December 14, 2022
Ver1.02

USB3.0 CMOS CAMERAARTCAM-MI-USB3-T2 Series
INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

5.0 M Pixels

ARTCAM-500MI-USB3-T2 Series

10.0 M Pixels

ARTCAM-1000MI-USB3-T2 Series

14.0 M Pixels

ARTCAM-1400MI-USB3 -T2 Series

ARTRAY CO., LTD.

- 1 -Contents
1.

Attention ................................................................................................................................................... - 3 -2.

Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. - 6 -3.

Features .................................................................................................................................................... - 6 -4.

The Product .............................................................................................................................................. - 8 -5.

Connect the Camera ............................................................................................................................... - 8 -

6.

7.

5.1.

How to connect a camera ............................................................................................................... - 8 -5.2.

Shutter Speed................................................................................................................................... - 8 -Specifications ........................................................................................................................................... - 9 6.1.

Color Model....................................................................................................................................... - 9 -6.2.

Monochrome Model ....................................................................................................................... - 10 -6.3.

NIR model ....................................................................................................................................... - 11 -External Dimensions ............................................................................................................................. - 12 7.1.

8.

9.

C-MOUNT, CASED CAMERA ....................................................................................................... - 12 -Spectral sensitivity characteristics ..................................................................................................... - 13 8.1.

ARTCAM-500MI-USB3-T2 series(Color Model) ........................................................................ - 13 -8.2.

ARTCAM-500MI-BW-USB3-T2 series(Monochrome Model) .................................................. - 13 -8.3.

ARTCAM-1000MI-USB3-T2 series(Color Model)...................................................................... - 14 -8.4.

ARTCAM-1000MI-BW-USB3-T2 series(Monochrome Model) ................................................ - 14 -8.5.

ARTCAM-1400MI-USB3-T2 series(Color Model)...................................................................... - 15 -System Requirements ........................................................................................................................... - 16 9.1.

Recommended System Requirements ........................................................................................ - 16 -- 2 -1. Attention■About this manual
1. Before using the camera, please read this manual thoroughly.
2. Please keep this manual reachable and always refer to the contents when needed.
3. Please contact us if the manual is lost or damaged. We will provide a replacement.
4. We cannot guarantee the safety of improper uses of the camera.
5. For your safety, please follow the directions of this manual.
6. All contents are subject to change.
7. Images in this manual may have been simplified to be easier comprehended.
8. Please contact us if you find any unclear points or mistakes in this manual.
9. Quoting, copying or altering some or all parts of the manual without our permission is prohibited.
10. We are not responsible for any lost or damages on your profits due to the use of our products.
11. Please understand that our oversea branches do not provide maintenance or repair services.
■About the Icons
To keep the safety of the user, other people and their properties, please pay attention to the followingicons.

WWarning

If the user fails to follow the instruction, serious injury or death may occur.

CautionIf the user fails to follow the instruction, physical injury on human or damages on hardware may occur.

- 3 -■For Safe Use

Warning●In following circumstances, please stop using the product and turn off the power immediately toprevent the risks of fires and electric shocks. If the product is defective, please contact us for repair orexchange. For your safety, please do not disassemble, modify or repair the camera on your own.
Please stop using the product and turn off the power immediately when:
・The product becomes smoky or gets extremely hot on the surface, or makes unusual smells or sounds.
・Foreign material or water gets into the product.
・The product falls and becomes damaged.
●Do not place the product on unstable surfaces. The product may be fallen and people may get hurt.

Caution●Do not expose the product to steam or fumes to avoid electric shocks and fires.
●Do not leave the product in high temperature places such as inside of vehicles or under direct
sunlight. High temperature may cause damages to the camera, or even cause fires.
●Do not cover the product with cloth or other materials. The product may get extremely hot and theheat may cause deformations on the parts or even cause fires.
●Please avoid dropping or shocking the product as the product may be damaged.
●Do not touch the cable with a wet hand. Such action may cause electric shocks.
●Please avoid continuously contacting the surface of the camera to your skin when the camera isbeing used. The surface temperature of the camera may cause burns.
■Other Notices●Please do not use the camera under strong lights such as sun light for a long period. Also please do
not expose the camera under strong lights even when the product is not being used because the sensor
might be damaged.
Maintenance● Wipe the dirt on surface with soft cloth or tissue paper. Do not use alcohol, thinner or benzene toavoid damaging the surface paints.

