Installation guide

Step 2 Camera Placement
page 3CheckVideo Gateway for Mobile Broadband Networks Installaon Guide
This checklist summarizes the best pracces for placing cameras. You can use this
checklist to conduct a survey of your setup and determine where to place cameras.
DESCRIPTION
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CAMERA
PLACEMENT
The camera should be installed 8 to 20 feet above the ground
and lted downward at an angle between 15° and 45° (Figure
1A). It should be posioned 10 to 40 feet from people, or 20 to
60 feet from vehicles.
DIRECTION OF
MOTION
People and vehicles should normally move from le-to-right or
right-to-le in the camera view (Figure 2A), not directly toward
or away (Figure 2B).
IMAGE SHARPNESS Maintain a clear camera image. Don’t point the camera through
a window pane or screen, and avoid placing it in condions that
would cause the camera lens to fog up or accumulate water
droplets.
CAMERA
ORIENTATION
Objects in the camera view should appear upright. In other
words, the camera should not be rotated clockwise or counter-
clockwise.
SECURE MOUNT-
ING
The camera should be securely mounted.
ADEQUATE, EVEN
LIGHTING
Lighng should be constant and sucient to read a newspaper
in the camera view where people or vehicles appear.
PHYSICAL
OBSTRUCTIONS
Physical obstrucons or sources of constant moon (e.g., mov-
ing doors, ags waving in the wind, etc.) are not in the camera
view.
REFLECTIONS,
GLARE, OTHER
LIGHTING EFFECTS
Reecve surfaces (e.g., mirrors, window panes, water, or pol-
ished oors) or bright lights (e.g., headlight glare, direct sunlight)
are not directed at the camera.
Figure 1 Camera Angle
A MORE EFFECTIVE - Cameras are at 15 to
45 degree downward lt
B LESS EFFECTIVE - Cameras are
directly overhead (90 degrees) or
parallel to (0 degrees) the target
Figure 2 Target Direcon of Moon
A MORE EFFECTIVE - A target traveling from
le to right
B LESS EFFECTIVE - A target traveling
directly toward the camera
For more informaon and specic examples, go to www.checkvideo.com/support/
and review the CheckVideo Camera Placement Guide.