a nanny, but also a kindergarten, a school class.
Students miss ... student - great time!
Growing up, some people still remain children, so they also have to be watched in the workplace. This is not a panacea, especially for creative people, but it improves discipline, promotes and stimulates ...
Managers can use the camera as a means of communication when conducting remote meetings.
Thus, it is possible to observe a person from the moment of birth to old age. Yes, old age, this is the period when sometimes you have to follow a person and communicate more often, even remotely.
It is interesting to watch the camera recordings. People see themselves from the outside, evaluate facial expressions, movements, gait, appearance, bad habits, posture, speech, which in many cases is useful for improving their image.
Perhaps Kolobok will become a kind of image-maker, stylist and maybe even a psycholinguist?
Light my mirror, say ...
Wide medical aspects of the camera. In addition to the above, iCamPro will help to explore the phases of sleep with precise timing, show that some owners of Kolobkov have a space connection with the Moon, making their journeys at night, to monitor sick people.
For lovers of robotics, iCamPro can work as a telepresence robot head.
Photohunt comes to a new level with the use of video traps at the base of Kolobok. You can start with the bees, try to shoot a night video with a mole restoring its earthen hill. If you create a protective cover, then the bear can go.
With pets you can just chat, or learn their habits.
In automating and managing remote objects, objects, Kolobok will help to keep “everything under supervision”, which will reduce the number of long-distance trips to control the equipment.
More precisely does not happen.
One of the problems in analyzing various incidents is the determination of the exact time of the event.
The time indicated on the notification screen, as well as the clock showing the time in video frames is very accurate - I checked it on satellite “ Ideal clock ”, where switching points in the upper part of the indicator corresponds to 15-second intervals.
Video with a comparison of readings can be viewed in the movie “ 911 ”.
Apparently, when shaping time, Kolobok uses clocks on Amaryllo servers.
The minimum distance to the lens, from which it is possible to recognize the three-millimeter text, is 5 cm.
High image quality and 1080p resolution allow you to increase interesting fragments of the frame for better detail.
All control of Kolobok is intuitive, but some people are used to reading the instruction manual, therefore ...
User's manual
1. Turn on Wi-Fi on your phone.
2. Connect the phone to the router (access point).
3. Download the application “Amaryllo” to install devices, install and run it.
4. Select the installation option (install a new camera, access from another device, install a new camera with a pre-configured network).
5. Select the type of device to install from Amaryllo products: iCam / iBabe / iCare, iCamPro, iCamPro Deluxe, iSensor / Patio.
6. Connect the micro USB cable from the camera to the power supply. When the camera is connected, the blue LED will turn on. It is necessary to wait a little for its blinking to start the installation.
7. For models with remote control, it should take about 25 seconds before the start of the calibration process, when the camera reaches its extreme values ​​in the horizontal and vertical planes.
8. Select the required Wi-Fi network and enter the password from your Wi-Fi router.
9. The application in the device will generate a QR code.
Rotate the image of the QR code towards the camera and keep the screen parallel to the camera lens at a distance of 10 ... 30 cm (smartphone) or 20 ... 30 cm (tablet) until a short sound signal appears confirming the transfer of information between devices. The QR code contains information for connecting the camera to a Wi-Fi router.
The timer will show the time remaining to complete the installation. If the time has expired, you need to start the installation again.
If the QR scan failed, a question will appear: “Do you want to try again?” With the answer options:
- check information;
- repeat.
10. Two beeps will indicate that the installation of the camera is complete. At the same time, a continuously lit green LED indicates the correct connection via Wi-Fi.
Installation option with pre-configured network.
1. Connect the phone to the router.
2. Press and hold the WPS button on the router.
3. Within 60 seconds after pressing the button on the router, press and hold the WPS button on the camera for five seconds or more. When the green LED is blinking, it means that the camera is in WPS mode.
5. Then follow the instructions of the application.
Reboot
Connect the device to the network and wait until the calibration is completed.
Press and hold for at least five seconds the reset button located in the hole on the bottom of the case. All factory settings will be deleted and restored to factory settings.
Within 25 seconds, the camera will begin the calibration process, rotating around its own axis.
Temperature of use
Indoors, at temperatures from 0 to +35 degrees Celsius.
Indication
Blue LED.
Lit continuously - the camera is connected to power.
Blinks once a second - during a QR scan.
Blinks twice a second - the camera is used in viewing mode. That is, when someone is viewing the image from the camera, the blue LED starts to flash.
Flashing three times per second - the installation process was successful.
Green LED.
Lit continuously - the camera is connected to Wi-Fi and works correctly.
Blinks once a second - the camera is trying to connect to the Wi-Fi router.
Read the entire list please!
Although the entire list is quite extensive and is no longer complete (the new version adds new features, which was written above), it is advisable to get acquainted with these settings in order to learn the potential of iCamPro.
All information is contained in the description of the “Amaryllo” application.
Main screen
“Arrow / triangle to the right” - the beginning of the online broadcast of the image indicating the name of the camera.
Image management is done by moving your finger across the image screen. The camera moves in the same direction as the finger on the screen.
Bottom panel (the right side not included in the screen is “glued” in the photo editor):
“Minus sign” - enable / disable privacy mode. When this mode is enabled, the camera modestly turns away, stops transmitting data, recording an image and tracking movements, and turns off its color indicators. Now you can safely eat a big sandwich :)
“Bell” - a list of alarms (alerts) with frames and video (sound, movement, face detected or manual image taken) with the ability to view any event.
When a motion sensor, sound or face detection is triggered, iCamPro forms for sending to the owner:
1. Photograph of an event of about 70 to 200 KB in size 1280x720p.
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2. Short video files with a duration of 10 seconds and a volume of approximately 1 to 4 MB.
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“Cloud” - viewing records in the online (Internet) storage: Google Drive or Amaryllo cloud. With activated plan in Amaryllo, the cloud takes on the color of the selected plan.
