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For immediate releasee-con Systems’ new USB 3.0 Stereo vision Camera
Tara - USB 3.0 Stereo vision camera based on MT9V024 Global Shutter CMOS sensor fromOnSemi; Supports Stereo WVGA(1504x480) at 60 fps over USB 3.0 in uncompressed format.
ST. LOUIS and CHENNAI, India – June 30, 2016 - e-con Systems Inc., a leading embedded
camera solution company, today announced the launch of Tara, a USB 3.0 Stereo vision camera.
Tara is based on the 1/3-inch MT9V024, a WVGA Global shutter monochrome CMOS image
sensor from OnSemi™. The Tara supports Stereo WVGA (1504x480) at 60fps over USB 3.0 in
uncompressed format. This Stereo vision camera provides synchronized sensor frames to thehost machine over USB 3.0 interface.
Tara is bundled with a Software Development Kit (SDK) with full source code for application
development on top of OpenCV, enabling customers to develop their own Stereo Vision Camera
based applications. e-con Systems also provides sample applications with source code,demonstrating synchronous stereo image capture, depth measurement , disparity map and point
cloud. In addition to this, customers can also develop their Stereo Vision Camera algorithms on
top of Tara SDK or integrate Tara directly in their product design.

Fig: Tara - USB 3.0 Stereo Vision Camera with Pre-calibrated Lens
“I am excited with the launch of our first USB 3.0 Stereo Vision camera marking a beginning of a
new camera product line for variety of applications in machine vision, autonomous driving,robotics, drones etc. With its integrated IMU, customers can determine the camera position in 3dspace which is critical in these applications. e-con provides OpenCV based SDK that generates
disparity map and customers can directly use these images in their applications.” said AshokBabu, President of e-con Systems Inc.
TARA with a form factor 100 x 30 x 35mm consists of two OnSemi's 1/3 inch MT9V024 CMOS
image sensors separated by an 'inter-ocular distance' or 'base line' of 60 mm and pre-calibrated
lens pair mounted on S-Mount holder (Also known as M12 lens mount). The MT9V024 enhanced
NIR pixel process provides excellent image quality in IR illuminated applications also. With USB

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3.0 interface to the host PC, TARA can stream uncompressed Stereo WVGA format (1504*480)
or in other words two WVGA (752x480) at 60 fps. The other resolutions supported are VGA(cropped) at 60 fps and QVGA (640*420) at 60 fps. It also has ability to capture still images. The
Tara has a 6-axis Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and for each frame the IMU data is transferredto the application layer. TARA is a UVC-compliant USB 3.0 Camera that is also backward
compatible with USB2.0 host ports and does not require any special camera drivers to beinstalled in the host PC. The brightness and exposure can be controlled from the application
using the standard UVC controls.

Tara Disparity Map sample Images
e-con provides a Software Development Kit that is built on OpenCV Image Processing Librarythat allows customers to get the disparity maps directly in to their application. The image capture,
stereo disparity map generation etc, are done inside the SDK and customers can directly getthese images in to their application using this SDK. The SDK also provides the left and rightcamera images separately and the customers can directly use these images for their own stereo
image processing.
For customers, who want to implement their own stereo processing algorithms without using theSDK, can grab the stereo images from the camera directly using DirectShow (on Windows) orV4L2 (on Linux) APIs. With this, they can bypass the SDK and get the pixel-interleaved left andright images from the camera directly.

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e-con is also providing sample applications with source code to use with other image processing
software such as MATLAB. Customers can use this sample application to develop theirapplications using MATLAB software.
The IMU data is sent over the USB 3.0 interface for every frame. The IMU data can be used todetermine the stereo camera position in the 3d space at the time of capturing of any frame.
Customers can use this IMU data along with the stereo images.
Tara, with its small form-factor design with USB 3.0 interface and accompanying SDK, is targeted
for applications such as obstacle detection in autonomous driving, stock level monitoring in retailstore shelves, volume measurements, robotics, proximity warning etc.

Availability
Tara stereo vision USB 3.0 camera is currently available for evaluation. Customers interested inevaluating the Tara can order samples from e-con Systems’ online webstore. For more
information, please write to sales@e-consystems.com.
For more information, please visit Tara - Stereo vision USB 3.0 camera. Also watch Tara SDK
demo video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWg3WjXOE1c

Customization Services
Customers interested in customizing Tara for requirements baseline customization, sensor or
optics/lens change services can contact e-con Systems directly with their requirements. e-con
can also provide customized higher resolution USB stereo cameras as part of customization
services. Complete customization of firmware and hardware as per customer requirements canbe done. e-con Systems can also assist you in developing end stereo camera application using
Tara. Please write to sales@e-consystems.com for any customization and additional features.

About e-con Systemse-con Systems specializes in camera solutions with offerings like camera modules, USB camera
modules, camera boards for various microprocessors, camera Device driver development
services on Operating systems like Linux/Android/WinCE, Camera reference design, software
ISP, camera customization services and camera tuning services.
For more information please contact:
Harishankkar
sales@e-consystems.com
e-con Systems Inc., +1 314 732 1152
e-con Systems India Pvt. Ltd., +91 44 40105522
Website: www.e-consystems.com
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