Previous in Forum: Recycled Gold   Next in Forum: RFID Transponder
Close
Close
Close
4 comments
Rate Comments: Nested
Power-User

Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Scotland
Posts: 361

380 TVL Camera Resolution?

10/07/2012 1:01 PM

I know that my camera is 380 tvl. I have been trying to convert this to pixels and I keep getting 510x496. This is obviously incorrect as the picture quality from the camera is not as good as that. I think the sensor in the camera is a bit smaller. Is there a proper way to calculate resolution from a tvl value?

Register to Reply
Interested in this topic? By joining CR4 you can "subscribe" to
this discussion and receive notification when new comments are added.

Good Answers:

These comments received enough positive votes to make them "good answers".
Guru
Engineering Fields - Power Engineering - New Member

Join Date: May 2007
Location: NYC metropolitan area.
Posts: 3230
Good Answers: 444
#1

Re: 380 tvl camera resolution?

10/07/2012 1:24 PM

This paper from Bosch may help you convert from analog TVL (TV Lines) to digital pixel count:

http://www2.boschsecurity.us/ip/forms/10_Understanding%20Image%20Res%20-%20White%20Paper.pdf

__________________
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Ben Franklin.
Register to Reply
Guru

Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: India
Posts: 1246
Good Answers: 34
#2

Re: 380 tvl camera resolution?

10/07/2012 2:16 PM
Register to Reply
Power-User

Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Scotland
Posts: 361
#3
In reply to #2

Re: 380 tvl camera resolution?

10/08/2012 4:42 AM

I disassembled the camera and found that the image sensor is actually 640x480. It is a Micron MT9V011. The video from the camera never looked as good as 640x480 though.

Register to Reply
2
Guru

Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 1053
Good Answers: 110
#4
In reply to #3

Re: 380 tvl camera resolution?

10/08/2012 6:15 PM

TVL resolution originated as an analog standard and meant the number of black vertical lines on a white background that could be distinctly viewed and counted. So 320 lines would require 640 pixels, half white and half black. Thus in the fairly early days of transferring analogue video to digital, a 640 x 480 frame size provided essentially broadcast quality video, if digitized at a high quality level (i.e with not a lot of compression).

NTSC has 525 scan lines, but some at top and bottom are not usable, so 480 pixels is adequate to fill the displayed lines.

__________________
Think big. Drive small.
Register to Reply Good Answer (Score 2)
Register to Reply 4 comments

Good Answers:

These comments received enough positive votes to make them "good answers".
Copy to Clipboard

Users who posted comments:

hydrogenhead (1); Joshi (1); K_Fry (1); RAMConsult (1)

Previous in Forum: Recycled Gold   Next in Forum: RFID Transponder

Advertisement