Multifunctional networked observation systems
AR-014-04Multifunctional networked observation system, 75 mm
Armenian documentation: ԱՐ-014-04
The device is a multifunctional observation system comprising daylight and thermal cameras integrated with a pan-tilt system, a rangefinder, a Global Positioning System (GPS), and automatic calculation of object geographic coordinates. The system also supports network-based control, providing real-time data transmission and remote operation.

- Thermal focal length
- 75mm
- Optical zoom
- 44×
- Rangefinder
- 12 000m
Highlights
- Vanadium oxide uncooled microbolometer array
- 4-megapixel CMOS progressive scan
- 44x zoom
- Object recognition and tracking
- IP67 protection
- Pan: ± 175°; tilt: ± 30°
- Positioning error < 0.06°
Disciplines involved
- 01Optics and optoelectronics
- 02Precision mechanics and manufacturing
- 03Electronics hardware
- 04Embedded systems and firmware
- 05System integration and testing
One system, four disciplines: the objectives and the thermal optics, the pan-and-tilt mechanics and sealed housings, the detector and control electronics, and the embedded software and SDK that drive them.

Technical data
AR-014-04 specification
Reproduced from the Aragats technical datasheet for this system. Both the English and the Armenian original are available as PDFs. The two documents carry the same part number, written AR-014-04 in English and ԱՐ-014-04 in Armenian.
Thermal imaging
- Microbolometer array type (detector)
- Vanadium oxide, uncooled (VOx)
- Array resolution
- 640 (H) × 512 (V)
- Pixel size
- 12 µm
- Spectral range
- 8 – 14 µm
- Sensitivity
- ≤ 35 mK
- Focal length
- 75 mm
- Field of view
- H 5.8° · V 4.6°
- Digital zoom
- 2× · 4× · 8×
- Detection range — human / vehicle
- 3 500 m / 6 500 m
- Recognition range — human / vehicle
- 1 000 m / 2 100 m
- Identification range — human / vehicle
- 500 m / —Omitted: both the English and Armenian datasheets print 100 m here, below the 500 m human figure. Awaiting confirmation.
Visible imaging
- Detector type
- 1/1.8" Sony Starvis progressive CMOS
- Maximum resolution
- 1920 (H) × 1080 (V)
- Pixel count
- 4.17 megapixels
- Minimum illumination
- Colour 0.005 lm/F1.5 · Black and white 0.0005 lm/F1.5
- Focal length
- 6.8 – 300 mm
- Field of view
- H 59.6° – 1.5° · V 35.7° – 0.8° · D 66.7° – 1.7°
- Optical zoom
- 44×
- Detection range — human / vehicle
- 2 930 m / 6 400 m
- Recognition range — human / vehicle
- 1 150 m / 2 530 m
- Identification range — human / vehicle
- 580 m / 1 300 m
Rangefinder
- Laser safety class
- Class 1 (eye-safe)
- Maximum measurement range
- 12 000 m
- Accuracy
- < 0.5 m
- Vehicle (2.3 m × 2.3 m) ranging capability
- 4 000 m
- Medium-size structures ranging capability
- 8 000 m
Pan-tilt system
- Pan and tilt angular range
- Pan ± 175° · Tilt ± 30°
- Minimum speed
- 0.1 °/s
- Maximum speed
- 15 °/s
- Positioning accuracy
- 0.06°
Power and operating conditions
- Power source
- DC 12 / 24 V · AC 220 V / 50 Hz
- Power consumption
- < 36 W
- Operating temperature
- −30 °C to +60 °C
- Operating humidity
- ≤ 95 %
- Continuous operation
- 24 / 7
- Storage temperature
- −40 °C to +70 °C
- Ingress protection rating
- IP67
Video, network and features
- Video compression
- H.265 / H.264H / H.264B
- Frame rate
- 50 Hz
- Coordinate calculation
- WGS84 or SK-42
- Global Navigation System (GPS)
- Integrated
- Picture-in-picture (PIP)
- Supported
- Interoperability
- Onvif · Aragats SDK
- Network protocol
- HTTP · HTTPS · TCP · RTSP · UDP · SMTP
- Storage
- SSD: 1 TB
- Fault detection
- Network fault detection and storage-capacity monitoring
- Solar panel integration
- Supported
Not published for this system: Vehicle identification range (thermal channel). Both the English and the Armenian datasheet print the same internally inconsistent value here, so it has been left out rather than corrected. Contact aragats@aragatsltd.am for the confirmed figure.
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