- 4 -Electro Magnetic Interference●The camera may interference with electronic devices such as TV and radio. Please do not place thecamera next to such equipment.
■Export Control
This product is a Catch-all Control item subject to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act and its
relevant legislations. Except for exporting to the 26 white countries designated in the Cabinet Order,
export licenses are required if the products are going to be used for military use or if the end user of theproduct is related to all kinds of military activities. If your circumstances cause the need to apply export
licenses, please notify us before you place orders. Also, please notify us in advance if the end users orpurposes of use change after the purchase and thus cause the need to apply export licenses.
About the Japanese Security Export Controls, please refer to the webpage for Security Export Control
Policy, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry:
www.meti.go.jp/policy/anpo/englishpage.html
The above is based on the enforcement laws and regulations at the time of issuance of this document.
Please be sure to check the latest laws and regulations before actually exporting this product.
■Guarantee
To save the environment, we do not issue warranty in printed format. Instead, all records of thewarranty periods, delivery dates and the customer information are well kept in our system.
For more details, please refer to the following link:
Hardware Warranty: http://www.artray.us/download/artray_warranty.pdf●We do not guarantee the functions of this product or the descriptions on this manual to becompletely adapted to the users’ end applications or marketing purposes. We are also not held
responsibility for any direct or indirect damages caused by our products under any circumstances.
● Please do not use this product for a task that require high reliability. This product is not
manufactured to be used as medical, nuclear, aerospace, transportation equipment or equipment orthat is highly related to human safety. We are not held responsibility for any damages on the users’
property, equipment or personal safety caused by this product.
■Disposal●To dispose this product, please return the camera to us. If you decide to dispose the camera without
returning it to us, please follow related regulations and have the camera disposed as an industrial
waste. Please always keep track of the disposal, and make sure the disposed camera cannot be
accessed or used by any third party.
- 5 -2. Introduction
ARTCAM-MI-USB3-T2 Series is CMOS cameras designed for industrial use.
Adopting USB3.0 enable direct data transfer to PC without a capture board.

3. Main Features⚫

High Resolution, High Frame Rate

Realize High speed of USB3.0 interface, wide range of resolutions from 5 mega pixels to 14 megapixels.
⚫

USB3.0 Interface

Adopt USB3.0 interface which provides a maximum transfer rate of 5 Gbps directly to PC.
⚫

Compact and lightweight

Easy installation to various equipments.
⚫

Varied Selection

Monochrome and NIR models are available for 5 mega and 10 mega pixels camera.
Cased cameras, board type cameras, C-Mount board type cameras are also available for your needs.
⚫

ROI (Region Of Interest)

One major benefit of CMOS sensor is the ROI function which enables readout of designated partial
images with a faster transmission speed.
Total horizontal pixels(0,0)

Totalverticalpixels

Horizontal pixels(Horizontalorigination,Verticalorigination)
Valid area- 6 -Verticalpixels

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Sub-sampling function

This function results in a more pleasing output image with reduced subsampling artifacts and improves
the frame rate.

1/2 Sub-sampling mode⚫

1/4 Sub-sampling mode

Mirror function

Mirror could be processed either on the sensors or on the viewer software (ART-Viewer).
Horizontal
direction
Verticaldirection

500MI-USB3-T2

1000MI-USB3-T2

1400MI-USB3-T2

SensorSensorSoftwareSensorSensorSoftware*If mirror function is processed on software, the CPU load may become high and may cause imagetransfer error.
⚫

Included Viewer Software

ART-Viewer (Windows 7/8/10).
Users can easily preview, save images and change camera settings by ART-Viewer.
⚫

Included Software Development Kit

When developing image processing software, a software development kit that enables you to acquire
Camera image acquisition and camera control are possible with other applications is included asstandard.
You can also download it from the website below.
http://www.artray.us/download_sdk.html⚫

2D Measurement & Filing Software(Optional)

Useful 2D measuring functions are available with the optional 2D Measuring & Filing Software ART-MEASURE.

