u 12MP / 30 fps sensor for fine details with smooth
motion
u Edge or client-side dewarping for easy integration
The FLEXIDOME IP panoramic 6000 is an outdoor use
camera. The 12MP sensor operating at 30 fps gives a
full panoramic surveillance with complete area
coverage, fine details and high speeds. The camera
offers full situational awareness and simultaneous EPTZ views in high resolution.
Versions
The 360° version of the camera, when mounted
centrally on a pole or under an eave, gives complete
surround coverage without blind spots. The 180°
version has a higher effective resolution and is ideal
for wall mounting in perimeter surveillance by
obtaining a seamless 180º coverage.
Dewarping
The lens captures a circular image. Our dewarping
software transforms this circular image into several
different distortion-free rectangular views. To facilitate
system integration, you can choose edge dewarping
inside the camera or client-side dewarping on an
external platform.
The freely available Video Security Client from Bosch
provides advanced client-side dewarping features.
The 360° version of the camera, when mounted
centrally on a pole or under an eave, gives complete
surround coverage without blind spots. The 180°
u Built-in Essential Video Analytics to trigger relevant
alerts and quickly retrieve data
u Outdoor IP panoramic camera
u Compatible with Bosch universal accessories
version has a higher effective resolution and is ideal
for wall mounting in perimeter surveillance by
obtaining a seamless 180º coverage.
System overview
Advantages of panoramic surveillance
Panoramic surveillance offers full 180° or 360°
coverage of the designated area. Because our
panoramic cameras cover the full area, they provide
complete situational awareness and are ideally suited
to following movement in one continuous sweep.
2688 x 800
2048 x 1152
1600 x 1200
2688 x 800
2688 x 800
1536 x 864
3584 x 504
1536x 864
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These panoramic cameras will considerably augment
the functionality of any high-end surveillance system
especially when coupled with Essential Video
Analytics, for example, for people counting or complex
rule-based alarm triggering.
Functions
12MP sensor at 30 fps
The ultra high 12MP sensor resolution together with
the exceptionally high frame rate of 30 fps makes this
camera unique in the field of panoramic image
capture. Motion is smoother and the E‑PTZ feature
provides more detailed images.
The effective resolution for the 180° version is 8MP
and for the 360° version 7MP.
Essential Video Analytics
The built-in video analysis reinforces the Intelligenceat-the-Edge concept and now delivers even more
powerful features. Essential Video Analytics is ideal for
use in controlled environments with limited detection
ranges.
The system reliably detects, tracks, and analyzes
objects, and alerts you when predefined alarms are
triggered. A smart set of alarm rules makes complex
tasks easy and reduces false alarms to a minimum.
MOTION+
The MOTION+ video motion analysis system that is
built into all camera versions is the perfect solution for
applications where basic video content analysis
features are required. MOTION+ shows motion
metadata in an overlay display. By using MOTION+
data as input, smarter imaging algorithms bring
improved image quality and more efficient bitrates. It
also enables extended tamper detection capabilities.
Client-side dewarping
With client-side dewarping, the camera streams a
single circular non-dewarped image at 30 fps.
Dewarping is performed with our dewarping software
that is installed on the PC where multiple view modes
are available or you can choose to use a third-party
client-side dewarping software solution.
Edge dewarping
The edge dewarping in the camera provides three
separate video channels simultaneously at 12.5 fps:
• Full image circle (Video 1 channel)
• Dewarped view mode (Video 2 channel)
• E-PTZ (Video 3 channel)
Different view modes can be selected for the video 2
channel. Your selection depends on the resolution you
require and how you wish to view the dewarped
image.
View modes
The following view modes can be selected at 12.5 fps
with edge dewarping or 30 fps with our client side
dewarping.
