@glycol79 you are correct the different LED colors are for future use but also self-diagnosis. Something we hadn't really mentioned yet is that this new camera is also smarter

If I have time I will compare the new camera vs old camera on video for everyone!

Awesome - i knew you'd love it and hope my lengthy explanation helped

The RGB LED flashes for different "boot up" sequences - if there is a custom support call regarding an inoperative camera, we can diagnose the issue by the color. I don't have the color codes in front of me at the moment.

Also, there's something really interesting about this new camera pcb as well. If the camera sensor gets damaged, the software on the chip will recognize it. And to tell the user that the sensor is damaged, the software will display a message in the ARC camera window.

How is the new camera at face tracking, the cameras I have now see a lot false positives. Also, is the new camera better at seeing QR and Gylph codes at a distance? I have found that they have to be within a few feet of the camera to be read.

It's all better except face. That's still an ugly algorithm. Some upcoming plugins will be blowing your mind shortly though. Stay tuned!

I don't hear anything about motion tracking. Did I miss this? Color tracking is good if you wear a red or green shirt but what if you want your robot to track someone who is walking past and move his head to follow. I had little luck with this on the old V3 camera and gave up. Will the new V4 upgraded camera be able to do this better than even the old V4 (which I haven't even powered up yet BTW).

Motion tracking will move toward the direction of a changed object. It does not require a special camera, as it's a very primitive algorithm in which two frames are compared against each other for differences. You can find more about what tracking types are available and descriptions of each tracking type and what it does by pressing the ? (question mark) next to the X (close) on the camera control - or hovering your mouse over the ? (question mark) in the camera control by the types.

There is no tracking type for what you described.

Also, the camera itself does not have any "brains" for tracking. Doing so would be limiting to the functionality and expand-ability of the camera - which is why all embedded camera tracking products have pretty much died off. Offloading processing capabilities to the PC is the only way to provide real tracking due to the higher processing power of a PC vs microcontroller.

The discussion in this thread is regarding the camera image and the brightness/color levels for tracking types. This thread does not discuss any enhancements to the tracking features.

OK, thanks for the info.