White Papers

1. Defense and Security

   1. Enhanced Surveillance System Based on Panomorph Panoramic Lenses

   This paper presents a new advanced surveillance system featuring a panoramic Panomorph lens for event detection, recognition and identification over a 360° area with 100% coverage. This innovative approach provides enhanced performance with better pixel/cost ratio.

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   2. IR Panomorph Lens Imager and Applications

   This paper evaluates a new Infra Red (MWIR-LWIR) panomorph lens imager, and identifies how it can be integrated on various defense vision systems. See how cost/pixel ratio is improved by providing an increased resolution in the zone of interest. Various configurations and scenarios including advantages and drawbacks are discussed.

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2. Automotive

   1. Novel Compact Panomorph Lens Based Vision System for Monitoring Around a Vehicle

   A customized panomorph imaging system will provide the maximum information for the drivers with a reduced number of sensors. Because panomorph lenses are optimized to a custom angle-to-pixel relationship, vision systems provide ideal image coverage that reduces and optimizes the processing. This paper is application based and is a good introduction to the next one.

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   2. 360o Vision System: Opportunities in Transportation

   Panoramic 360° Field of View imaging can contribute most to the perception of the world around a driver than any other sensors. This paper details our work on panomorph optics and its potential for transportation industry applications.

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   3. Multi-task single lens for automotive vision applications

   This paper presents how panomorph technology is one of the most promising ways to integrate many automotive vision applications (processing/viewing) onto one single camera module.

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3. Image Processing

   1. Hemispheric Image Formation: Concepts & Applications

   In this paper, we present a new optical design technique that provides a greater degree of freedom in producing a variety of hemispheric spatial light distribution areas. Also we present a novel image formation technique that required the development of new algorithms in order to view the panoramic image on a display without any residual distortion.

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4. Medical

   1. 360° endoscopy using panomorph lens technology

   This paper presents the results of our investigation of a new innovative approach based on a wide angle panomorph lens designed for endoscopes and its dedicated visualisation software. This lens is based on human vision which increases the resolution in the field of view of interest to meet the image quality requirement specific to endoscopic applications.

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5. Miscellaneous Optics

   1. Panoramic Lens Applications Revisited

   In this paper, we present several modern applications where usage of hemispheric lenses could be used with success. Covered applications include medical imaging (endoscope, rigiscope, fiberscope…), remote sensing (pipe inspection, crime scene investigation, archeology…), multimedia (hemispheric projector, panoramic image…).

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   2. Space Telemetric Panomorph Imaging System for micro/nano Satellite

   In this paper, we propose the development of a panomorph lens optical module designed to record wide and broadband images of a panoramic scene around the satellite. A key requirement of the optical module is to be able to manage the field coverage properties to distinguish true element that can be used for star tracking, earth horizon sensing and related tracking functionalities.

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   3. Enhanced optical design by distortion control

   The control of optical distortion is useful for the design of a variety of optical system. This paper presents some lens design and real system examples that clearly demonstrate how the distortion control can improve the system performances such as resolution. We present innovative optical system which increases the resolution in the field of view of interest to meet the needs of specific applications.

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