New from Hanwha Vision is the TNO-C8083E – the manufacturer’s first explosion-proof camera with artificial intelligence. The compact 5MP explosion-proof AI model features AI object detection and classification alongside intelligent video analytics.
It has a range of explosion-proof certifications, including IECEx, ATEX, KCs and JPEx, for use in places at a higher risk of an explosive atmosphere due to gas or dust – such as oil refineries, gas storage, and grain mills. AI object detection and classification of people and vehicles improves operator situational awareness, the product firm says. AI algorithms can discern people as distinct objects separate from irrelevant motion, for example shadows or animals, thus reducing false alarms, the company says. Meanwhile object-type metadata created by the camera enables forensic search for investigations.
Intelligent video analytics, such as loitering and line-crossing detection, alert operators to abnormal activities in real-time. Weighting just 4.78kg it is 57 per cent smaller and 32 per cent lighter than its closest comparative model, according to the firm. A 1/2-inch explosion-proof cable gland means the camera can be installed without any sealing compound.
As for video quality the camera offers wide dynamic range (WDR), WiseNRII and low-light noise suppression. WDR enables operators to monitor objects in backlit scenes, while WiseNRII uses AI object detection to reduce motion blur and improve image noise. In low-light, AI works to refine image clarity by suppressing noise.
The camera also comes with WiseStreamIII, a video compression method that reduces bandwidth by up to 80 per cent the makers say. As for cyber security, the TNO-C8083E comes with user and network authentication, and unauthorised access blocking. It validates the boot process, has signed firmware and firmware encryption, and authentication information encryption, to securely store information.
Learn more about the TNO-C8083E explosion-proof AI Camera at HanwhaVision.eu/.
