ECLIPSE ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: The Eclipse Gigapixel Camera system is a low cost ultra high resolution camera system comb
ECLIPSE ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $729,913
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Solicitation
- 2009.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- FL
- Period
- 2011-03-14
Description
The Eclipse Gigapixel Camera system is a low cost ultra high resolution camera system combining modern high resolution CMOS image sensors with commercial packaging techniques and innovative optics. This camera is orders of magnitude lower in cost than previous ultra resolution systems while still delivering incredible image resolution. The camera delivers a 2.3 gigapixel full color image twice a second while occupying only 150 cubic inches and weighing less than 5 pounds. The reduced size, weight and cost of this camera enables it"s use in wide variety of applications unmanned aerial vehicles, ground vehicles and even stationary locations like buildings, towers, and mountaintops. The field of view of the camera is dynamically reconfigurable to eliminate the data overhead of unused picture areas.