DiggiDitto™ DC596 Smart Camera with Image Recognition User Manual
Key Features DiggiDitto™ DC596 Smart Camera with Image Recognition Thank you for purchasing the Califone® DiggiDitto DC596 Smart Camera with Image Recognition. We encourage you to visit our website, www.califone.
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Table of Contents 1. Package Contents.............................................................7 2. Setup and Installation......................................................8 2.1 Install DC596 Program File........................................ 8 2.2 Setup of the DC596 driver.......................................... 9 3. Basic Operation..............................................................10 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Camera Tab .............................................................
2. Setup and Installation After inserting the CD into the computer CD drive, the following image will appear on the screen. Press on the appropriate installation button. 2.2 Setup of the DC596 driver After installing the DC596 device driver, complete the following steps: 1. 2. Connect the USB cable to the computer.
3. Basic Operation 3.2 Capture Frame 3.1 Camera Tab Open to view images other than what the camera sees. Save to save edited image. Crop to pick out an image out of an image. Copy copies the image to paste onto another document. Ver.Flip image along the vertical axis. Hor.Flip image along the horizontal axis. 3.3 Pen Palette visit us online at califone.com 10 DiggiDitto™ DC596—Smart Camera with Image Recognition visit us online at califone.
3.4 Make Tab 3.5 Teach Tab visit us online at califone.com 12 DiggiDitto™ DC596—Smart Camera with Image Recognition visit us online at califone.
4. Detailed Functions 3.6 Big Screen 4.1 Main Menu The advanced buttons are located on the Main Menu at the top of the screen above the toolbar. This menu includes the File, Modes, Window, and Help tabs. File includes the following items: • New: To open new project folders. Each project is a presentation. It is possible to have multiple projects or multiple lessons in a single project. • Open: To open an existing project. • Save: To save a new or edited project.
Tools Several tools are included within the DC596: • Split Screen: To divide the screen in two for comparison. • Focus: To focus the image when the image shown on-screen is out of focus. • Freeze Frame: To freeze a moving image to edit, save, or compare. • Change Camera Resolution: Changes the camera resolution from 1600 × 1200 to 800 × 600 and vice versa. This changes the camera resolution for the document camera only and is not available in other modes.
Left 4.2 Cursors Center Right The many cursors shown throughout this program are defined below. Move To shift/move in any direction. The icons change from tab to tab, from Camera to Make to Teach. Move To shift/move in any direction, specifically when zoomed-in. Camera Tab Grab Image To grab and shift/move the position of the image. Split Screen To shift the image left and right.
The Main Toolbar in the Camera tab has the following buttons: Print Split Screen Focus Prints the image displayed on the screen via the default printer. When a moving image is displayed on-screen, the computer freezes the frame and sends it over to the printer. However, when the window is split, or when the image is rotated, the original image (not the split or rotated image) is printed. Splits the screen in two, showing the captured image on the left and the original image on the right.
4.4.1 Capture Window When the Capture button in the Toolbar Menu of the Camera tab is pressed, the following window appears: When cropping an image, select the portion to be cropped and doubleclick the image. This newly cropped image may be saved. 4.4.2 Record Movie Window This feature enables you to make a short movie clip (10 minutes maximum). 1. Click the Record Movie button.
4.4.3 Pen When pressing the Pen button, a palette appears on the screen: Figures: Save: For drawing figures on the computer board. The small triangle on the lower right-hand corner of this icon expands to the following options: line, triangle, rectangle, and ellipses. Erases already-drawn material, the thickness of which can be controlled by the Thickness icon (see below). Controls the thickness of the pen, marker, figures, and eraser (settings of each are different from one another).
4.5 Make Tab From the Make tab, you can create a presentation with the DC596 image recognition software. To begin, place an image under the DC596. The image will incite the DC596 software to play or link up to eight different kinds of files. The recognized images are located in the top and bottom half on the left side. The alternate images are those images shown when an image is recognized. It is possible to have five additional images. The lower right side of the Make tab shows the linked files.
4.5.1 Add Recognized Images To add a recognizable image, drag and drop or choose the Add Recognized Images bar (shown below): When the Link Files button is clicked, a subwindow appears with three different tabs: Files, URL, and Record. File Tab: Files are for other images, sound files already existing, Office documents, and Flash files. Up to 50 JPG images may be added at any one time from the Recognized Images pane but cannot exceed a total of 100 recognizable images. 4.5.
Record Tab: The Record tab may record sounds up to 3 minutes long through the microphone attached to the front of the camera head. The name is highlighted on the screen when a sound file is being recorded. To listen to what has been recorded, choose the filename as shown on the second item, as shown below: Deleting a Link File To delete a link file from the link list, press the right mouse button and navigate to a sound link file, then cancel the auto sound play.
Rotate Rotates the image 90 degrees to the right. o Clockwise 90 : Pen: Full Screen: Can write onscreen as you would a blackboard. Refer to Section 4.3 for further information. Maximizes the screen size to fit the full screen. The full screen image in the Teach tab is different from the other two (Make and Camera). The full screen for the Teach tab enlarges the right screen and omits the other two. The press of the will make the window full screen.
Top/Bottom Icon: The Top/Bottom icon will allow you to change the position of the toolbar to the top or bottom of the screen. The toolbar cannot be moved to the right or to the left of the screen. The Recognition Camera in the upper left hand corner shows where the camera recognizes the image. When an image is recognized, the image, whether it’s the recognized image or a separate alternate image that you have chosen in the Make tab, is displayed on the big screen.
5. Troubleshooting Issue Issue Resolution When running the DC596 program the following message comes up, and doesn’t run. “The camera is either not connected or is not the appropriate camera. Reconnect the appropriate camera.” Sound recording does not work properly when recording in Make Mode Check whether the DC596 camera is properly connected to the USB port. (Cameras other than from DC596 will not work.
Issue Resolution The camera is connected but the camera resolution seems off. The DC596 product is for USB 2.0 and above. There are several PC’s that have separate USB 1.0 ports and USB 2.0 ports. Plug the USB connector to the appropriate USB 2.0 port. 6.
All dimensions in centimeters. 7. Warranty Califone warrants the DC596 to be free from defective material and workmanship for one year from the purchase date. Our “Project Intercept” Customer Satisfaction program will replace defective parts and repair malfunctioning equipment under this warranty when the defect occurs under normal use. All Damage Claims Must Be Made With the Freight Carrier Notify the freight carrier immediately if you observe any damage to the shipping carton or product.
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