6.A.3.Camera, hệ thống hoặc thiết bị, và linh kiện, bộ phận của chúng, như sau:

a. Instrumentation cameras and specially designed components therefor, as follows:
Note Instrumentation cameras, specified in 6.A.3.a.3. to 6.A.3.a.5., with modular structures should be evaluated by their maximum capability, using plug-ins available according to the camera manufacturer's specifications.
1. Not used since 2017
2. Not used since 2017
3. Electronic streak cameras having temporal resolution less (better) than 50 ns;
4. Electronic framing cameras having a speed exceeding 1,000,000 frames/s;
5. Electronic cameras having all of the following:
a. An electronic shutter speed (gating capability) of less than 1 µs per full frame; and
b. A read out time allowing a framing rate of more than 125 full frames per second;
a. 6. Plug-ins having all of the following characteristics:
a. Specially designed for instrumentation cameras which have modular structures and which are specified in 6.A.3.a.; and
b. Enabling these cameras to meet the characteristics specified in 6.A.3.a.3., 6.A.3.a.4. or 6.A.3.a.5., according to the manufacturer's specifications;
b. Imaging cameras as follows:
Note 6.A.3.b. does not apply to television or video cameras, specially designed for television broadcasting.
1. Video cameras incorporating solid-state sensors, having a peak response in the wavelength range exceeding 10 nm but not exceeding 30,000 nm and having all of the following:
a. Having any of the following:
1. More than 4 x 10⁶ "active pixels" per solid-state array for monochrome (black and white) cameras;
2. More than 4 x 10⁶ "active pixels" per solid-state array for colour cameras incorporating three solid-state arrays; or
3. More than 12 x 10⁶ "active pixels" for solid-state array colour cameras incorporating one solid-state array; and
b. Having any of the following:
1. Optical mirrors specified in 6.A.4.a.;
2. Optical control equipment specified in 6.A.4.d.; or
3. The capability for annotating internally generated 'camera tracking data';
Technical Notes
1. For the purposes of 6.A.3.b.1., digital video cameras should be evaluated by the maximum number of "active pixels" used for capturing moving images.
2. For the purposes of 6.A.3.b.1.b.3., 'camera tracking data' is the information necessary to define camera line of sight orientation with respect to the earth. This includes: 1) the horizontal angle the camera line of sight makes with respect to the earth's magnetic field direction and; 2) the vertical angle between the camera line of sight and the earth's horizon.
b. 2. Scanning cameras and scanning camera systems, having all of the following:
a. A peak response in the wavelength range exceeding 10 nm but not exceeding 30,000 nm;
b. Linear detector arrays with more than 8,192 elements per array; and
c. Mechanical scanning in one direction;
Note 6.A.3.b.2. does not apply to scanning cameras and scanning camera systems, specially designed for any of the following:
a. Industrial or civilian photocopiers;
b. Image scanners specially designed for civil, stationary, close proximity scanning applications (e.g., reproduction of images or print contained in documents, artwork or photographs); or
c. Medical equipment.
b. 3. Imaging cameras incorporating image intensifier tubes having the characteristics listed in 6.A.2.a.2.a. or 6.A.2.a.2.b.;
b. 4. Imaging cameras, not specified in 6.A.2.b., incorporating "focal plane arrays" having any of the following:
a. Incorporating "focal plane arrays" specified in 6.A.2.a.3.a. to 6.A.2.a.3.e.;
b. Incorporating "focal plane arrays" specified in 6.A.2.a.3.f.; or
c. Incorporating "focal plane arrays" specified in 6.A.2.a.3.g.;
Note 1 Imaging cameras specified in 6.A.3.b.4. include "focal plane arrays" combined with sufficient "signal processing" electronics, beyond the read out integrated circuit, to enable as a minimum the output of an analogue or digital signal once power is supplied.
Note 2 6.A.3.b.4.a. does not apply to imaging cameras incorporating linear "focal plane arrays" with 12 elements or fewer, not employing time-delay-and-integration within the element and designed for any of the following:
a. Industrial or civilian intrusion alarm, traffic or industrial movement control or counting systems;
b. Industrial equipment used for inspection or monitoring of heat flows in buildings, equipment or industrial processes;
c. Industrial equipment used for inspection, sorting or analysis of the properties of materials;
d. Equipment specially designed for laboratory use; or
e. Medical equipment.
