A turbid-water camera is under testing in a laboratory pool. [Photo provided by Lu Bing for the official news website of Zhoushan]

Deep Vision Tech, a company based in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang province, has developed a next-generation turbid-water camera that improves underwater visibility in high-turbidity conditions, offering clearer imaging for rescue operations, engineering inspection, and marine monitoring.

The company said that the device more than doubles the effective visual range compared with conventional underwater cameras in murky waters. During simulated tests in a laboratory pool with visibility below half a meter, the camera transmitted real-time images with clear outlines and discernible details, demonstrating stable performance in challenging conditions commonly found in coastal waters around Zhoushan.

Traditional underwater cameras provide an effective viewing distance of about 10 centimeters in waters with nephelometric turbidity units around 30, limiting efficiency and safety during operations. The new device overcomes this long-standing technical constraint by integrating AI-based de-turbidity algorithms, low-latency data transmission, and a lightweight structural design, enabling clearer imaging and more accurate target identification in complex environments.

The camera has entered the market with a unit price of 100,000 yuan ($14,194), about half the cost of comparable overseas products.

Within just six months, the company has achieved multiple breakthroughs in turbid-water imaging and deep-sea detection, contributing new technical momentum to Zhoushan's marine technology and high-end equipment manufacturing sectors.