The subject of this invention is the network camera sensitive to both
visual and near-infrared or infrared spectral bands and comprising two or
more image sensors with different spectral responses, one or more image
processors, and network interfaces. In the preferred embodiment the
network camera disclosed in this invention comprises two image sensors
with individual optics, where both sensors have similar fields of view.
In the preferred embodiment of the present invention one of the sensors
is color image sensor with infrared-cut filter positioned in front of
pixel array, while the other sensor is monochrome image sensor with
optics characterized by lower f-number than that used for color sensor
and without infrared-cut filter in its field of view. In one of the
embodiments of this invention, monochrome sensor has larger pixel sizes
than color sensor to provide for higher low-light sensitivity.