Clicking on the cloud is offered a choice of “Cloud Amaryllo” or “Google Drive”.
Next, a window opens with folders by dates, each of which contains data files. When recording by events, these are 5-minute fragments, with continuous recording - 12-minute records that can be viewed in the browser.
“Gear” - enables the settings mode.
“Clock” - set the privacy schedule for the time and day of the week. This is done by clicking on the “plus” in the corner of the window that opens.
If the owner lives according to the schedule, then it is convenient when it is necessary to periodically turn off the camera and stop recording.
“Man in the frame” - make a manual picture from the main screen. The snapshot is saved in the alert list.
“Man in an inclined frame” - background selection: live video, photo album or default background.
“Camera with a plus sign” - adding a new device: standard installation, accessing the camera from another user, setting up the camera using WPS. The previous model of the camera had the shape of a cube, therefore, sometimes instead of the camera a “cube with a plus” is drawn.
“Notes” is a music audio message player. To select them, you need to insert an SD card, where MP3 files are recorded in the “music” folder.
“Wi-Fi Sign” - the name and password of the Wi-Fi network.
“Book” - user manual.
“Trash” - remove the camera from the application.
The upper left corner is a “bell” with notifications of the Android OS, including the iCamPro alarm trigger.
View image
The lower left corner is the selected resolution: 360p, 480p, 720p or 1080p (changes automatically depending on the channel bandwidth and the set maximum resolution of the video stream).
With a double click on the screen, the maximum magnification of the image at the place of the click occurs. With two fingers, you can zoom in on an arbitrary intermediate value.
The upper right corner is the user status (for example, admin is the on / off sign in the settings).
The lower right corner is a short menu gear for operational control and status indication (automatic tracking mode, enabling two-way audio communication, screen shot).
The “360” symbol indicates whether auto tracking is enabled.
“Microphone” enables / disables two-way audio communication (if this mode was previously enabled in the settings).
The symbol “camera” allows you to take a picture and save it in the memory of the device on which the observation takes place.
When you click on the gear on the main screen, we get to the settings menu , which contains several screens. In this menu, you configure the operating modes for different operating conditions.
In the description below the screens, the default settings are marked in bold.
miscellanea
The maximum resolution of the video stream: 360r 480r 720r 1080r.
Night vision: Off / On .
Date stamp: Off / On .
Automatic brightness adjustment: Off / On.
Flip video 180 degrees: Off / On.
Show resolution: Off / On .
Display viewer: Off / On (user status appears on the video viewing screen).
LED indicators: Off / On . (disabling LED indicators).
Cloud strorage Google Drive (after choosing a service plan, Amaryllo cloud appears).
Time zone (select your time zone, by default Asia / Shanghai GMT +8).
Take a picture from the settings menu (button to take a picture).
Reboot device (button to reboot).
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Application Version: v1.2.15.
Firmware version: v3.5.3.
Check for updates: (button to check).
After the upgrade, the firmware version changed to v3.5.5.
To upgrade the device with the application, and the camera must be connected to the same local area network. The history of changes can be seen on the manufacturer's website.
Model: icamPro FHD.
Camera ID: iCRa.
Camera name: iCRa (can be changed to another, in my case, this is Kolobok).
QR administrator code: (picture with QR code).
IP address: 10.0.0.19 (provided by the router).
MAC address: XX: XX: XX: XX: XX: XX.
About us: www.amaryllo.eu
Feedback: support.ai@amaryllo.eu
Alert
Privacy Mode: Off / On.
If privacy mode is enabled, alerts, recording, and video calls will be disabled.
Motion tracking: Off / On.
Sensor on the back: off / on
Motion sensor on the front of the camera: Off / On .
Sound sensor: Off / On .
If the audio sensor is on, the microphone is on too.
Microphone sensitivity: High Medium Low.
Warning System: Off / On.
Alarm audio Default (default sound, if necessary, you must change the sound if you have a file with a message on the SD card in the “music” folder).
Sending notifications when (sending notifications when):
Privacy mode is enabled / disabled (private mode on / off): Off / On.
Device is online / ofline: Off / On.
Alert with: Snapshot Text (after connecting cloud storage, you can select Video).
Sound alert: Off / On .
Vibrate alert: Off / On .
Users in view mode
Username: User in view mode 1.
Type of view: Browser application Add user.
Attention: When performing the viewing process, another smartphone or PC will receive video call resolution on the cameras. Then the picture of the QR code is turned on.
Video recording
Google account (add an account or select from the previously entered ones), after which it becomes possible to save the record to Google Drive - continuously or by event.
Plan - selected plan.
Recorded videos will be automatically uploaded to the Amaryllo cloud. The opportunity is activated after selecting the required plan and entering data on the Amaryllo website.
Recording Mode: Not Available Continuously On Event.
Video Recording: Off / On
Resolution: 360r 480p 720p 1080p.
Status: Stopped when recording is disabled, or Video recording if recording is enabled.
SD card: (There is no SD card in its absence, and if there is its volume and percentage of use).
SMB / CIFS server:
Recording mode: Not available Continuously On event.
Status (Disabled).
Account:
Share folder:
Limit use (GB): Select value.
Sound
Speaker Volume: Silent Low Medium High.
Microphone: Off / On .
The sound sensor does not work if the microphone is not available in the settings.
Two-way audio: Off / On.
List of Wi-Fi networks
Selected network.
Add a Wi-Fi network.
The main repository of secrets.
Free storage of information:
Google Drive - up to 15 GB.
Cloud Amaryllo, then on the “Basic plan” - 24 hours of video and three days of alert.
For non-cloud lovers, the ability to write to a file server.
Minus.
Does not work on a minus (on a frost).
Pros.
I have a flashlight, and although it is made in a completely different country, it literally says the following: “Sedlano in Russia”.
iCamPro, is a completely different product - the highest level. About the camera and everything that surrounds it, a lot of positive is said above.
