Eight of Toshiba Imaging's ultra-compact IK-HR1S high-definition, one-piece cameras were recently aboard four missions to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere.
Using the imagery captured by the Toshiba cameras, Toshiba produced a 60sec HD commercial of a living room chair being carried into space by a helium balloon.
The IK-HR1S cameras' compact size (1.75 x 1.75 x 3in) and the HD-SDI video output capability, with switchable 1080i/720p scanning options, made them suitable for the flight missions to the edge of space.
Also attached to the rigging frame were four GPS systems to record altitude longitude and latitude, and to monitor, via a computer satellite system, the location of the camera rig once it had fallen back to Earth.
