This system is consists of 150 microcameras, 120 by 70 degree
FOV, 38 microradian FOV for a single pixel, and an effective
f-number of 2.17. Each microcamera operates at 10 fps at
full resolution. The camera is shown in figure 1.
| Objective Lens |
Focal Length 70 mm, f/3.5 Outer semi-diameter 30.136mm, Track length of 64mm FOV 120 degrees, 400-700nm |
| Microcamera optics |
f/2.17 Effective focal length of 11.7mm Track length of 41mm, outer diameter of 7.2mm |
| Pixels |
2.1 Gigapixels RAW data, Composited pixels: 63,000x31,000 ~ 1.47 GP |
| FOV |
120x70 degrees |
| ifov |
38 microrad, 64 microrad
achieved resolution |
| Power |
588 Watts |
| Size |
0.75 x 0.75 x 0.5 meters |
| Image capture |
Full resolution: 2.0137
gigabytes, 150 .pgm images from all cameras Each image: 4384x3288 pixels, 13.747 MegaBytes Binning and ROI at camera control module for reduced size image capture--independently controlled for each camera |
| Download |
Full resolution over single
Ethernet: 21 seconds Entire array, 16x binning: 0.4-0.6 seconds |
| Video streaming |
10fps off CMOS to camera
control module, download to computer dependant on Ethernet
link and number of cameras. Overhead for single camera
is roughly 0.15 seconds per frame regardless of image
size. |
| HDMI |
Direct HDMI link from camera
control module for 10 fps HD video |