With the 180° lens version, you can select one of the
following view modes for the second channel:
180° lens versionFull image cut-out and displayed image
Panoramic view
E‑PTZ view
Corridor view
With the 360° lens version, select one of the following
view modes for the second channel:
360° lens versionFull image cut-out and displayed image
Panoramic view
(ceiling mount)
Panoramic view
(wall mount)
E-PTZ view
Full panoramic
view
Quad view
1600 x 1200
1920 x 1080
3.5 m / 12 ft
6.5 m / 22 ft
12 m / 40 ft
28 m / 92 ft
2 m / 7 ft
4.5 m / 15 ft
8.5 m / 28 ft
19 m / 62 ft
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360° lens versionFull image cut-out and displayed image
Corridor view
Double
panoramic view
DORI coverage
DORI (Detect, Observe, Recognize, Identify) is a
standard system (EN-62676-4) for defining the ability
of a camera to distinguish persons or objects within a
covered area. The maximum distance at which a
camera/lens combination can meet these criteria is
shown below:
For high mounting applications, the center image DORI
values are:
DORIObject distance –
180°
Object distance 360°
When mounted at a height of 3 m (10 ft) the 360°
version of the camera has the following coverage
radius for the four levels:
DORIDORI definitionCoverage radius
Detect25 px/m
19 m (62 ft)
(8 px/ft)
Observe63 px/m
8.5 m (28 ft)
(19 px/ft)
Recognize125 px/m
4.5 m (15 ft)
(38 px/ft)
Detect55 m (181 ft)42 m (138 ft)
Observe22 m (72 ft)16.5 m (54 ft)
Recognize10.5 m (35 ft)8.5 m (28 ft)
Identify5.5 m (18 ft)4 m (13 ft)
When mounted at a height of 3 m (10 ft) the 180°
version of the camera has the following coverage
radius for the four levels:
DORIDORI definitionCoverage radius
Detect25 px/m
28 m (92 ft)
(8 px/ft)
Observe63 px/m
12 m (40 ft)
(19 px/ft)
Recognize125 px/m
6.5 m (22 ft)
(38 px/ft)
Identify250 px/m
3.5 m (12 ft)
(76 px/ft)
Identify250 px/m
2 m (7 ft)
(76 px/ft)
E-PTZ and regions of interest
The remote E-PTZ (Electronic Pan, Tilt and Zoom)
controls allow you to select specific areas of the full
image circle. These Regions of Interest (ROI) can be
easily defined, allowing the most interesting part of a
scene to be monitored separately. The high resolution
ensures that details are not lost even when using the
electronic zoom.
The E-PTZ feature of a panoramic camera has some
advantages over normal PTZ cameras. There is no
camera movement so the camera does not draw
attention to itself or appear intrusive. Situational
awareness is still retained even when zooming in on a
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particular object of interest. The smooth E- PTZ
function helps navigation, and presets are available as
they are with regular PTZ cameras.
Record exactly what you want
The camera provides the full resolution circular image
for recording even if you are viewing only a portion of
the scene. This means that you can always perform
retrospective dewarping and analyses on the complete
area covered and then zoom in on the region or object
of interest.
With edge-dewarping you can also choose to only
record the relevant parts of the scene which helps
reduce bitrates significantly.
Intelligent streaming
Smart encoding capabilities, together with Intelligent
Dynamic Noise Reduction technology and analytics,
make the bandwidth consumption drop to extremely
low levels. Only relevant information in the scene,
such as motion or objects found with the analytics, are
encoded.
Area-based encoding
Area-based encoding is another feature which reduces
bandwidth. Compression parameters for up to eight
user-definable regions can be set. This allows
uninteresting regions to be highly compressed, leaving
more bandwidth for important parts of the scene.
Area-based encoding is only available with client-side
dewarping.
Bitrate optimized profile
The average typical optimized bandwidth in kbits/s for
various image rates is shown in the table:
fps12MP (full image
circle)
303100-
252921-
202640-
12.52305491
102192432
51530303
2655130
Dewarped ROI (720p)
Measured dynamic range
The dynamic range of the camera is outstanding and is
obvious in real-world performance comparisons —
92 dB wide dynamic range (plus an extra 16 dB when
combined with Intelligent Auto Exposure).
The actual dynamic range of the camera is measured
using Opto-Electronic Conversion Function (OECF)
analysis with a standardized test chart based on ISO
standards. This method provides more realistic and
verifiable results in comparison with the theoretical
approximations sometimes used.
Priority exposure control
To optimize image quality, eight zones for measuring
the exposure can be drawn on the full image circle and
assigned a priority level. These zones are given a
higher or lower priority when the camera calculates
the exposure level. This ensures that the important
areas of the scene have the ideal exposure level.
Intelligent Auto Exposure
Fluctuations in backlight and front light can ruin your
images. To achieve the perfect picture in every
situation, Intelligent Auto Exposure automatically
adjusts the exposure of the camera. It offers superb
front light compensation and incredible backlight
compensation by automatically adapting to changing
light conditions.
Outdoor design
The camera is exceedingly suitable for outdoor
installations where movement is a constant, such as
parking lots, school areas and squares. This gives a
single solution for outdoor environments with an
integrated IP66/IK10 design, as well as compatibility
with Bosch universal accessories.
The LED indicators, reset button and SD card slot are
easily accessed. A complete set of outdoor mounting
accessories, such as a surface mount box, a pendant
pipe, wall or ceiling mount, are available.
Power for the camera is supplied via a Power-overEthernet compliant network cable connection. With
this configuration, only a single cable connection is
required to view, power, and control the camera.
Scene modes
The camera has a very intuitive user interface that
allows fast and easy configuration. Nine configurable
modes are provided with the best settings for a variety
of applications. Different scene modes can be selected
for day or night situations.
Storage management
Recording management can be controlled by the
Bosch Video Recording Manager
(Video Recording Manager) or the camera can use
iSCSI targets directly without any recording software.
Edge recording
Insert a memory card into the card slot to store up to
2 TB of local alarm recording. Pre-alarm recording in
RAM reduces recording bandwidth on the network,
and extends the effective life of the memory card.
