A group of researchers at Sony and the University of Alabama in Huntsville are about to get the better of the jigsaw puzzle of tiled pieces at the root of an image, that often create problem in identifying quantity and quality of a picture.
Sony is working on a wide-angle camera with gigapixel resolution, capable of recording images of 10-kilometre-square area from an altitude of 7.5 kilometers at 4 frames/second with a resolution better than 50 centimeters per pixel.
The camera uses radial mounting of plural cameras on a curved surface so that the lines of sight of the cameras intersect inwardly collecting all different parts captured simultaneously by the cameras, to create the full image.
With a variety of purposes, it can capture and transmit real time images of a specific region or environment from an aerial vehicle on an indication.
It could provide tremendous help in military operation by collecting clearer surveillance images of large areas for troops on the ground.
Via: Newscientist
