Thursday, May 28, 2015

Pelican Imaging Expands into Array of Different Cameras

Up to now, Pelican Imaging camera components in the array had the same FOV and viewing direction. Its new patent application US20150146029 "Array Camera Configurations Incorporating Multiple Constituent Array Cameras" by Kartik Venkataraman and Jacques Duparré, presents integration of "a plurality of constituent array cameras, where each constituent array camera has a distinct field of view and/or a distinct viewing direction." The main advantage of that is implementation of zoom feature:


Now it becomes fairly similar to Corephotonics and Linx Imaging proposals.

2 comments:

  1. seems to me like they should get 1 array camera working and on the market first before diversifying :)

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  2. Pelican imaging just layed off most of the company.

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