I would also like to note the attention of the inventors of Kolobk in thoughtfulness to every little thing, to the choice of materials of construction. To understand this, it is enough to touch the “smart head”, turn it in your hands.
It seems to be a trifle, but even the mounting bracket impressed with the assembly, construction and materials!
Literacy and correctness differs both in the program menu and user manual, and their translation into Russian.
The enormous potential embedded in the hardware and software of the device makes it easy to implement new functions.
At the time of writing this article, a video appeared where Kolobok announces the receipt of a new letter by e-mail.
So, a clever little head will delight many more with its new features.
Suggestions for improvements.
In the comments, you can write, what else can you add to this smart device? Employees of the Dajet will send wishes to the developers, and they can be realized in new versions of the firmware. After all, one head is good, and many “Kolobkov” are better!
My suggestions:
- add to the application the ability to select the language of the sound alerts that are recorded in the memory of iCamPro. For example, when installing, he says something, but not everyone understands the English language. Although the relevance of the proposal is low, because we hear this phrase once during installation;
- during the initial calibration of the camera to record the noise of the vertical and horizontal drives, in order to further filter the sounds to further reduce noise on the recording;
- add the function of filtering the background sound, if the camera is installed indoors with a constant and monotonous sound, for example - working ventilation;
- embed host voice recognition and add voice control, and later, communication by analogue of Siri;
- “upload” audio files to the SD card via the Internet, using your Amaryllo account, email or Google documents in your account;
- Add support for smartphones on Windows Phone. In Russia, their share is quite significant .
Photo for memory.
Traditional photo album with a large number of photos on Kolobuchny theme in the album “ iCamPro ”: packaging, packaging, application screens, appearance from various angles, thermal imaging of the case, night monster with IR illumination, and others.
Conclusion
Successes and opportunities Kolobok impressive and inspire the creation of various smart devices. You can be happy for the manufacturers iCamPro and wish them success. And you can support them if, returning to the title of the article, to meet with your future on the page where the delivery of the device and the guarantees necessary for such a high-tech device are provided.
The company provides a 10% discount when you buy the code DD9F2D.
This is not an astronaut's helmet, iCamPro is the first home camera in the world that monitors a person on their own!
The boy with the net was wrong, after the appearance of the coolest iCamPro, the movie is just beginning! Now you do not need an operator for home shooting of children and animals, stories about cooking in the kitchen and other interesting scenes with editing , reviews with movements, and (with regret) monitoring employees at workplaces.
No camera specialist needed. Anyone can cope with the simplest connection ... and the era of video selfie is waiting for us.
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Living creatures often have nicknames that reflect their essence. To iCamPro “stuck” male name “Kolobok”.
From the smart and big-eyed Kolobka, neither grandparents nor Santa Claus, who made his way to the Christmas tree with a gift, nor even ...
As in fairy tales, there are “foxes” in life. Cloudy Gingerbread Man, where were you when “moles” turned into a “pumpkin” recorder with local data storage?
Koloboks are back! Welcome, or No Trespassing!
It has become a tradition that the first letter “i” in the title means that the next letter has a mind and intellect.
Our clever Gingerbread Man appeared on New Year's Eve, and since then he has seen, listened to and knows a lot. This sometimes helps in different situations.
I have not noticed that modern young managers begin their activities with the introduction of an automated access system, control over vehicles, and ... installation of video cameras. This increases the discipline of employees, labor productivity, work efficiency and, consequently, the company's revenue.
Consider a specific case that can happen to anyone. Or maybe it was already happening, but you didn’t notice it due to carelessness, lack of data or equipment.
To unravel even the simplest case, you must quickly collect and process a huge amount of various information. It takes a lot of patience and patience on the path to truth. In order not to mix the interesting with the pleasant, the detective lovers go to the hiding place “Investigations are conducted by Koloboks”. With iCamPro everything would be easier and faster, but then we would lose an interesting and instructive investigation.
Now about the pleasant.
The Netherlands is not only a source of tulips, Dutch cheese, the inviting “red light district” and other delights. It is the birthplace of the revolutionary camera iCamPro, which appeared as a result of many modern achievements.
It first thundered at CES-2015 (Las Vegas, USA), where it was recognized as the best innovation.
Then there was the path to the consumer, and a milestone was Kickstarter : “The first home robot that tracks intruders!”
So Kolobok's parents told about her, which scraped along the bottom of the barrel, were stranded in the barn.
1,627 people believed in the project, having invested $ 365,538. He received a start in life, and, behold, ... a drum roll ... on Kickstarter messages appear:
07/10/2015 Dear supporters, we have good news, we officially began shipping the first iCamPro FHD on Monday.
Already on July 28, the camera shot a man running around the room with a baton in his hands.
08.21.2015 Dear supporters, this week we sent 300 iCamPro FHD and expect to send more than 300 next week. We hope we can improve the speed of the production line.
On December 27, 2005, under our Christmas tree, an interesting gift appeared (however, you have already seen it).
Today, the owner of an impressive new product can be anyone.
At the moment, brunettes and white blondes are baked.
Briefly about the main thing.
I do not know how all this fits in Kolobok’s head with a size of 10x10x9 cm and a mass of 250 grams, but only a brief enumeration for sure doesn’t seem to have all the possibilities!
