Canon network camera VBM40 User Manual

Privacy Mask Setting Tool
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The set privacy mask area is saved in the camera. 
You can set up to eight privacy masks. Repeat the 
setting operations to set multiple privacy mask areas. 
Saved privacy mask areas are shown in the image 
display area and capture area.
Image Display Area
1Privacy Mask Area
Enabled privacy mask areas are shown filled with 
color. Disabled privacy mask areas are just shown 
in a frame. 
Capture area
2View Restriction Area
This is the area set with the View...

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Changing/Deleting a Privacy Mask Area
How to Change
Click the privacy mask area you want to change in the 
capture area or select a privacy mask area by clicking 
[Next].
Privacy mask areas can be changed using the mouse 
or by entering values. 
Entering values
Click [Detailed Settings] and then [Get camera info] to 
load the current pan, tilt, and zoom settings.
Enter a value for the position and size of the privacy 
mask and click [Preview settings] to check the 
position and size of the preview...

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A panorama image capture/creation tool that shows the entire area that can be captured by this camera. When performing 
pan, tilt, or zoom operations, setting presets using the viewer, etc., you can see at a glance which part of the entire area the 
set area is occupying.
  Admin Viewer                                 Preset Setting Tool 
Panorama Creation Tool
Important
If the privacy mask settings were changed using the Privacy Mask Setting Tool, it is 
recommended that you recreate...

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Display Screens of Panorama Creation Tool
1[Load from camera] 
Show the panorama image saved in the camera. 
2[Save to camera] 
Save the currently shown panorama image in the 
camera. 
3[Load from file] 
Show JPEG files as a panorama image. 
4[Save to file] 
Save the currently shown panorama image as a JPEG 
file. 
5Creation date and time
Show the date and time a panorama image was 
captured or loaded from a JPEG file. 
6[Delete] 
Delete the currently shown panorama image. 
7Panorama Image Display...

Panorama Creation Tool
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Note
 While a panorama image is being captured, the image 
stabilizer function is temporarily disabled. 
 While a panorama image is being created, the connection of 
anyone other than Administrators is cut off.
 When a small value is entered for [Maximum Frame Rate: 
Image Transmission] under [Video] > [JPEG] in the Setting 
page, panorama capture is slowed down. 
Saving/Deleting a Panorama Image
How to Save
Click [Save to camera], and then click [OK] in the...

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View Restriction Setting Tool is a tool that limits the range that can be captured by the camera. If view restrictions have been 
set, you can limit the displayable capture range using the viewer. 
[Apply View Restriction Setting] 
Restrictions set by the View Restriction Setting Tool are applied in the following cases.
 When the Admin Viewer is accessed with authorized user authorities
 When the VB Viewer is accessed
 When accessed via RM-Lite
View Restriction Setting Tool
To limit zoom or a...

View Restriction Setting Tool
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Display Screens of View Restriction Setting Tool
1Image Display Area
The image currently captured by the camera is shown. 
Pan, tilt, and zoom operations are the same as in the 
VB-M40 Viewer. For details, see “How to Operate the 
Viewer” (P. 6-5).
2[Switch Screen Size] button
Each time this button is clicked, the screen size of the 
image display area switches between “320 x 240” and 
“640 x 480.” 
3[Switch Mouse Operation] button
Click the button to...

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 View restriction settings
[Upper Limit]: Top limit of the view restriction. Click 
[Get value] to load the top edge 
value of the current camera angle.
[Lower Limit]: Bottom limit of the view restriction. 
Click [Get value] to load the bottom 
edge value of the current camera 
angle.
[Left Limit]: Left limit of the view restriction. Click 
[Get value] to load the left edge value 
of the current camera angle.
[Right Limit]: Right limit of the view restriction. 
Click [Get value] to load the right...

View Restriction Setting Tool
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Note
 Even when view restrictions are set, an area outside the view 
restriction may still appear momentarily when the camera is 
controlled near the boundary of the view restriction. 
 To cancel the view restrictions, clear the [Apply the view 
restriction] checkbox and then click [Save settings].
 If the setting fields are cleared while the [Apply the view 
restriction] checkbox is selected, the maximum view restriction 
will be set.
 The controllable...

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A tool that lets you set presets and the home position. You can make the desired settings with the mouse by referring to the 
preview in the panorama mode. You can also set “Preset Tour” whereby the camera tours and monitors multiple presets. 
Preset Setting Tool
Set preset tour after the 
presets have been set. Preset Setting Tool
Important
If you want to use intelligent functions, it is strongly recommended that you use the Preset 
Setting Tool to register a preset that corresponds to the camera...