Scientists develop all-seeing eye for surveillance

OP - June 09, 2010, 07:07 AM

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Scientists develop all-seeing eye for surveillance
The system is currently under development by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate
Tuesday, June 08, 2010

LONDON, UK: A new video surveillance system will give law enforcement a godlike omniscience, with its all-seeing eye, one that will leave nothing to chance.

The system is currently under development by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).

In the event of a terrorist attack, investigators can pore over the most recent video, using pan, zoom, and tilt controls to reconstruct who did what and when.

Because these controls are virtual, different regions of a crime scene can feasibly be studied by separate investigative teams simultaneously.

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 very 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-resolution video quilt.

“Coverage this sweeping, with detail this fine, requires a very high pixel count,” says programme manager John Fortune, of S&T’s Infrastructure and Geophysical Division.

“ISIS has a resolution capability of 100 megapixels.”

Many of the ISIS capabilities were adapted from technology previously developed by MIT’s Lincoln Lab for military applications.

http://www.ciol.com/Technology/Security/News-Reports/Scientists-develop-all-seeing-eye-for-surveillance/137380/0/

Re: Scientists develop all-seeing eye for surveillance

Reply #2 - June 09, 2010, 12:30 PM

cool. speaking of eyes, i just had laser eye surgery a few days ago. i can see!!!! my vision is currently 20/15 ('fighter pilot level vision') but could progress to 20/10 given a bit more time for my eyes to fully heal. my wife has natural 20/10 vision which is quite amazing - and i want to get as good eyesight as her dance

''we are morally and philisophically in the best position to win the league'' - Arsene Wenger

Re: Scientists develop all-seeing eye for surveillance

Reply #4 - June 09, 2010, 01:28 PM

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