- simple, easy and quick setup in less than one minute;
- automatic tracking of a moving object;
- Circular coverage of the premises, which allows to drastically reduce the cost of equipment, cables, installation work and configuration;
- sound sensor and three motion sensors;
- custom control zones;
- alerts in the form of text or photo messages with the transfer to the owner of the photo of the attacker's face in real time;
- remote camera control;
- the possibility of remote audio communication through the camera;
- camera matrix - 1 / 2.7 "CMOS sensor with FHD resolution of 1920x1080 = 2 Mp, which allows to detect moving intruders at a distance of up to 9 meters;
- customizable image resolution formats: FHD, HD, VGA, QVGA;
- recording speed of 30 frames per second to the maximum resolution of FHD;
- two-channel audio file player;
- MP3 player (“read” a fairy tale or book to a child at night);
- siren or other audio files when an alarm is triggered;
- record on the MicroSD card (Class 6 and higher) up to 32 GB;
- TCP / IP, UDP / IP, HTTP / HTTPS, FTP, DHCP, NTP, WPS protocols;
- recording information on a file server;
- Google WebRTC technology (Real Time Communication);
- video compression standard H.264, MJPEG;
- 256-bit video encryption;
- Dynamic adjustment of video resolution depending on the channel bandwidth;
- free cloud storage up to 15 GB in Google Drive with archive viewing anywhere in the world;
- free cloud-based 24-hour video storage and three days of alerts in Amaryllo Cloud with the possibility of extending the period to 30 and 365 days;
- viewing images from the camera in real time in a special application or through a browser on Amaryllo Live;
- the presence of a private mode of operation;
- wireless data transmission method;
- the use of MIMO technology when working in a Wi-Fi network 802.11 b / g / n to increase the bandwidth of the communication channel;
- the ability to install both on the table and mounting on other surfaces, even on the ceiling , with the rotation of the image;
- color day and black and white night mode;
- infrared illumination with a lack of light;
- iOS operating systems support: 7.0 and higher, and also Android: 4.1 and higher.
And now let's try to take off with all this!
About the capabilities of the camera. In the following description, versions of the application v1.2.15 under Android, and camera firmware v3.5.3 are considered, but!
When the article was almost ready, I tried using an iPad. Just at that moment there was an update of versions on v1.2.5.2050 and v3.6.2. Changing the version number of the application occurred only after the third point. What will happen in v2 ...?
It is impossible to predict what will surprise Kolobok in the future, but you can influence it!
Memorize your wishes in the course of reading the article, express them in the comments, and the staff of the Dajet will pass them directly to the developers of this miracle. Then you can say that you took part in raising Kolobok.
Can you think of different nicknames for him: “cosmonaut”, “head with ears”, “countryman in the porthole”? Write, he will not be offended.
Compared to the previous version, many new and useful features have appeared:
- message about the detection of the face. At the same time, “Face detection” can be disabled in the settings;
- setting the home position of the camera. In the viewing window, any position of the camera is selected and it is saved as a “home” position. If you need to turn the camera to this position, the “home position” icon is pressed on the viewing screen and the camera rotates into this zone.
- the “Alert Zones” setting, where you can select the status (whether or not the mode is enabled) and the control mode (activity control inside or outside the zone. The control zone is drawn on the viewing screen.
When movement is detected anywhere around the camera, it turns to the source of movement, but when movement disappears, it returns to the control zone. From the side looks impressive!
Translated into a cat, it looks like this. The cat lies at the entrance to the mink and hypnotizes it with its look at the appearance of the mouse. At this moment you come. The cat will look at you, but then again will turn his gaze on the mink, continuing the difficult hypnotic work;
- in the sound alerts, in addition to the sound file selection, one of three volume levels is available;
- formatting the SD card installed in the device;
- add new users in view mode. At the same time, the name of the new user is entered, the type of his authorization is selected (application or browser), login data is provided to the live.amarullo.eu site (login and password). Any user can be removed from the list;
- the ability to turn on the rotation lock of the camera by the owner - I'm the eldest here! if at this moment it is twisted by other users included in the viewing list;
- disable alerts for any period up to 60 minutes;
- adjustment of sensitivity in the night mode (the darkest, darker, normal).
Nothing complicated.
Many people are frightened by the difficulties that arise when connecting surveillance cameras of the previous generation.
iCamPro eliminates this problem. Easy installation allows you to simply, quickly and independently connect the Kolobok without the involvement of specialists.
To do this, you need only a few actions:
1. Download the “Amaryllo” app for your smartphone / tablet, launch it, enter the name and password of your Wi-Fi network.
2. Turn on the camera and wait for the blue LED to flash, show the camera the QR code from the application screen.
3. Everything, the camera is working!
If necessary, further “fine” tuning allows you to customize the Kolobok as “your heart desires”.
Himself handsome.
Usually we watch video from surveillance cameras, not particularly interested in the cameras themselves.
But iCamPro refers to those devices that themselves attract increased attention to themselves. This is an object that can be watched as a cat playing to understand its behavior.
We used to wait when the TV warms up, and now - when the operating system boots.
Kolobok is not more stupid than the TV. After powering on, the operating system is loaded for 25 seconds and the connection is set up, then the camera “kneads the bones” - calibrates the mechanical system, checking, as the aviators or submariners would say - yaw and pitch.
The process from two angles (the first 25 seconds are not the most dynamic) is shown in the films:
iCam PRO. Calibration, side view .
iCam PRO. Calibration, top view .
45 seconds after switching on, the camera is ready for combat duty at any time of day at a distance of up to two meters from the nearest outlet in the Wi-Fi network coverage area.
Circular defense.
iCamPro detects movement on one of the three PIR motion sensors (passive infrared sensors) located on the device's body at an angle of 120 degrees, which provides a circular “defense” zone, and turns the upper part of the body face (camera lens) in this direction.
From whatever side you approach her, the “hut” turns in front of you. There is no need to ask, and this is even cooler than in the fairy tale about Baba Yaga, especially since it looks much nicer than the hut on chicken legs.
Pro sensors are well written in the article “Theory and practice of passive pyroelectric sensors or how to make an indicator of the direction of motion”.
The angle of rotation of the upper part of the body in the horizontal plane is 340 degrees due to the limitation at the location of the connector. Given the field of view of the camera in the horizontal plane of 100 degrees, this noise is not relevant - Gingerbread Man has a full circular view.
The upper part of the body when it reaches the stop makes a turn back and continues further tracking of the target. An example is shown in the film.
I see the goal.
