Adjustment Mode: Smarter AI Camera Installation

Correct mounting and adjustment are crucial for unlocking the full precision of Smarter AI cameras.

Adjustment Mode simplifies this process by enabling installers to achieve precise camera alignment, ensuring optimal video capture for driver monitoring, coaching and assistance. Designed to streamline installation for third-party, in-house, and self-installers alike, this feature guarantees precision ADAS and DMS functionality for every camera deployment.

What is Adjustment Mode?

Adjustment Mode is a feature that allows installers to quickly and accurately mount Smarter AI dashcams and adjust both cabin and road-facing cameras. By using AI-driven real-time feedback, it temporarily overrides camera data protection settings to stream live video to a mobile device, guiding installers through camera mounting and adjustment.

For data protection and privacy compliance, Adjustment Mode allows installers to view live video, but events and other camera data remains inaccessible during the adjustment process.

Key Features:

• Real-Time Feedback: Stream live video from both cabin and road cameras during installation, ensuring quick and accurate camera mounting and alignment.

• Dual-Camera Support: Switch between cabin and road cameras to ensure optimal alignment for both perspectives.

• Mobile Access: Access Adjustment Mode directly from the Smarter AI mobile app, allowing for smooth, uninterrupted adjustments during installation.

• Smarter Calibration: Once adjustments are complete, Smarter AI automatically self-calibrates the cameras, accommodating different drivers, vehicles, and mounting positions. This ensures precision AI performance across diverse and multi-driver vehicle fleets, eliminating the need for manual calibration.

Why use Adjustment Mode?

Correct camera alignment is crucial for reliable data collection in ADAS and DMS systems. Misaligned cameras can result in false positives or missed events, undermining system performance.  Adjustment Mode eliminates guesswork with its AI-driven, real-time feedback, ensuring optimal camera mounting and alignment. This enables Smarter AI cameras to deliver precision AI for trusted data and decisions.

Who can use Adjustment Mode?

• Third-Party Installers: External installers or independent contractors, who may not be familiar with a fleet’s specific vehicles, benefit greatly from Adjustment Mode. By providing real-time AI-driven feedback, Adjustment Mode simplifies the camera installation process, ensuring proper mounting and alignment regardless of the installer’s familiarity with the fleet or vehicle type. This reduces setup time and ensures optimal camera performance for Smarter AI ADAS and DMS systems.

• In-House Installers: Fleet operators or companies with dedicated installation teams can leverage Adjustment Mode to efficiently manage large-scale dashcam deployments. This feature ensures consistency and precision across diverse fleets, minimizing misalignment risks and guaranteeing accurate video capture for Smarter AI ADAS and DMS functions.

• Self-Installers: Individuals installing Smarter AI Dashcams themselves can rely on Adjustment Mode for accurate camera alignment. With AI-driven real-time feedback, non-professional installers can confidently set up cameras without needing technical expertise.

When to Use Adjustment Mode?

• Initial Installation. Adjustment Mode is essential during the initial installation of dashcams to ensure both cabin and road-facing cameras are mounted and aligned correctly from the start. This is particularly important for fleets where returning vehicles for reinstallation or maintenance is challenging. Ensuring correct positioning and alignment during the first installation minimizes future adjustments, reduces downtime, and guarantees optimal long-term camera performance.

• Camera Remounting. If a camera is repositioned due to vehicle maintenance, windshield replacement, or changes to its mounting position, Adjustment Mode should be used to readjust and validate camera mounting and alignment.

• Post-Incident. Following significant incidents, such as collisions, cameras may become misaligned. Adjustment Mode allows installers to quickly readjust the cameras, ensuring they continue to capture reliable video data.

• Fleet Inspections. During regular fleet inspections, camera positioning, alignment, and calibration should be verified. Adjustment Mode provides a convenient way to ensure cameras remain correctly positioned for optimal video capture and safety monitoring.

Where to use use Adjustment Mode?

• Outdoors: For optimal alignment of the road-facing camera, Adjustment Mode should be used outdoors on a flat surface. An unobstructed view of the horizon is crucial for capturing clear road video, which is essential for ADAS functionalities such as vehicle detection, measuring following distance, and detecting near-collision events.

• Driver Seat Access: To accurately adjust the cabin-facing camera, the vehicle should be positioned where the installer or another person can sit in the driver’s seat. This ensures precise alignment for driver monitoring, enhancing the camera’s ability to capture in-cabin behavior, which is critical for DMS performance.

How to set up Adjustment Mode?

1. On Camera Activation. Adjustment Mode can automatically be enabled when a dashcam is first activated, allowing installers to immediately mount and align the cameras during initial installation.

2. On Demand Activation. Adjustment Mode can also be activated on demand by a user with administrative privileges through the Smarter AI dashboard or mobile app. This ensures flexibility for making adjustments whenever necessary during installation or remounting.

How to Use Adjustment Mode:

1. Enter Adjustment Mode. Use the Smarter AI mobile app to enter Adjustment Mode during installation.

2. Position the Camera Mounting. Ensure the camera is securely mounted in the correct position for optimal field of view.

3. Adjust Camera Angles. Using the live video stream to align the cabin and road-facing cameras.

4. Verify Alignment. Ensure the cameras provide clear, unobstructed views of both the driver and the road.

5. Finalize Calibration: Once Adjustment Mode is exited, the Smarter AI Dashcam will automatically self-calibrate for optimal performance.

With Adjustment Mode, installers, technicians, and fleet managers can ensure that Smarter AI dashcams are precisely positioned and aligned for accurate video capture and precision AI. Whether setting up a single dashcam or deploying an entire fleet, Adjustment Mode simplifies the process, ensuring efficient and reliable installations every time.