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Camera: pixels per metre and DORI

Can the camera at the entrance identify a person 10 metres away?

Answer: Whether a recording can be used depends on how many pixels the person fills. DS/EN IEC 62676-4 gives four levels: 25 pixels per metre to detect that someone is there (detection), 62.5 to follow what happens (observation), 125 to recognise someone you know and 250 to identify a stranger. The calculator works out the image width at that distance from the camera's horizontal angle of view and divides resolution by it.

Formula

Billedets bredde = afstand × 2 × tan(synsvinkel ÷ 2)

Pixeltæthed = vandret opløsning ÷ billedets bredde

Længste afstand til et niveau = opløsning ÷ (niveauets px/m × 2 × tan(synsvinkel ÷ 2))

DS/EN IEC 62676-4: detection 25 · observation 62.5 · recognition 125 · identification 250 px/m

Eksempel: 1920 px, 90°, 10 m ⇒ bredde 20 m ⇒ 96 px/m = observation.

Symbols and units in the formula
SymbolMeaningUnit
px_vandretCamera horizontal resolutionpx
fovHorizontal viewing angle (data sheet)°
afstand_mDistance from camera to personm
=Pixel density at that distancepx/m
=Image width at that distancem
=Longest distance to identification (250 px/m)m
=Longest distance to recognition (125 px/m)m

Validity and source

Source
DS/EN IEC 62676-4 (DORI: 25 · 62,5 · 125 · 250 px/m)

Does not apply when

  • Indicative. The figures apply in daylight and with sharp focus. At night with IR, in backlighting, with compression or with movement the image becomes worse. The viewing angle is in the camera's data sheet and changes with zoom. Remember signs and the rules for video surveillance.

Worked example

The calculator's own default values inserted. The figures are calculated with exactly the formula the tool uses.

Substituted

  • Camera horizontal resolution1,920 px
  • Horizontal viewing angle (data sheet)90 °
  • Distance from camera to person10 m

Giver

  • Pixel density at that distance96 px/m
  • Image width at that distance20.0 m
  • Longest distance to identification (250 px/m)3.8 m
  • Longest distance to recognition (125 px/m)7.7 m

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Sådan bruger du den

Når et kamera sættes op, skal du vide, hvad det kan bruges til. DS/EN IEC 62676-4 siger 250 pixels pr. meter for at identificere en ukendt person og 125 for at genkende en kendt. Beregneren regner pixeltætheden i en afstand ud fra opløsning og synsvinkel.

Step by step

  1. Find kameraets vandrette opløsning.
  2. Find den vandrette synsvinkel i databladet.
  3. Mål afstanden til der, hvor personen skal ses.
  4. Læs pixeltætheden og niveauet.
  5. Se den længste afstand til identifikation.

Typical errors

  • At tro at flere megapixels altid giver identifikation.
  • At bruge vidvinkel, hvor der skal identificeres.
  • At glemme at nattebilleder er dårligere.
  • At bruge den diagonale synsvinkel i stedet for den vandrette.

Examples from everyday life

Vidvinkel over en indgang

Et 2 MP kamera med 90° synsvinkel skal se folk ved en dør 10 m væk.

Camera horizontal resolution
1920 px (1080p, 2 MP)
Horizontal viewing angle (data sheet)
90°
Distance from camera to person
10 m

It means: Pixeltætheden er 96 px/m, og billedet er 20 m bredt. Det er nok til at følge hvad der sker, men ikke til at identificere. Identifikation kræver, at personen er inden for 3.8 m. Genkendelse rækker ud til 7.7 m.

Tele på en dør

Et 4 MP kamera med 30° synsvinkel peger på en dør 8 m væk.

Camera horizontal resolution
2688 px (2688 × 1520, 4 MP)
Horizontal viewing angle (data sheet)
30° (tele)
Distance from camera to person
8 m

It means: Pixeltætheden er 627 px/m, og billedet er 4.3 m bredt. Det er nok til identifikation helt ud til 20.1 m.

Parkeringsplads

Et 8 MP kamera med 90° skal dække en parkeringsplads. Den fjerneste række er 25 m væk.

Camera horizontal resolution
3840 px (4K, 8 MP)
Horizontal viewing angle (data sheet)
90°
Distance from camera to person
25 m

It means: Pixeltætheden er 77 px/m, og billedet er 50 m bredt. Det er observation. Til genkendelse skal man være inden for 15.4 m.

Rule of thumb

1080p med 90°: identifikation kun ud til ca. 4 m.

How to check the answer

Pixeltæthed × billedbredde skal give opløsningen.