After hitting the target in the lens, the intellectual algorithm begins to work, analyzing the resulting image frames with simultaneous tracking of the object of observation by rotating the upper part of the body. If there is not enough horizontal rotation to fix the object in the frame, the camera rotates the lens in a vertical plane by -25 +10 (a total of 35) degrees.
At the same time, the facial recognition algorithm works. If the object has changed its position, the lens adjusts more precisely to keep it in its field of vision - an attentive cat!
The words “I am my own!” Do not help yet; Kolobok incorruptibly continues to monitor movements, which distinguishes him favorably from the human operator.
Although the camera's operating mode assumes its use at home, one Chinese comrade installed iCamPro on a car (white camera is preferable: Sun, heating), where he explored his Kolobok day and night .
If you disable all three motion sensors, then Kolobok monitors the movement of people in the image frame.
During the experiment, due to the absence of a horizontal section, iCamPro in the car was installed on the book, which was held by a hand, therefore image vibrations are sometimes noticeable. Also sometimes there is a movement of air in front of the camera, it works by blowing the ventilation glass of the cabin.
The distance to the store's porch is about 10 meters, and the camera quietly produces a “grip” at such a distance that it will guarantee reliable work in a comfortable office. An interesting algorithm is the tracking of the target, interception, termination of tracking, the influence of color, speed, object size, etc.
Only the “ears” of the observant “cat” were seen ...
Music played in the car, Kolobok listened to it and recorded it too. Immediately after uploading the received video to YouTube, it was reported that the video was blocked in some countries due to one song. I had to remove the native sound and impose on the part of the movie a safe YouTube sound track. In order to evaluate the parameters of the camera, the video is best viewed with 1080p quality.
The night Watch.
With an insufficient level of illumination, the camera switches to black and white mode of operation, including for illumination infrared LEDs - 4 or 8 pieces, depending on the darkness in the room. The range of their actions to honest 5-6 meters. If there is no movement at night, the backlight LEDs are turned off and the camera uses PIR sensors. When movement appears, the camera turns on the IR flashlight and “lifts its eyelids”.
Even in complete darkness Kolobok independently monitors the room. The high resolution of the camera allows not only to find a black cat in a dark room, but also to discern the finer details of the image. In the infrared light can be seen every speck of dust.
If you need to assess the degree of wear of bed linen, clothes, etc., shake them in the room, turn off the lights, and understand everything when watching a video from the camera. The more mysterious prana balls appear on the screen, the worse the state of matter.
Speaking of matter. Interestingly, with IR illumination, the black material with which the outlet of the active speakers is covered looks almost white in the video. Black materials from plastic, iron, etc., do not hamelionitsya. Thus, it is possible to distinguish the material of the object.
It is possible that the backlight brightness control occurs in the PWM mode, since the photos of the camera itself are fantastic at this time. Who can explain this?
The whole “flock” of such lighting engineering monsters “runs” in the photo album.
After the article about the thermal imager “Seek Thermal”, a device appeared in the arsenal that allows you to see objects in the warm, inaccessible to our eyes, part of the spectrum. The wooden surface of the table in the IR range works like a mirror.
Thermal imaging measurements of temperature in various parts of the body can also be seen in the photo album.
Disadvantages of classic surveillance cameras and artificial intelligence
To increase the field of view, use wide-angle cameras. But as a result, the person in the image turns out to be small and his identification becomes difficult.
To make the object occupy a sufficient part of the frame, the cameras are made narrow-angle. But in this case, to cover even a small room, it is necessary to purchase several such cameras with a small sector of view. This necessitates an increase in the number of communication channels and observation screens by the number of zones, switching between cameras, increased attention, high load on the operator and other problems. All this "flies a pretty penny."
The way out of the situation is the PTZ cameras, which successfully combine the optimal angle of view and the covered viewing area, up to the circular one.
But to control such cameras requires an operator who performs the necessary manipulations to track the movement of an object.
Ilon Mask said that Tesla will be able to create cars in two years that will cover long distances offline. Thus, drivers fall into the class of endangered occupations. Maybe that's why not everyone loves AI?
The creators of iCamPro went on a similar way to use AI, and released a device that can be released from the work of video surveillance operators and specialists in setting up these systems.
The intelligence of the camera and the complex of used solutions extends so far that the connection of Kolobok becomes ingeniously simple, secure and does not require inviting specialists, purchasing software for viewing, setting up an IP address and other “problems”.
Kolobok replaces a huge complex for automatic tracking of an object that previously consisted of several cameras, communication lines, a system unit or a DVR, expensive specialized software, service organizations (that is, unauthorized people who know the type, presence and location of cameras).
The headline of the near future newspapers: “Koloboks are back!”
Prison talk: “Gingerbread man caught me!”
It is possible that the camera will become an element of the AI ​​system, as mentioned by another famous person of our time, Mark Zuckerberg.
One of the most interesting and innovative functions that Mark Zuckerberg promised to implement is the function of monitoring a small child. This feature should be useful to all young parents. In particular, she will have to notify when the child woke up, fell asleep or needs to change a diaper. Source of
Man and woman.
If in terms of ease of installation, Kolobok looks like a man, then the abundance of options for setting up the iCamPro turns the device into a woman and provides numerous options for applying the camera in various situations.
AI, like this, can not be fully studied. It is not known how numerous switches and regulators are exhibited there at a particular moment in time, so the mind does not understand them ... but we will try.
Light touches allow you to manually control them. Kolobok responds to the actions smartly even through the Wi-Fi channel provided by the smartphone.
iCamPro can be an important element of a smart home security system. In a fairy tale, he escaped, and in his life works as a chief observer, replacing the grandmothers on the bench:
Who came to whom when
Who broke something
Everything is known in advance
Grandmothers old women.
Shake their heads
Strictly and severely
And sometimes afraid of them
Even the precinct.
...
And of course, the best
He knows everything in the world!
Hold me tight.
