Camera Optics IFU032(03)

What is Camera Optics?

This page explains how to manage Camera Optics configurations in the RARE web portal. You’ll learn how to create, edit, and assign optics profiles to phones and housings, supporting robust calibration, validation, and traceability for your lateral flow assay workflows.

Camera Optics configurations define how each supported phone captures images for a given housing. This ensures that image capture is consistent, reproducible, and validated—critical for reliable assay interpretation and regulatory compliance.

Camera Optics works together with:

• Phone Management – which phones are supported

• Methods – which Housing and Camera Optics pair is used when capturing images

You usually don’t change Camera Optics frequently. Instead, you:

• Create or select an appropriate optics profile

• Attach it to the right phones

• Then choose that optics profile in your Methods

Accessing Camera Optics

1. Log in to the RARE Portal as a paid user.

2. In the left-hand menu, go to Phone Management → Camera Optics.

3. The Camera Optics list page opens.

Understanding the Camera Optics list

The Camera Optics list shows all optics profiles that have been defined.

Each row represents a single Camera Optics configuration.

Typical columns include:

• Name – The name of the optics configuration (e.g. Default Camera Optics).

• Description – Short text describing how or where this configuration is used.

• Housing – Which assay Housing is linked to this configuration.

• Date Created / Date Updated – When it was first created and last changed.

• Actions – Options to view or edit the configuration.

Use this list to check:

• If a profile exists for a particular phone/housing.

• Which housings share the same optics profile.

• When a profile was last updated.

Filtering and sorting Camera Optics

If you have many Camera Optics entries, use filters and sorting to find the right one.

Filter

At the top of the list you may be able to:

• Search by name – Type part of the optics configuration name.

• Filter by phone / model (if available) – Show only optics profiles linked to a particular phone.

If you see no results, clear or relax your filters.

Sort

Click on a column header (for example, Name or Updated) to sort the list in ascending or descending order. This helps to:

• Bring the most recently updated profiles to the top

• Group similar names together

Actions available

Each row has an Actions menu or buttons. Common actions are:

• View / Edit – See the details of the optics configuration, and / or Change the optics configuration.

Creating a new Camera Optics configuration

Step 1 – Basic details

1. On the Camera Optics list page, click Create New (or Create Camera Optics, depending on your UI). The Create Camera Optics screen opens.

Enter the basic information:

• Name

  • Enter a clear, descriptive name.

• Description

  • Briefly describe how or where this profile is used.

  • Example: Default optics configuration for Hourglass Housing

These names and descriptions will appear later when selecting Camera Optics in Methods.

Step 2 - Select Housing

Each Camera Optics configuration must be linked to a Housing. This tells RARE which physical test Housing this optics profile was designed and validated for.

1. Click the Housing dropdown.

2. Scroll to search for the correct Housing name (for example, Hourglass Housing, etc.).

3. Click the Housing that matches how this optics profile was developed and tested.

If you can’t see the Housing you expect:

• Make sure the Housing has already been created in Configurations .

• If a required Housing is missing or unclear, contact your RARE administrator or the person responsible for Housing setup.

Step 3 – Calibrate phone models

Use this step to choose which phones will use this Camera Optics configuration, and to fine‑tune how each phone captures images (zoom, H factor, ultrawide).

Select phone models

This panel shows a checklist of phone models or phone families which is maintained by your RARE administrator.

To select phone models:

1. Tick the checkbox next to each phone model that should use this Camera Optics configuration.

2. As you tick items, the Calibrate phone models table below is updated to show one row per selected phone.

If you don’t see a phone model you expect:

• The phone model might not have been added yet by your RARE administrator.

• If a required phone is missing or incorrectly named, contact your RARE administrator to update the phone list.

Calibrate phone models

After you select phone models, the Calibrate phone models table appears with one row per phone.

Typical columns:

• Phone model – The user‑friendly name for the phone (for example, iPhone 14, Samsung Galaxy S22). This is the name you will normally recognise and select.

• Internal code – The manufacturer or internal model identifier (for example, iPhone14,7). The manufacturer or internal model identifier (for example, iPhone14,7). This is used to align with result information sent from the RARE app, which retrieves this code from the phone during use.

• H factor – Overrides the default H factor from the Method (if set).

• Zoom factor – Scales how much the camera is zoomed when capturing images.

• Ultrawide – Yes/No: whether the phone should use the ultrawide camera instead of the main camera.

Use this table to tweak how each selected phone captures images for this Camera Optics profile.

Per‑phone settings

When to adjust these values (and when not to)

You should adjust H factor, zoom factor or ultrawide when:

• You are performing a formal calibration or validation for a new or updated phone.

• You have evidence from test images that a specific phone needs a small correction to match other phones.

• You are adding a phone to an existing optics profile and need to bring its behaviour into line.

You should avoid changing these values when:

• The phone performs acceptably in production and there is no validation data to justify the change.

• You are not responsible for optics / camera calibration.

• The change has not been assessed under your change‑control / validation process.

Step 4 – Save

1. Check that the Name and Description are clear and correct.

2. Check that the correct Housing is linked.

3. Check that the correct phones are selected and have appropriate settings applied.

4. Click Save.

You are returned to the Camera Optics list, and the new profile appears in the table.

Viewing and editing an existing Camera Optics configuration

To review or update a Camera Optics profile:

1. From the Camera Optics list, find the entry you want.

2. Click View to open and Edit to make changes.

Make any necessary edits, then click Save.

Enabling or Disabling a Camera Optics Profile

Profiles are always available for selection in Methods unless disabled.

Permissions and Visibility

• Only users with appropriate roles can create, edit, or delete Camera Optics profiles.

• All actions are logged for audit and compliance.

After You’ve Done This

• The Camera Optics profile is available for use in Methods.

• All changes are traceable; previous versions can be reviewed for audit.

• Consistent image capture is ensured across supported phones and housings.