User Manual

Tostartthecamera,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:StarttheCommunicationsUtilityprogram.See“AccessingLenovoprograms”on
page12
.
•ForWindows10:OpentheStartmenuandclickCamera.
Whenthecamerastarts,thecamerastatusindicatornearbyturnsgreen,indicatingthatthecameraisinuse.
Youalsocanusetheconventionalcamerawithotherprogramsthatprovidefeaturessuchasphotographing,
videocapturing,andvideoconferencing.Tousetheconventionalcamerawithotherprograms,openone
oftheprogramsandstartthephotographing,videocapturing,orvideoconferencingfunction.Then,the
camerastartsautomaticallyandthegreencamerastatusindicatorturnson.Formoreinformationabout
usingthecamerawithaprogram,seethehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
Youcanconfigurethecamerasettingstomeetyourneeds,suchasadjustingthequalityofthevideooutput.
Toconfigurethecamerasettings,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:StarttheCommunicationsUtilityprogramandconfigurethecamerasettings.
•ForWindows10:Dooneofthefollowing:
–OpentheCameraapp,andclickthesettingsiconintheupper-rightcorner.Followtheinstructions
onthescreentoconfigurethecamerasettings.
–OpentheStartmenuandclickLenovoSettings➙Camera.Followtheinstructionsonthescreento
configurethecamerasettings.
Usingtheinfraredcamera
Note:TheinfraredcameraisonlysupportedontheWindow10operatingsystem.
Theinfraredcameraprovidesapersonalandsecurewayforyoutosignintoyourcomputerwithface
authentication.Aftersettingtheinfraredcameraforfaceauthentication,youcanunlockyourcomputerby
scanningyourfaceinsteadofusingapassword.
Theinfraredcamerahasthefollowingcomponents:
13Infraredlight-emittingdiode(LED)
TheinfraredLEDemitsinfraredlight.Normallytheinfraredlightisinvisibletothenakedeye.
2Infraredcameralens
Theinfraredcameralensisusedforcreatingthefacialimageofauser.
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