- 7 -4. The Product1) Camera2) USB3.0 Cable

A to Micro B connector 3m (with locking screws)

3) Introduction Booklet
4) Viewer software/Device Driver CD5) Software Development Kit [ARTCCM-SDK]<Options>
1) C Mount lens2) 2 Measurement & Filing Software [ART-MEASURE]

5. Connect the Camera
5.1. How to connect a camera

5.2. Shutter Speed
Shutter speed can be changed on the standard viewer software ART-Viewer.
The shutter speed is set directly on the sensor register, so please refer to the following formulas for thereal exposure time.
Range : 1～20000(1/1000sec～2.0sec)
Exposure Time : Shutter Value*100[μsec]※ Upper limit can be shorter depending on ROI settings.

- 8 -6. Specifications
6.1. Color Model
ARTCAM-500MI-USB3-T2
Sensor TypeARTCAM-1000MI-USB3-T2

ARTCAM-1400MI-USB3-T2

CMOS Color Image Sensor

Active Pixels

2592(H)×1944(V)3856(H)×2764(V)4068(H)×3288(V)Active Imager

5.70(H)×4.28(V)mm

6.41(H)×4.59(V)mm

6.45(H)×4.60(V)mm

Size

1/2.5”

1/2.3”

1/2.3”

Scan ModePixel Size

Progressive Scan
2.2(H)×2.2(V)μm

1.67(H)×1.67(V)μm

Shutter Type

Rolling Shutter

Color Filter Array

RGB Bayer Pattern

1.4(H)×1.4(V)μm

Frame Rate

13.9fps

6fps

6fps

Shutter Speed

1/10000 ~ 2.0s

1/10000 ~ 2.0s

1/10000 ~ 2.0s

InterfaceUSB3.0 Bulk Transfer

Synchronization

Internal Synchronization

SystemLens Mount

C Mount

Power

DC5V(Supplied by USB port)

Power

Under Approx.4W

Consumption
Ambient Conditions

Operating Temperature/Humidity : 0 ~ 35°C / 10 ~ 80%(Non condensing)
Storage Temperature/Humidity : 0 ~ 60°C / 10 ~ 95%(Non condensing)
50.0(W)×47.0(H)×50.0(W)×47.0(H)×50.0(W)×47.0(H)×

External

53.4(D)mm

53.4(D)mm

53.4(D)mm

Dimensions*Lens, tripod mount is not* Lens, tripod mount is not* Lens, tripod mount is notincludedincludedincludedApprox.150g

Approx.150g

Approx.150g

Weight- 9 -6.2. Monochrome Model
ARTCAM-500MI-BW-USB3-T2Sensor Type
Active Pixels
Active Imager
Size

CMOS Monochrome Image Sensor
2592(H)×1944(V)
5.70(H)×4.28(V)mm

3856(H)×2764(V)

1/2.5”

Scan ModePixel Size

ARTCAM-1000MI-BW-USB3-T2

6.41(H)×4.59(V)mm

1/2.3”

Progressive Scan
2.2(H)×2.2(V)μm

Shutter Type1.67(H)×1.67(V)μm
Rolling Shutter

Frame Rate

13.9fps

6fps

Shutter Speed

1/10000～2.0s

1/10000～2.0s

InterfaceUSB3.0 Bulk Transfer

Synchronization

Internal Synchronization

SystemLens Mount

C Mount

Power

DC5V(Supplied by USB port)

Power

Under Approx.4W

Consumption
Ambient

Operating Temperature/Humidity : 0 ~ 35°C / 10 ~ 80%(Non condensing)

Conditions

Storage Temperature/Humidity : 0 ~ 60°C / 10 ~ 95%(Non condensing)External

50.0(W)×47.0(H)×53.4(D)mm

50.0(W)×47.0(H)×53.4(D)mm

Dimensions*Lens, tripod mount is not included* Lens, tripod mount is not included

WeightApprox.150g

Approx.150g- 10 -6.3. NIR model
ARTCAM-500MI-NIR-USB3-T2
Sensor Type
Active Pixels
Active Imager
Size

CMOS Monochrome Image Sensor
2592(H)×1944(V)
5.70(H)×4.28(V)mm

3856(H)×2764(V)