Kolobok can work with any surface. If necessary, mounting on a vertical plane or ceiling, use the bracket and screws supplied. The bracket is made at a high level and allows you to quickly, easily and simply install the camera on the desired surface. In the design, all elements are thought out, including the “eyelet” for fastening the power cable and removing it from the rotating case. Read more - in the album with photos.
Although the camera copes well with sources of illumination, it must be located in places where prolonged exposure to sunlight and moisture is prevented on the device.
I sit high and look around!
When installing, it is desirable to take into account the influence of reflective elements (windows, mirrors) and objects oscillating from the wind (curtains, curtains, etc.) - distract the attention of the “cat” from the main goal, since he has a highly developed lateral vision.
A cloud of hope.
After reading the detective story “The Koloboks are Investigating”, it will become clear that in such cases, or in the event of a banal apartment robbery, your camera, together with a recording device, “teleports” to another world. Therefore, it is difficult to come up with alternatives to remote or cloud storage of data in our realities.
This raises the problem of data security.
“Big Brother” is not the main source of problems. The main danger comes from “our younger brothers” in the form of “hackers” and other curious schoolchildren.
In order to avoid stories similar to those described in the article “Hackers crack video monitors ...”, the developers of iCamPro used many modern ways to protect information and storage options.
iCamPro is part of a large set of technologies that provide viewing of live broadcasts and archives, cloud storage of records, receiving alarm messages and ensuring security at all stages of information transfer, starting from the initial registration of the device and ending with 256-bit encryption of the transmitted data.
Live images from the camera can be seen in several ways:
1. Through the application “Amaryllo”, which is available for devices with an operating system on:
- Android 4.1 and higher on Google Play ;
- iOS 7.0 and higher in iTunes .
2. In the browser window.
The manufacturer recommends using Firefox version 33 and higher. When writing the article version 40.0.2 was used. Checked - works.
On the page click on the cube with a plus sign and enter:
Camera IDs iCRa
Access code XXXXXXX
Work with a couple of other browsers was also checked.
Microsoft Edge (version 20.10240.16384.0). When I tried to enter my login / password on the browse page, a message appeared that does not require translation: “Please change your browser to Firefox or Chrome.
Despite the last sentence, Chrome (version 47.0.2526.106 m was checked) is not suitable for viewing due to the lack of support for the H264 video stream. Surely this is a temporary difficulty.
Archive records can be viewed:
1. Via the “Amaryllo” application, on the main screen in the “Cloud storage” menu, after selecting the required storage.
2. In Google Drive.
3. With a microSD card having a cyclical recording mode. To correctly complete the recording of the current fragment, when removing the card, you must put the device in confidential mode.
Even in case of abduction or destruction, Kolobok will have time to send a text message and a photo of the offender to its owner. The owner can enable two-way communication and “communicate” with the criminal, which may reduce the damage from penetration if the conversation is convincing.
The bad thing is that if at the time of the “conversation” the owner of iCamPro is in a public place, then according to the current legislation, he faces a fine of up to one thousand rubles for using profanity.
But the creators of the camera foresaw this situation. Kolobok can use the built-in siren or “chat” by itself, if you record beautiful voice messages in his memory (suggest options in the comments).
So he (or rather, they) welcomed the visitors to the famous exhibition IFA-2015.
So, in two eyes (I remembered traffic police officers: yes, we saw in four eyes that your belt was not fastened!) They watched visitors of IFSEC-2015 in London.
Unlike other cameras, iCamPro possesses intelligence, and as a curious cat, it tracks moving targets on its own. An example of a person’s movement in an office (I forgot to turn off the light when I left ...)
Security at the enterprise using these cameras becomes much easier, safer and more interesting.
Not by bread alone ...
In addition to the main security functions, the use of iCamPro is much broader.
An important area is the supervision of small children. It can be not only a cot, a room in an apartment, a chat with a nanny, but also a kindergarten, a school class.
Students miss ... student - great time!
Growing up, some people still remain children, so they also have to be watched in the workplace. This is not a panacea, especially for creative people, but it improves discipline, promotes and stimulates ...
Managers can use the camera as a means of communication when conducting remote meetings.
Thus, it is possible to observe a person from the moment of birth to old age. Yes, old age, this is the period when sometimes you have to follow a person and communicate more often, even remotely.
It is interesting to watch the camera recordings. People see themselves from the outside, evaluate facial expressions, movements, gait, appearance, bad habits, posture, speech, which in many cases is useful for improving their image.
Perhaps Kolobok will become a kind of image-maker, stylist and maybe even a psycholinguist?
Light my mirror, say ...
Wide medical aspects of the camera. In addition to the above, iCamPro will help to explore the phases of sleep with precise timing, show that some owners of Kolobkov have a space connection with the Moon, making their journeys at night, to monitor sick people.
For lovers of robotics, iCamPro can work as a telepresence robot head.
Photohunt comes to a new level with the use of video traps at the base of Kolobok. You can start with the bees, try to shoot a night video with a mole restoring its earthen hill. If you create a protective cover, then the bear can go.
With pets you can just chat, or learn their habits.
In automating and managing remote objects, objects, Kolobok will help to keep “everything under supervision”, which will reduce the number of long-distance trips to control the equipment.
More precisely does not happen.
One of the problems in analyzing various incidents is the determination of the exact time of the event.
The time indicated on the notification screen, as well as the clock showing the time in video frames is very accurate - I checked it on satellite “ Ideal clock ”, where switching points in the upper part of the indicator corresponds to 15-second intervals.
Video with a comparison of readings can be viewed in the movie “ 911 ”.
Apparently, when shaping time, Kolobok uses clocks on Amaryllo servers.
The minimum distance to the lens, from which it is possible to recognize the three-millimeter text, is 5 cm.
High image quality and 1080p resolution allow you to increase interesting fragments of the frame for better detail.
All control of Kolobok is intuitive, but some people are used to reading the instruction manual, therefore ...