It has advanced edge recording providing a reliable
storage solution possible due to the combination of
these functions:
• Industrial SD card support allows for extreme lifetime
• Health monitoring of industrial SD cards provide early
service indications.
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Cloud-based services
The camera supports time-based or alarm-based JPEG
posting to four different accounts. These accounts can
address FTP servers or cloud-based storage facilities
(for example, Dropbox). Video clips or JPEG images
can also be exported to these accounts.
Alarms can be set up to trigger an e-mail or SMS
notification so you are always aware of abnormal
events.
Access security
Password protection with three levels and 802.1x
authentication is supported. To secure Web browser
access, use HTTPS with a SSL certificate stored in the
camera.
Complete viewing software
There are many ways to access the camera’s features:
using a web browser, with the Bosch Video
Management System, with the free-of-charge
Bosch Video Client or Video Security Client, with the
video security mobile app, or via third-party software.
System integration and ONVIF conformance
The camera conforms to the Open Network Video
Interface Forum (ONVIF) Profile S and Profile G
specifications. Compliance with these standards
guarantees interoperability between network video
products regardless of manufacturer. Third-party
integrators can easily access the internal feature set of
the camera for integration into large projects. Visit the
Bosch Integration Partner Program (IPP ) website
(ipp.boschsecurity.com ) for more information.
StandardsType
Impact
protection
Ingress
protection
EN 62262 (IK10)
EN 60529 (IP66)
*All systems where this camera is used must comply
with this standard as well.
RegionRegulatory compliance/quality marks
EuropeCEEU_CE Declaration of Conformity
Installation/configuration notes
Certifications and approvals
StandardsType
EmissionEN 50121-4: 2016;
EN55032: 2015, AC: 2016;
CFR 47 FCC part 15 : 2012-10-1,
Class B
EnvironmentalEN 50581 (2012)
Environmental
Tests
ImmunityEN 50121-4: 2016;
MarksCE, cULus, WEEE, RCM, EAC and
SafetyEN 60950-1: 2006, A11: 2009, A1:
EN 50130-4: 2011, A1: 2014
EN 50130-4: 2011, A1: 2014
China RoHS
2010, A12: 2011, A2: 2013;
UL 60950-1, 2nd edition;
CAN/CSA-C 22.2 No. 60950-1-07,
2nd edition;
EN 60950-22: 2006, A11: 2008;
UL 60950-22, 1st edition;
CSA C22.2 NO. 60950-22-07 Edition
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Technical specifications
Power
Power SupplyPower-over-Ethernet 48V DC
nominal
Power
Consumption
PoEIEEE 802.3af (802.3at Type 1)
Sensor
Type1/2.3‑inch CMOS
Total sensor
pixels
Used pixels
(180° version)
Used pixels
(360° version)
Video performance – Sensitivity – 180° lens
(3100K, reflectivity 89%, F2.8, 30IRE)
Color0.46 lx
Mono0.15 lx
Video performance – Sensitivity – 360° lens
(3100K, reflectivity 89%, F2.8, 30IRE)
Color0.55 lx
Mono0.18 lx
Video performance – Dynamic range
Dynamic range92 dB WDR (+16 dB IAE)
Video streaming
Video
compression
StreamingMultiple configurable streams in H.
140 mA
12MP
3648 x 2160 (8MP)
2640 x 2640 (7MP)
H.264 (MP); M- JPEG
264 and M-JPEG, configurable
frame rate and bandwidth.
Multiple channels with edge
dewarping.
Regions of Interest (ROI)
Video resolution (H x V) – 180° version
Video 1 channelImage circle3640 x 2160
Video 2 channelPanoramic2688 x 800
E-PTZ2048 x 1152
Corridor1600 x 1200
Video 3 channelE-PTZ1280 x 720
Video resolution (H x V) – 360° version
Video 1 channelFull image circle2640 x 2640
Video 2 channelFull panoramic3584 x 504
E-PTZ1536 x 864
Quad1536 x 864
Panoramic2688 x 800
Double
panoramic
Corridor1600 x 1200
Video 3 channelE-PTZ1280 x 720
Video functions
Day/NightColor, Monochrome, Auto
(adjustable switchover points)
Adjustable
picture settings
White Balance2500 to 10000K, 4 automatic modes
ShutterAutomatic Electronic Shutter (AES)
SharpnessSharpness enhancement level
Backlight
compensation
Contrast
enhancement
Contrast, Saturation, Brightness
(Basic, Standard, Sodium vapor,
Dominant color), Manual mode and
Hold mode
Fixed (1/30 [1/25] to 1/15000)
selectable
Default shutter
selectable
Off / On / Intelligent Auto Exposure
(BLC)
On/off
1920 x 1080
Overall IP DelayMin. 120 ms, Max. 340 ms
Encoding
interval
Encoder regionsEight independent areas for setting