Hikvision DS-2CD6365G1-S/RC 6MP Fisheye Camera with People Counting and Heat Mapping

The Hikvision DS-2CD6365G1-S/RC is a 6MP fisheye that is really a retail analytics instrument. It watches a whole room from one ceiling mount — and then tells you how many people came in, how long they queued, and where they spent their time.

What it measures, not just what it records

Four analytics run on the camera itself:

• People counting — in, out and passing by, counted separately, across up to three detection regions. Data is stored on the camera and can be emailed daily, weekly, monthly or annually
• Queue management — up to eight regions, measuring both how many are queuing and how long they wait. Alarms on thresholds, reports comparing one till or counter against another, and raw data export
• Heat mapping — a graphic of where people go and how long they dwell, as a space heat map or a time line chart
• Intersection analysis — flow through a junction of up to ten ways

That is a different purchase from a security camera. It answers questions a shop manager asks — is the second till worth opening, which aisle end actually works, when does the queue build — rather than questions about an incident.

180° by 180°, from one point

The 1.16mm lens covers a full hemisphere — 180 degrees horizontally and vertically — at 2560 × 2560. One camera in the middle of a ceiling sees the whole room, with no blind spot beneath it and nothing to aim.

Twenty display modes dewarp that circular image into something usable: 180° panorama, 360° panorama, fisheye plus three or eight virtual PTZ views, hemisphere, cylinder, and several more. You can pull virtual pan-tilt-zoom views out of the recorded footage after the fact — the whole scene is always captured.

It also listens

Four built-in microphones, plus line in and line out, audio exception detection, and SIP support for integration with a VoIP phone system or PBX. There are two alarm inputs and two outputs rated 24V DC at 1A.

Be clear about what it will not do

Identification range is 2.3 metres. That is the honest figure, and it follows from spreading 6MP across a full hemisphere. This camera tells you that forty people came in and eleven queued for four minutes. It will not tell you who they were beyond very close range.

Pair it with a conventional camera at the door if you need identification — they do different jobs and the combination is the right answer for most retail sites.

Operating range is −10°C to +40°C and there is no weather rating. Indoor only, and not in an unheated warehouse in winter.

Digital WDR, not true WDR, and low light is 0.01 lux. It wants a lit space.

Specification

• Sensor: 1/1.8" progressive scan CMOS, 2560 × 2560 (6MP)
• Lens: fixed 1.16mm, F2.25, 180° × 180°
• Depth of field: 0.2m to ∞
• Frame rate: 25/30 fps
• DORI: D 23.2m, O 9.2m, R 4.6m, I 2.3m
• Low light: 0.01 lux colour, 0.005 lux mono
• Display modes: 20, including fisheye, 180° and 360° panorama, 4PTZ, fisheye + 3PTZ or 8PTZ, hemisphere, cylinder
• Analytics: people counting, queue management, heat map, intersection analysis, line crossing, intrusion, region entrance and exit, unattended baggage, object removal, defocus detection
• Audio: 4 built-in microphones, 3.5mm line in and line out, SIP/VoIP support
• Alarm: 2 inputs, 2 outputs (max 24V DC, 1A)
• Storage: microSD to 256GB with ANR and card health detection, plus NAS
• Open platform: HEOP 2.0 — 2 TOPS, 800MB smart RAM, Caffe / TensorFlow / PyTorch
• Network: RJ45 10/100/1000, ONVIF Profile S, G and T, RS-485
• Power: 12V DC (7W) or PoE 802.3af Class 3 (max 8W)
• Housing: metal, Ø165 × 48.9 mm
• Operating range: −10°C to +40°C, indoor
• Mounting: wall, table or ceiling

Frequently asked questions

What is the /RC for?

It denotes the retail-analytics build — people counting, queue management and heat mapping run on the camera and produce scheduled reports.

Can I recognise faces with it?

Only within about 2.3 metres. A fisheye spreads its pixels across a whole hemisphere, so it is a counting and behaviour camera, not an identification camera. Pair it with a conventional camera at the entrance.

Do I need special software for the analytics?

The counting, queueing and heat map functions run on the camera and can email reports directly. Hik-Central adds richer reporting if you want it.

Can I zoom into the recorded footage?

Yes. The full hemisphere is always recorded, so you can pull virtual PTZ views out of past footage — something a conventional camera cannot do.

Can it go outside or in a cold store?

No. −10°C to +40°C with no weather rating, so heated indoor spaces only.

Trade prices apply — apply for a trade account or log in. Browse IP cameras or call 01902 902251 to talk through a retail analytics setup.