Axis Q6045 - Overlay

AXISQ6045PTZDomeNetworkCamera
VideoandAudio
Exposurezones-Thissettingsdetermineswhichpartoftheimageisusedtocalculatetheexposure.Formostsituations,theAuto
settingcanbeused.Forparticularrequirement,selectapredenedarea.
IRcutlter-TheIRcutlterpreventsinfrared(IR)lightfromreachingtheimagesensor.Inpoorlightingconditions,forexampleat
night,orwhenusinganexternalIRlamp,settheIRcutltertoOff.Thisincreaseslightsensitivityandallowstheproductto“see”
infraredlight.TheimageisshowninblackandwhitewhentheIRcutlterisoff.SettheIRcutltertoAutotoautomatically
switchbetweenOnandOffaccordingtothelightingconditions.
Day/Nightshiftpriority-UsetheDay/Nightshiftprioritybartodeterminewhenthecamerashiftsintoeitherdaymodeornight
mode.Bydefault,thecamerawillautomaticallychangefromdaytonightmodeatapre-denedlevelwhichcorrespondstolight
conditions.Bydraggingthebarhandletowardsthesun,thecamerawillchangetodaymodeearlierandchangetonightmodelate.
ImageSettings
Autofocusenabled-Automaticfocusingisenabledbydefault.Ifthefocuspositionischangedmanuallyusingthefocusbar,
autofocuswillbedisabledevenifenabledhere.Inthiscase,usethePTZcontrolpaneltoenableautofocus,seePTZControls,onpage
12.Ifrequired,thefocuscontrolcanbedisabledunderPTZ>Advanced>Controls.
Noisereduction-SettoOntoenablenoisereduction.Noisereductionmayincreasetheamountofmotionblur.
ImagefreezeonPTZ-SelectAllmovementstofreezetheimagewhilethecameraismovingduringapan,tiltorzoomoperation.
Oncethecamerareachesitsnewposition,theviewfromthatpositionisshown.Presetsfreezestheimageonlywhenthecamera
movesbetweenpresetpositions.
Overlay
Overlaysareusedtoprovideextrainformation,forexampleforforensicvideoanalysisorduringproductinstallationand
conguration.Overlaysaresuperimposedoverthevideostream.
Anoverlaytextcandisplaythecurrentdateandtime,oratextstring.Whenusingatextstring,modierscanbeusedtodisplay
informationsuchasthecurrentbitrateorthecurrentframerate.Forinformationaboutavailablemodiers,seeFileNaming&
Date/TimeFormatsintheonlinehelp
.
Itisalsopossibletodisplaytextwhenanactionruleistriggered,seeUsingOverlayTextinanActionRule.
Toenableoverlays:
1.GotoVideo&Audio>VideoStreamandselecttheImagetab.
2.Toincludeanoverlayimage,selectIncludeoverlayimageatthecoordinates.Theoverlayimagemustrstbeuploadedto
theAxisproduct,seeOverlayImage.
3.Toincludedateandtime,selectIncludedateandIncludetime.
4.Toincludeatextstring,selectIncludetextandenterthetextintheeld.Modierscanbeused,seeFileNaming&
Date/TimeFormatsintheonlinehelp
.
5.Denetextoverlaycharacteristicsintherelevantelds.
6.ClickSave.
Tomodifythedateandtimeformat,gotoSystemOptions>Date&Time.SeeDate&Time,onpage48.
OverlayImage
Anoverlayimageisastaticimagesuperimposedoverthevideostream.Theimage,forexamplecompanylogo,isusedtoprovide
extrainformationortomaskapartoftheimage.
Sinceitisstatic,thepositionandsizeofanoverlayimagewillremainthesameregardlessofresolutionandPan/Tilt/Zoom
movements.Tosetupadynamicmask,whichwillalwaysmaskthespeciedpartofmonitoredarea,seePrivacyMask.
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