Outdoor use of depth camera
I am thinking of using it in an outdoor environment.
The usage environment is heavy rain, snow, rain, day and night.
I want to use the measurement interval within 100ms.
What type is possible?
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Hi Hayakawa T Ak The RealSense 400 Series cameras can be used outdoors and in day / night. In those severe weather conditions though you may need to create a custom protective housing for the camera, like the one in the link below for an underwater project.
https://github.com/IntelRealSense/realsense-ros/issues/1723#issuecomment-805760519
In regard to measurement interval, you could capture a continuous live stream. This live data can be saved it in real-time as a bag file (which is like a video recording of camera data) if you need to save the data to file. A bag file can play back recorded camera data streams as though it is a live camera. It can also be converted to other file formats using the rs-convert tool in the link below.
https://github.com/IntelRealSense/librealsense/tree/master/tools/convert
Regarding which 400 Series camera model will be suited for your project: if you are performing close range depth sensing then the D435i would be an appropriate choice as it has a minimum depth sensing range of 0.1 meters, enabling it to be positioned close to surfaces.
If you will be performing long range sensing then the D455 would be suitable. It has a minimum depth sensing distance of 0.4 meters by default and so cannot be placed as near to objects at short range as the D435i when using the default settings (there are ways to reduce minimum distance).
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