[PSUBS-MAILIST] Virtual Viewports

[Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles]

Jon, thanks for info.  Do you have a preferred vendor for USB HD webcams?

Cliff

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

>
> USB HD webcams are pretty cheap and can easily be put into a homebuilt
> housing.  I am planning on using them with a small 12inch notebook for
> video capture.  You can use multicam software like ISPY to combine multiple
> cameras into one viewing area.  The only problem I've found is that I can't
> get more than three cameras to work with any computer I've tried.  IP
> Cameras are another option but are more expensive and larger so require a
> bigger footprint on the sub.  And of course if the housing fails it will
> hurt your pocket book more to purchase another IP cam. The advantage though
> is that most of them have built in IR lights for night vision.
>
> If you want something more basic, check out Raspberry PI with Processing
> Language for building a graphical display.  You can feed a camera to it to
> display on a small touchscreen.  I've tried it and it works very well.
>
> Jon
>
>
> On 1/16/2016 10:34 AM, Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
>
>> With the sitting position of the pilot in the R300 and the hemispherical
>> viewport, visibility upwards all around is excellent but visibility off to
>> the port and starboard sides of the boat when looking down is poor.  I am
>> interested in what experience we have collectively on using subsea cameras
>> and displaying monitor as virtual viewports.  Has any one commissioned one
>> of these cameras?  What brand and model did you use and what HMI or monitor
>> did you use?  Has it worked? What has worked well and what whould do
>> differently on your next boat?
>>
>>  I know from emails a few years back that Carsten was planning on using
>> this concept rather than a physical viewport.  I would be interested in
>> anyone's experience on this.
>>
>> cliff
>>
>>
>>
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