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From: "U.S. Department of Homeland Security" departmentofhomelandsecurity@govdelivery.com Date: 6 maja 2010 21:59:54 CEST To: tomeko@agh.edu.pl Subject: New S&T Snapshot: ISIS: New Video Camera Sees It All Reply-To: "U.S. Department of Homeland Security" departmentofhomelandsecurity@govdelivery.com

ISIS: New Video Camera Sees It All

The Imaging System for Immersive Surveillance (or ISIS) takes new video-camera and image-stitching technology and bolts it to a ceiling, mounts it on a roof, or fastens it to a truck-mounted telescoping mast

Like a bug-eyed fisheye lens, ISIS sees v-e-r-y wide. But that’s where the similarity ends. Whereas a typical fisheye lens distorts the image and can only provide limited resolution, video from ISIS is perfectly detailed, edge-to-edge. That’s because the video is made from a series of individual cameras stitched into a single live view like a high-res video quilt.

“Coverage this sweeping, with detail this fine, requires a very high pixel count,” says program manager Dr. John Fortune, of S&T’s Infrastructure and Geophysical Division, “ISIS has a resolution capability of 100 megapixels.” That’s as detailed as 50 full-HDTV movies playing at once, with optical detail to spare. You can zoom in close…and closer…without losing clarity.

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