Sony Develops 360° Full-Circle Lens Video Camera
Posted on Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:04:43 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
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In the November edition of Sony's CX-News Semiconductor and LCD Newsletter a new 360° Full-Circle Lens is featured.
Until now, taking a 360° panorama with
a normal lens has required taking multiple
shots while rotating the camera slowly and
then combining (“stitching”) those shots
together to form the panorama.
In contrast,
the 360° full-circle lens allows the
full 360° surroundings of the camera to
be imaged at the same time with a single
lens.
Sony has now developed a camera module that uses this 360° full-circle lens, and is releasing as commercial products both a camera module that uses a 380K-pixel, 30 fps CCD that outputs a ring-shaped image as a composite video signal as well as a high-resolution camera module that uses a 1.28 MP, 7.5 fps CCD with a built-in panorama expansion processing function.
The new lens has applications in Communication, Image storage, Home monitoring and other Sensor applications.
More Details in Sony CX-News Vol.34.
No dates available on when the Sony 360° Full-Circle Lens will be in a Sony Camera.
See Also:
Bestselling Sony Digital Cameras
Sony DSC-T1 5MP Review
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Posted on Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:04:43 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
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