Differences in Camera Resolution
 

This page is intended to compare the resolution of the IQeye with a digital camera and a video camera. We focused at license plates that were approximately 40 meters away from the camera. The IQeye, which has a 1.3 megapixels resolution, was compared with a Sony CyberShot, 3.3 megapixels, and a Sony MiniDV Handycam camcorder.

IQeye

Sony Cybershot

Sony MiniDV

As we can see, the IQeye has the lowest resolution of all three. The pictures shown above have been zoomed and cropped to show the best possible image resolution. We should note also that the size of the file is very important when considering their transmission through a network. The size of the original files are as follow:
 

Before IQeye = 24.8 KB Sony MiniDV = 99.5 KB Sony Cybershot = 1.07 MB

After IQeye = 24.8 KB Sony MiniDV = 8.52 KB Sony Cybershot = 9.71 KB

The advantage of the IQeye over other cameras is that it is network ready and can send small files without any outside processing. One of the best features of the camera, is that it doesn't require movement of the camera to zoom on an object. This capability is very for surveillance purposes.
If we compare the IQeye with regular cameras, we will find that its resolution is not very good. On the other hand, if we compare it with other network cameras it is a good camera. Here are some zoomed images taken with the IQeye.

Original Image

Image was zoomed and centered

Image was zoomed even further

An advantage of the IQeye over other network cameras is that it has a greater field of view, and progressive scans of moving objects are crispier than the competition. The IQeye is also capable of HDTV images with the downside that it lowers the rate that the images are sent (2 frames/sec). The camera can also be set for day and night modalities.

Here are some examples, of the quality of the image, when motion is detected.

As you can see, the images are very clear and do not have blurry like images taken with other cameras.