Development of a scalable image formation pipeline for multiscale gigapixel photography.

Journal Article (Journal Article)

We report on the image formation pipeline developed to efficiently form gigapixel-scale imagery generated by the AWARE-2 multiscale camera. The AWARE-2 camera consists of 98 "microcameras" imaging through a shared spherical objective, covering a 120° x 50° field of view with approximately 40 microradian instantaneous field of view (the angular extent of a pixel). The pipeline is scalable, capable of producing imagery ranging in scope from "live" one megapixel views to full resolution gigapixel images. Architectural choices that enable trivially parallelizable algorithms for rapid image formation and on-the-fly microcamera alignment compensation are discussed.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Golish, DR; Vera, EM; Kelly, KJ; Gong, Q; Jansen, PA; Hughes, JM; Kittle, DS; Brady, DJ; Gehm, ME

Published Date

  • September 2012

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 20 / 20

Start / End Page

  • 22048 - 22062

PubMed ID

  • 23037355

Pubmed Central ID

  • 23037355

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1094-4087

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1094-4087

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1364/oe.20.022048

Language

  • eng