Fluxdata has introduced the FD-1665P, a compact real-time polarisation camera for use in surveillance, defence, medical and machine vision applications.
The FD-1665P is a three-CCD camera system capable of collecting video at three linear polarisation orientations simultaneously.
Polarimetric imaging is an active research area in medical, machine vision and defence applications.
Because the polarimetric preserving and/or inducing properties of materials are often complementary to their spectral signatures, polarisation provides additional information to analysts and researchers.
Polarisation imaging has been used to identify stress and defects in aircraft assemblies; 'see' into the water column in littoral and marine applications; separate specular from diffuse reflectance for material analysis and identification; and automatically detect manmade objects in natural surroundings.
Fluxdata said the FD-1665P is an ideal solution to address all of these areas, capturing simultaneous registered video from its three sensors.
The optical system is based on the Fluxdata FD-1665, a flexible 3-CCD camera system that can be configured with user-specified filters in front of each sensor.
The standard offering for the FD-1665P is 0-, 45-, and 90-degree linear polarisation filters in front of the three RGB sensors at up to 120 frames per second.
The internal configuration of the camera system allows for high data-throughput and independent control of exposure, gain and frame rate for maintaining high signal-to-noise ratios from each sensor.
The three CCDs can be simultaneously or sequentially triggered via software or hardware.
The system accepts 14-1,500mm lenses in F-mount and T-mount styles, and includes connection points for fixed or tripod mounting.
The optical system is integrated into a redesigned, compact enclosure, measuring approximately 4.8 x 3.5 x 4.4in.
The design offers direct connections to the Firewire, GPIO and power connections of each camera in a small, finished package.
The polarimetric optical engine is also available in an embedded configuration that combines it with a full computer and provides the user with in-camera processing capabilities.