Note 3 6.A.3.b.4.b. does not apply to imaging cameras having any of the following:
a. A maximum frame rate equal to or less than 9 Hz;
b. Having all of the following:
1. Having a minimum horizontal or vertical 'Instantaneous Field of View (IFOV)' of at least 2 mrad (milliradians);
Technical Note
For the purposes of 6.A.3.b.4. Note 3.b.1., 'Instantaneous Field of View (IFOV)' is the lesser figure of the 'Horizontal IFOV' or the 'Vertical IFOV'.
'Horizontal IFOV' = horizontal Field of View (FOV)/number of horizontal detector elements
'Vertical IFOV' = vertical Field of View (FOV)/number of vertical detector elements.
2. Incorporating a fixed focal-length lens that is not designed to be removed;
3. Not incorporating a 'direct view' display; and
4. Having any of the following:
a. No facility to obtain a viewable image of the detected Field of View; or
b. The camera is designed for a single kind of application and designed not to be user modified; or
Note 3 to 6.A.3.b.4.b. cont.
c. The camera is specially designed for installation into a civilian passenger land vehicle and having all of the following:
1. The placement and configuration of the camera within the vehicle are solely to assist the driver in the safe operation of the vehicle;
2. Is only operable when installed in any of the following:
a. The civilian passenger land vehicle for which it was intended and the vehicle weighs less than 4,500 kg (gross vehicle weight); or
b. A specially designed, authorized maintenance test facility; and
3. Incorporates an active mechanism that forces the camera not to function when it is removed from the vehicle for which it was intended.
Note When necessary, details of the item will be provided, upon request, to the appropriate authority in the exporter's country in order to ascertain compliance with the conditions described in Note 3.b.4. and Note 3.c. above.
Note 4 6.A.3.b.4.c. does not apply to imaging cameras having any of the following characteristics:
a. Having all of the following:
1. Where the camera is specially designed for installation as an integrated component into indoor and wall-plug-operated systems or equipment, limited by design for a single kind of application, as follows:
a. Industrial process monitoring, quality control, or analysis of the properties of materials;
b. Laboratory equipment specially designed for scientific research;
c. Medical equipment;
d. Financial fraud detection equipment;
2. Is only operable when installed in any of the following:
a. The system(s) or equipment for which it was intended; or
b. A specially designed, authorised maintenance facility; and
3. Incorporates an active mechanism that forces the camera not to function when it is removed from the system(s) or equipment for which it was intended;
Note 4 to 6.A.3.b.4.c. cont.
b. Where the camera is specially designed for installation into a civilian passenger land vehicle or passenger and vehicle ferries, and having all of the following:
1. The placement and configuration of the camera within the vehicle or ferry is solely to assist the driver or operator in the safe operation of the vehicle or ferry;
2. Is only operable when installed in any of the following:
a. The civilian passenger land vehicle for which it was intended and the vehicle weighs less than 4,500 kg (gross vehicle weight);
b. The passenger and vehicle ferry for which it was intended and having a Length Overall (LOA) 65 m or greater; or
c. A specially designed, authorised maintenance test facility; and
3. Incorporates an active mechanism that forces the camera not to function when it is removed from the vehicle for which it was intended;
c. Limited by design to have a maximum "radiant sensitivity" of 10 mA/W or less for wavelengths exceeding 760 nm, having all of the following:
1. Incorporating a response limiting mechanism designed not to be removed or modified;
2. Incorporates an active mechanism that forces the camera not to function when the response limiting mechanism is removed; and
3. Not specially designed or modified for underwater use; or
d. Having all of the following:
1. Not incorporating a 'direct view' or electronic image display;
2. Has no facility to output a viewable image of the detected field of view;
3. The "focal plane array" is only operable when installed in the camera for which it was intended; and
4. The "focal plane array" incorporates an active mechanism that forces it to be permanently inoperable when removed from the camera for which it was intended.
Note When necessary, details of the item will be provided, upon request, to the appropriate authority in the exporter’s country in order to ascertain compliance with the conditions described in Note 4 above.
Technical Note
For the purposes of 6.A.3.b.4., 'direct view' refers to an imaging camera operating in the infrared spectrum that presents a visual image to a human observer using a near-to-eye micro display incorporating any light-security mechanism.
b. 5. Imaging cameras incorporating solid-state detectors specified in 6.A.2.a.1.
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