User's manual
1. Turn on Wi-Fi on your phone.
2. Connect the phone to the router (access point).
3. Download the application “Amaryllo” to install devices, install and run it.
4. Select the installation option (install a new camera, access from another device, install a new camera with a pre-configured network).
5. Select the type of device to install from Amaryllo products: iCam / iBabe / iCare, iCamPro, iCamPro Deluxe, iSensor / Patio.
6. Connect the micro USB cable from the camera to the power supply. When the camera is connected, the blue LED will turn on. It is necessary to wait a little for its blinking to start the installation.
7. For models with remote control, it should take about 25 seconds before the start of the calibration process, when the camera reaches its extreme values ​​in the horizontal and vertical planes.
8. Select the required Wi-Fi network and enter the password from your Wi-Fi router.
9. The application in the device will generate a QR code.
Rotate the image of the QR code towards the camera and keep the screen parallel to the camera lens at a distance of 10 ... 30 cm (smartphone) or 20 ... 30 cm (tablet) until a short sound signal appears confirming the transfer of information between devices. The QR code contains information for connecting the camera to a Wi-Fi router.
The timer will show the time remaining to complete the installation. If the time has expired, you need to start the installation again.
If the QR scan failed, a question will appear: “Do you want to try again?” With the answer options:
- check information;
- repeat.
10. Two beeps will indicate that the installation of the camera is complete. At the same time, a continuously lit green LED indicates the correct connection via Wi-Fi.
Installation option with pre-configured network.
1. Connect the phone to the router.
2. Press and hold the WPS button on the router.
3. Within 60 seconds after pressing the button on the router, press and hold the WPS button on the camera for five seconds or more. When the green LED is blinking, it means that the camera is in WPS mode.
5. Then follow the instructions of the application.
Reboot
Connect the device to the network and wait until the calibration is completed.
Press and hold for at least five seconds the reset button located in the hole on the bottom of the case. All factory settings will be deleted and restored to factory settings.
Within 25 seconds, the camera will begin the calibration process, rotating around its own axis.
Temperature of use
Indoors, at temperatures from 0 to +35 degrees Celsius.
Indication
Blue LED.
Lit continuously - the camera is connected to power.
Blinks once a second - during a QR scan.
Blinks twice a second - the camera is used in viewing mode. That is, when someone is viewing the image from the camera, the blue LED starts to flash.
Flashing three times per second - the installation process was successful.
Green LED.
Lit continuously - the camera is connected to Wi-Fi and works correctly.
Blinks once a second - the camera is trying to connect to the Wi-Fi router.
Read the entire list please!
Although the entire list is quite extensive and is no longer complete (the new version adds new features, which was written above), it is advisable to get acquainted with these settings in order to learn the potential of iCamPro.
All information is contained in the description of the “Amaryllo” application.
Main screen
“Arrow / triangle to the right” - the beginning of the online broadcast of the image indicating the name of the camera.
Image management is done by moving your finger across the image screen. The camera moves in the same direction as the finger on the screen.
Bottom panel (the right side not included in the screen is “glued” in the photo editor):
“Minus sign” - enable / disable privacy mode. When this mode is enabled, the camera modestly turns away, stops transmitting data, recording an image and tracking movements, and turns off its color indicators. Now you can safely eat a big sandwich :)
“Bell” - a list of alarms (alerts) with frames and video (sound, movement, face detected or manual image taken) with the ability to view any event.
When a motion sensor, sound or face detection is triggered, iCamPro forms for sending to the owner:
1. Photograph of an event of about 70 to 200 KB in size 1280x720p.
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2. Short video files with a duration of 10 seconds and a volume of approximately 1 to 4 MB.
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“Cloud” - viewing records in the online (Internet) storage: Google Drive or Amaryllo cloud. With activated plan in Amaryllo, the cloud takes on the color of the selected plan.
Clicking on the cloud is offered a choice of “Cloud Amaryllo” or “Google Drive”.
Next, a window opens with folders by dates, each of which contains data files. When recording by events, these are 5-minute fragments, with continuous recording - 12-minute records that can be viewed in the browser.
“Gear” - enables the settings mode.
“Clock” - set the privacy schedule for the time and day of the week. This is done by clicking on the “plus” in the corner of the window that opens.
If the owner lives according to the schedule, then it is convenient when it is necessary to periodically turn off the camera and stop recording.
“Man in the frame” - make a manual picture from the main screen. The snapshot is saved in the alert list.
“Man in an inclined frame” - background selection: live video, photo album or default background.
“Camera with a plus sign” - adding a new device: standard installation, accessing the camera from another user, setting up the camera using WPS. The previous model of the camera had the shape of a cube, therefore, sometimes instead of the camera a “cube with a plus” is drawn.
“Notes” is a music audio message player. To select them, you need to insert an SD card, where MP3 files are recorded in the “music” folder.
“Wi-Fi Sign” - the name and password of the Wi-Fi network.
“Book” - user manual.
“Trash” - remove the camera from the application.
The upper left corner is a “bell” with notifications of the Android OS, including the iCamPro alarm trigger.
View image
The lower left corner is the selected resolution: 360p, 480p, 720p or 1080p (changes automatically depending on the channel bandwidth and the set maximum resolution of the video stream).
With a double click on the screen, the maximum magnification of the image at the place of the click occurs. With two fingers, you can zoom in on an arbitrary intermediate value.
The upper right corner is the user status (for example, admin is the on / off sign in the settings).
The lower right corner is a short menu gear for operational control and status indication (automatic tracking mode, enabling two-way audio communication, screen shot).
The “360” symbol indicates whether auto tracking is enabled.
“Microphone” enables / disables two-way audio communication (if this mode was previously enabled in the settings).
The symbol “camera” allows you to take a picture and save it in the memory of the device on which the observation takes place.
When you click on the gear on the main screen, we get to the settings menu , which contains several screens. In this menu, you configure the operating modes for different operating conditions.
