Automated calibration and optical testing of the AWARE-2 gigapixel multiscale camera

David S. Kittle, Daniel L. Marks, David J. Brady

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6 Scopus citations

Abstract

Gigapixel-class cameras present new challenges in calibration, mechanical testing, and optical performance evaluation. The AWARE-2 gigapixel camera has nearly one-hundred micro-cameras covering a 120 degree wide by 40 degree tall field of view, with one pixel spanning an 8 arcsec field angle. Viewing the imagery requires stitching the sub-images together by applying an accurate mapping of registration parameters over the entire field of view. For this purpose, a testbed has been developed to automatically calibrate and test each micro-camera in the array. Using translation stages, rotation stages, and a spatial light modulator for object space, this testbed can project any test scene into a specified micro-camera, building up image quality metrics and a registration look-up table over the entire array.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of SPIE-IS and T Electronic Imaging - Digital Photography IX
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
EventDigital Photography IX - Burlingame, CA, United States
Duration: Feb 4 2013Feb 6 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8660
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceDigital Photography IX
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBurlingame, CA
Period2/4/132/6/13

Keywords

  • Calibration
  • Gigapixel Camera
  • Optical testing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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