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Raytheon's 360-Degree Image Sensor Provides Unswerving All-Around View
Posted by Wilson Rothman at 3:07 AM on December 20, 2007
In like very single movie, the ninja outsmarts the security system by waiting until the motorised camera pans the other way. Well what if, asks Raytheon, what if the camera didn't have to swerve? Parabolic mirrors and other devices have been used to create 360-degree cameras before. (I once shot footage on one in Grand Central Terminal back in 1999, and used software to de-distort the shot into a nice pannable interactive movie.) But the Eagle-300 takes it further: the sensor itself can see in all directions, for better resolution at longer ranges. Right now, this thing is only coveted by border security firms run by people with (seriously not made-up) names like Harry "Skipper" Darlington IV, but how soon until this breakthrough can give us that 360-degree cameraphone we truly deserve? [Raytheon; Hydra image source]
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tblain
Posted 12:55 PM 19/12/07
it's not a camera, it's a sensor.
Which means it's an advanced RADAR that can detect locate and track objects. I think the confusion comes from the DVR reference. It just records the data and can be "rewound" in order to view it in a forensic manner.
tblain
ctthoqqua
Posted 12:49 PM 19/12/07
Tiamat! Baby, where ya been?
ctthoqqua
Wilson Rothman
Posted 12:34 PM 19/12/07
@klaybc: Looks like a camera array that stitches the simultaneous pictures together into a single image. Very cool, but I think a single 360-degree sensor still beats it in the coolness dept.
Wilson Rothman
klaybc
Posted 12:07 PM 19/12/07
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