topic Auto Zoom Question on Ultra in Arlo Pro 2

Auto Zoom Question on Ultra

Gildor1 — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 02:49:30 GMT

Sorry for posting in the wrong forum as they don't have the Ultra forum set up yet (unless I missed it).

Anyway, a video in the camera description shows someone at window and the camera auto zooms in and tracks the person. Pretty cool feature actually.

My question though is if a 2nd person appears off camera (because of zoom, not out of the camera's max FOV), is the camera smart enough to zoom back out and cover both instances of motion?

Re: Auto Zoom Question on Ultra

jguerdat — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 15:08:07 GMT

How would we know when it's not a released product? When it's in our grubby mitts, we should be able to tell.

Re: Auto Zoom Question on Ultra

Gildor1 — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:22:44 GMT

I was hoping that somebody in the know could respond. It may not be released but they have posted it as part of their product line.

Re: Auto Zoom Question on Ultra

jguerdat — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 01:21:00 GMT

This is a user forum that has the same access as you, not an inside developer forum.

Re: Auto Zoom Question on Ultra

AncientGeek — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 20:36:35 GMT

It is an interesting question. I have some Nest IQ Outdoor cameras which do this “zoom & track” currently. I don’t recall if I have ever seen a case where there are competing objects of interest in range. It does seem like the image sensor would be picking up the entire FOV. I assume the zoom is purely software controlled enlargement of a section of the overall image being captured. So, in theory, the camera and cloud software should “see” both objects of interest. Now whether or not they do anything with the second object is another issue entirely. Personally, I’d be interested in having access to recordings of the full field of view recording and the zoomed recordings of any objects moving through the FOV during the recording...possibly two, three or more recordings for the same event.