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Re: Calculating distance with an Axis Camera 206

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Originally Posted by Chris_Elston View Post

This will get you a size. The bigger the area, the closer you are. The smaller the area, the further away you are.
Would it be more accurate to use the ratio of size of the rectangle in comparison to the overall picture (ie. The smaller the rectangle in pixels, the farther away you are moving from it) and then using the length and width of the sides to calculate for angle?

And I'm one of those NEMs (Non-engineering Mentors) so the math escapes me completely here.
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