PRESS RELEASE
e-con Systems Inc.
+1-314-732-1152
sales@e-consystems.com

For release on February 26th only
e-con Systems launches 10x Optical Zoom, Full HD, USB 3.0 UVC Camera
See3CAM_30Z10X HD streaming @ 60fps; Full HD @ 30fps; Built-in ISP for 3A; 10x OpticalZoom camera with 6x Digital Zoom capability
St. Louis, USA / Chennai, India – February 26th, 2014, e-con Systems Inc. a leading camera
solutions company announces the launch of See3CAM_30Z10X, a 3.0 MP UVCi compliant
USB 3.0 optical zoom camera, in line to the See3CAM series. Being UVC compliant,
See3CAM cameras are ‘plug and play’ on Windows and Linux with no additional device driver
software required and the cameras work with standard Windows (DirectShow) and Linux(V4L2ii) software. e-con Systems has earlier launched 1.3MP global shutter cameras(See3CAM_10CUG and See3CAM_11CUG) and 8MP Autofocus USB camera (see3CAM_80)
as part of the See3CAM family of cameras.
The See3CAM_30Z10X camera is based on a 1/3” optical format, 3.0MP CMOS Image sensor
and this supports HD (1280x720 aka 720p) streaming at 60fps and Full HD (1920x1080 aka1080p) streaming at 30fps. The camera has a high-performance Image Signal Processor (ISP)built-in that performs a variety of functions including 3A (Autofocus, Auto Exposure and AutoWhite Balance). The See3CAM_30Z10X contains a stepper motor driven lens assembly that
supports an optical zoom of 10x (focal length 6.3mm to 63mm) and a digital zoom of 6x. The
stepper-motor-driven Zoom and Autofocus lens assembly is tightly coupled with the imagesensor and the ISP circuitry. The zoom and autofocus is fast, accurate and consistent, some of
the key requirements for such high-zoom cameras.

Fig 1: See3CAM_30Z10X – 3MP USB3 10x Optical Zoom Camera
The See3CAM_30Z10X camera is targeted for various applications such as inspection devices,surveillance, security, OCR etc, where the 10x optical zoom capability can be leveraged. The
addition of Autofocus and specific mode of Macro mode Autofocus algorithms make this camera
to be most suitable for desktop magnifier applications such as growth monitoring, article
inspection, defect detection etc., The manual focus adjustment feature allows the user theprecisely fix the focus position in challenging scenarios where the on-board ISP unable toidentify the location and still hunting for best AF position. Users can also add additional lenses
to increase the zoom capability for special applications where they want to get highermagnification.

PRESS RELEASE
e-con Systems Inc.
+1-314-732-1152
sales@e-consystems.com

The See3CAM_30Z10X is a fully functional USB3.0 UVC-complaint zoom camera and it isbased on a 1/3” optical format rolling shutter CMOS image sensor. When connected to theUSB3.0 host port, the See3CAM_30Z10X can stream the HD (720p) video at 60fps and Full HD(1080p) video at 30fps. The camera also supports temporal noise threshold adjustment, inaddition to the standard controls such as brightness, contrast, manual white balance etc. Thecamera also supports adjusting the individual digital gains of Red and Blue channels of theimage sensor. In this manual white balance mode, the users can adjust the gain of Red andBlue channels independently to adjust the white balance for their ambience.
The camera also supports still image capture at full 3MP (and in compressed JPEG format).
The supports the burst capture feature which allows the user to capture up to 8 images
continuously on a single external trigger event. This burst capture feature will allow ourcustomers to capture a set of images on a single click and then let the user to choose the onethat they think the best.
“The See3CAM_30Z10X is 10x optical zoom camera with a stepper motor driven lens elements
and this marks e-con’s entry to the specialized camera market space. The high speed zoom,autofocus (or manual focus), excellent image quality through a dedicated built-in ISP” said
Ashok Babu, President, e-con Systems. “This camera will benefit our customers who werelooking for a cost-effective zoom camera with autofocus capability and of small form-factor
desktop camera”, he added.
See3CAM_30Z10X currently supports Windows Vista/Windows 7 operating System. Linuxsupport will be available soon. Building applications with the See3CAM_30Z10X is simple - any
DirectShow compatible application can use the camera; much like any other UVC compliant
webcam. However, the camera features supported are not the common features and they are
exposed to the user through the set of APIs provided by e-con Systems. The API library allows
our customers to build customized applications for their done. The demonstration application eCAMView is available from our website. Customers can also write to sales@e-consystems.com
to get support on the software development and customization. The APIs are provided alongwith the documentation and e-con Systems also supports our customers on both Linux andWindows Operating Systems.
Availability
The See3CAM_30Z10X is available now on the e-con Systems’ Webstore immediately. For
more information, Please visit the Product Webpage or YouTube demo video.
About See3CAM
See3CAM is the new series of UVC compliant USB 3.0 Cameras from e-con Systems that are"plug and play" on Windows and Linux. See3CAM USB 3.0 Camera does not require additional
device drivers and work with the standard Windows (DirectShow) and Linux (V4L2) software.
The See3CAM’s USB 3.0 SuperSpeed connectivity enables it to capture images at 720p (HD)@60fps. These simple and cost-effective USB 3.0 Camera series solves the problem ofimplementing high quality video and image capture in applications such as barcode detection on
moving objects, object inspection, growth monitoring and object tracking. e-con Systems
provides customization services around these cameras to meet specific customer requirements.
See3CAM are also backward compatible with USB 2.0 host
For more information, please visit www.e-consystems.com/See3CAM-USB-3-Camera.asp

PRESS RELEASE
e-con Systems Inc.
+1-314-732-1152
sales@e-consystems.com

About e-con Systems
e-con Systems specializes camera solutions with offerings like camera modules, USB camera
modules, camera Device driver development services on Operating systems likeAndroid/WinCE, Camera reference design, Software ISP, camera customization services andcamera 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 42033600
Website: http://www.e-consystems.com
Note: References to corporate, product or other names may be trademarks or registeredtrademarks of their respective owners.
iii

USB Video ClassVideo for Linux