1/2.5”

Scan Mode
Pixel Size

ARTCAM-1000MI-NIR-USB3-T2

6.41(H)×4.59(V)mm

1/2.3”

Progressive Scan
2.2(H)×2.2(V)μm

Shutter Type1.67(H)×1.67(V)μm
Rolling Shutter

Frame Rate

13.9fps

6fps

Shutter Speed

1/10000～2.0s

1/10000～2.0s

InterfaceUSB3.0 Bulk Transfer

Synchronization

Internal Synchronization

SystemLens Mount

C Mount

Power

DC5V(Supplied by USB port)

Power

Under Approx.4W

Consumption
Ambient

Operating Temperature/Humidity : 0 ~ 35°C /10 ~ 80%(Non condensing)

Conditions

Storage Temperature/Humidity : 0 ~ 60°C /10 ~ 95%(Non condensing)External

50.0(W)×47.0(H)×53.4(D)mm

50.0(W)×47.0(H)×53.4(D)mm

Dimensions*Lens, tripod mount is not included* Lens, tripod mount is not included

WeightApprox.150g

Approx.150g- 11 -7. External Dimensions
7.1. C-MOUNT, CASED CAMERAARTCAM-500MI-USB3-T2/ 500MI-BW-USB3-T2 / 500MI-NIR-USB3-T2
ARTCAM-1000MI-USB3-T2/ 1000MI-BW-USB3-T2/ 1000MI-NIR-USB3-T2
ARTCAM-1400MI-USB3-T2- 12 -8. Spectral sensitivity characteristics
8.1. ARTCAM-500MI-USB3-T2 series(Color Model)

8.2. ARTCAM-500MI-BW-USB3-T2 series(Monochrome Model)- 13 -

8.3. ARTCAM-1000MI-USB3-T2 series(Color Model)

8.4. ARTCAM-1000MI-BW-USB3-T2 series(Monochrome Model)- 14 -8.5. ARTCAM-1400MI-USB3-T2 series(Color Model)- 15 -9. System Requirements
9.1.

Recommended System Requirements●Host Controller
This camera is applicable to USB 3.0.
Connecting to USB 2.0 host controller may cause low-speed or failure to function properly.
●CPUThe driver of this camera is applicable to computer architecture “x86” or “amd64”.
The specification of CPU effects directly the imaging process speed, therefore it is highly
recommended to utilize a high-end CPU if possible.
●Memory
In the viewer software, there is a data buffer which can store 4 to 8 frames.
Therefore, it is necessary to keep spare space at least for 8 frames in the memory.
(For example, when using 1.3MP color camera, 1280 x 1024 x 3 x 8 [byte] = 30[MB] isnecessary.)
It is highly recommended to keep enough memory space especially when using high resolution
camera.
●OSThis camera is applicable only to the architecture of Windows NT (32bit/64bit).
Standard functions are confirmed with OS after Windows 7.
In addition, it is recommended to use Windows 10.

Caution■Please refer the restrictions below when you use ARTCAM series.
(1) Recommended System Requirements
If the system specifications do not meet the requirements recommended above, it may be difficult torun at the maximum frame rate.
(2) Use of other USB3.0 Hardware
The data on our camera/converter is transferred in bulk mode. For this reason, when using ourcamera/converter, please avoid using other bulk transferred USB3.0 hardware such as Memory stick,
External HDD, External DVD, CDROM etc.
As a solution, we recommend installing a PCI USB host card to the PC and connect external USB
hardware to this port only.
(3) USB3.0 Cable Extension
We cannot guarantee the functionality of the USB3.0 camera if the user adopts USB3.0 extension
cables or repeaters which are not confirmed by us. With the extension cables or repeaters, thebandwidth of transfer may differ, and thus caused malfunctions such as a low frame rate or recognition
failure on the camera.
What may cause the problem is that the regulation of the power lines becomes not enough, and socauses impudence mismatch on data signals.
*For the recommended extension cable, please contact our sales department.
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1-17-5 Kouenjikita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 166-0002 Japan
Tel: +81-3-3389-5488
Email: sales@artray.us- 17 -Fax: +81-3-3389-5486
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