Live View for Fisheye Camera

Live View for Fisheye Camera

In the fisheye view mode, the whole wide-angle view of the fisheye camera is displayed. Fisheye expansion can expand images in five modes: 180° panorama, 360° panorama, 4-PTZ, semisphere, and cylindrical-surface.

Note:

The function is only supported by fisheye camera.

  1. Start live view of a fisheye camera.
    Note:

    See Start and Stop Live View for details.

  2. Tap to show the fisheye expansion panel.
  3. Select mounting type.
    Table 1. Mounting Type

    Icon

    Description

    Wall Mounting

    Ceiling Mounting

  4. Select fisheye expansion mode.
    Table 2. Fisheye Expansion Mode

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    Description

    Fisheye view for ceiling mounting and wall mounting. In the Fisheye view mode, the whole wide-angle view of the camera is displayed. The mode is the vision of a fish’s convex eye. The lens produces curvilinear images of a large area, while distorting the perspective and angles of objects in the image.

    In this mode, you can pinch the fingers together to zoom out the image, and spread them apart to zoom in.

    Dual-180° panorama view for ceiling mounting. The distorted fisheye image is transformed to normal perspective image.

    In this mode, you can swipe to the left or to the right to adjust the field of view.

    360° panorama view for ceiling mounting and wall mounting. The distorted fisheye image is transformed to normal perspective image.

    In this mode, you can swipe to the left or to the right to adjust the field of view.

    4 PTZ Views for ceiling mounting and wall mounting. The PTZ view is the close-up view of some defined area in the Fisheye view or Panorama view.

    In this mode, you can pinch the fingers together to zoom out the image, and spread them apart to zoom in. You can also swipe the screen to perform pan and tilt movement.

    Semisphere-shaped view for wall mounting. In this mode, the whole wide-angle view of the camera is displayed. The lens produces curvilinear images of a large area, while distorting the perspective and angles of objects in the image.

    In this mode, you can drag the image to adjust the view angle, and pinch the fingers together to zoom out the image, and spread them apart to zoom in.

    Cylindrical-surface-shaped view for wall mounting. In this mode, the whole wide-angle view of the camera is displayed. The lens produces curvilinear images of a large area, while distorting the perspective and angles of objects in the image.

    In this mode, you can drag the image to adjust the view angle, swipe to the left or to the right to adjust the field of view, as well as pinch the fingers together to zoom out the image and spread them apart to zoom in.