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jomjol / AI-on-the-edge-device

Easy to use device for connecting "old" measuring units (water, power, gas, ...) to the digital world
https://jomjol.github.io/AI-on-the-edge-device-docs/
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Option to reduce the lamp brightness #94

Closed szabocs closed 3 years ago

szabocs commented 3 years ago

In my case the picture is to bright, resulting in too much light being reflected by the glass of the watermeter so part of the image is unclear. The esp32cam demo firmware has the option to change the brightness of the lamp besides turning it on and off. Is it possible to implement a config.ini option where the lamp's brightness can be set?

jomjol commented 3 years ago

Hi @szabocs, tuning the lamp brightness will not help, as the camera is working in automatic mode, which means, it adjustes the illumination to the average light. If you reduce the light by 50%, the auto mode will increase the illumination time by a factor of two. Only a more general adjustment of the camera would help, this is not implemented in the code currently.

Best regards, jomjol