micrObs - A customizable time-lapse camera for ecological studies.
Automated camera system
Collective behavior
Ecology
Image processing
Remote sensing
Wildlife monitoring
Journal
HardwareX
ISSN: 2468-0672
Titre abrégé: HardwareX
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101710262
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
Historique:
received:
23
06
2020
revised:
13
08
2020
accepted:
15
08
2020
entrez:
2
5
2022
pubmed:
20
8
2020
medline:
20
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Camera traps for motion-triggered or continuous time-lapse recordings are readily available on the market. For demanding applications in ecology and environmental sciences, however, commercial systems often lack flexibility to freely adjust recording time intervals, suffer from mechanical component wear, and can be difficult to combine with auxiliary sensors such as GPS, weather stations, or light sensors. We present a robust time-lapse camera system that has been operating continuously since 2013 under the harsh climatic conditions of the Antarctic and Subantarctic regions. Thus far, we have recorded over one million images with individual cameras. The system consumes 122 mW of power in standby mode and captures up to 200,000 high-resolution (16 MPix) images without maintenance such as battery or image memory replacement. It offers time-lapse intervals between 2 s and 1 h, low-light or night-time power saving, and data logging capabilities for additional inputs such as GPS and weather data.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35498253
doi: 10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00134
pii: S2468-0672(20)30043-2
pmc: PMC9041239
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e00134Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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