In the description below the screens, the default settings are marked in bold.
miscellanea
The maximum resolution of the video stream: 360r 480r 720r 1080r.
Night vision: Off / On .
Date stamp: Off / On .
Automatic brightness adjustment: Off / On.
Flip video 180 degrees: Off / On.
Show resolution: Off / On .
Display viewer: Off / On (user status appears on the video viewing screen).
LED indicators: Off / On . (disabling LED indicators).
Cloud strorage Google Drive (after choosing a service plan, Amaryllo cloud appears).
Time zone (select your time zone, by default Asia / Shanghai GMT +8).
Take a picture from the settings menu (button to take a picture).
Reboot device (button to reboot).
Read more
Application Version: v1.2.15.
Firmware version: v3.5.3.
Check for updates: (button to check).
After the upgrade, the firmware version changed to v3.5.5.
To upgrade the device with the application, and the camera must be connected to the same local area network. The history of changes can be seen on the manufacturer's website.
Model: icamPro FHD.
Camera ID: iCRa.
Camera name: iCRa (can be changed to another, in my case, this is Kolobok).
QR administrator code: (picture with QR code).
IP address: 10.0.0.19 (provided by the router).
MAC address: XX: XX: XX: XX: XX: XX.
About us: www.amaryllo.eu
Feedback: support.ai@amaryllo.eu
Alert
Privacy Mode: Off / On.
If privacy mode is enabled, alerts, recording, and video calls will be disabled.
Motion tracking: Off / On.
Sensor on the back: off / on
Motion sensor on the front of the camera: Off / On .
Sound sensor: Off / On .
If the audio sensor is on, the microphone is on too.
Microphone sensitivity: High Medium Low.
Warning System: Off / On.
Alarm audio Default (default sound, if necessary, you must change the sound if you have a file with a message on the SD card in the “music” folder).
Sending notifications when (sending notifications when):
Privacy mode is enabled / disabled (private mode on / off): Off / On.
Device is online / ofline: Off / On.
Alert with: Snapshot Text (after connecting cloud storage, you can select Video).
Sound alert: Off / On .
Vibrate alert: Off / On .
Users in view mode
Username: User in view mode 1.
Type of view: Browser application Add user.
Attention: When performing the viewing process, another smartphone or PC will receive video call resolution on the cameras. Then the picture of the QR code is turned on.
Video recording
Google account (add an account or select from the previously entered ones), after which it becomes possible to save the record to Google Drive - continuously or by event.
Plan - selected plan.
Recorded videos will be automatically uploaded to the Amaryllo cloud. The opportunity is activated after selecting the required plan and entering data on the Amaryllo website.
Recording Mode: Not Available Continuously On Event.
Video Recording: Off / On
Resolution: 360r 480p 720p 1080p.
Status: Stopped when recording is disabled, or Video recording if recording is enabled.
SD card: (There is no SD card in its absence, and if there is its volume and percentage of use).
SMB / CIFS server:
Recording mode: Not available Continuously On event.
Status (Disabled).
Account:
Share folder:
Limit use (GB): Select value.
Sound
Speaker Volume: Silent Low Medium High.
Microphone: Off / On .
The sound sensor does not work if the microphone is not available in the settings.
Two-way audio: Off / On.
List of Wi-Fi networks
Selected network.
Add a Wi-Fi network.
The main repository of secrets.
Free storage of information:
Google Drive - up to 15 GB.
Cloud Amaryllo, then on the “Basic plan” - 24 hours of video and three days of alert.
For non-cloud lovers, the ability to write to a file server.
Minus.
Does not work on a minus (on a frost).
Pros.
I have a flashlight, and although it is made in a completely different country, it literally says the following: “Sedlano in Russia”.
iCamPro, is a completely different product - the highest level. About the camera and everything that surrounds it, a lot of positive is said above.
I would also like to note the attention of the inventors of Kolobk in thoughtfulness to every little thing, to the choice of materials of construction. To understand this, it is enough to touch the “smart head”, turn it in your hands.
It seems to be a trifle, but even the mounting bracket impressed with the assembly, construction and materials!
Literacy and correctness differs both in the program menu and user manual, and their translation into Russian.
The enormous potential embedded in the hardware and software of the device makes it easy to implement new functions.
At the time of writing this article, a video appeared where Kolobok announces the receipt of a new letter by e-mail.
So, a clever little head will delight many more with its new features.
Suggestions for improvements.
In the comments, you can write, what else can you add to this smart device? Employees of the Dajet will send wishes to the developers, and they can be realized in new versions of the firmware. After all, one head is good, and many “Kolobkov” are better!
My suggestions:
- add to the application the ability to select the language of the sound alerts that are recorded in the memory of iCamPro. For example, when installing, he says something, but not everyone understands the English language. Although the relevance of the proposal is low, because we hear this phrase once during installation;
- during the initial calibration of the camera to record the noise of the vertical and horizontal drives, in order to further filter the sounds to further reduce noise on the recording;
- add the function of filtering the background sound, if the camera is installed indoors with a constant and monotonous sound, for example - working ventilation;
- embed host voice recognition and add voice control, and later, communication by analogue of Siri;
- “upload” audio files to the SD card via the Internet, using your Amaryllo account, email or Google documents in your account;
- Add support for smartphones on Windows Phone. In Russia, their share is quite significant .
Photo for memory.
Traditional photo album with a large number of photos on Kolobuchny theme in the album “ iCamPro ”: packaging, packaging, application screens, appearance from various angles, thermal imaging of the case, night monster with IR illumination, and others.
Conclusion
Successes and opportunities Kolobok impressive and inspire the creation of various smart devices. You can be happy for the manufacturers iCamPro and wish them success. And you can support them if, returning to the title of the article, to meet with your future on the page where the delivery of the device and the guarantees necessary for such a high-tech device are provided.
The company provides a 10% discount when you buy the code DD9F2D.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/371665/
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