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6 September 2016
Phase One Industrial has introduced two innovations for the aerial mapping/photography industry: a new shutter design and a new approach to four-band imaging.
NEW SHUTTER
The new shutter technology, part of the new iXU-RS aerial camera series, is based on a direct drive concept with electronic charging that boosts exposure speed up to 1/2,500 second, while guaranteeing half a million exposures, an unprecedented shutter life span.
The series' flagship 100-Mp iXU-RS1000 camera system boasts a capture rate of 0.6 seconds per frame with a CMOS sensor sensitivity of 50-6400 ISO.
The package is "uniquely designed to expand the efficiency of aerial imaging operations, including under deteriorating weather conditions or on days that were previously not conducive to image capture, allowing faster flights and larger surface coverage," the company said.
FOUR-BAND IMAGING
The Phase One 4-Band Solution incorporates a batch-processing tool to automate the four-band aerial image generation process.
Adding a fourth band of near infrared image data to three-band color image data is particularly useful in vegetation studies ranging from crop metrics to vegetation health, environmental contamination and city observations for green site monitoring.
Two synchronized Phase One metric aerial cameras are mounted side-by-side on a specially designed base plate with a Phase One iX Controller and Phase One iX Capture software. Images are captured in NIR and RGB bands simultaneously and processed automatically to generate distortion-free images and perform fine co-registration of the pixels from NIR to the RGB images.
For more information see the news releases below.
Phase One Industrial Launches iXU-RS Aerial Camera Series Featuring Innovative Central Lens Shutter Design
Flagship iXU-RS1000 Aerial Camera Redefines Precision and Reliability
COPENHAGEN -- Phase One Industrial today introduced the iXU-RS aerial camera series, featuring a breakthrough central lens shutter design. The new shutter technology is based on an innovative direct drive concept with electronic charging that enhances exposure speed to as fast as 1/2500s, while guaranteeing half a million exposures, an unprecedented shutter life span.
The series' flagship 100-Mp iXU-RS1000 camera system, with the advanced lens shutter, an exceptional capture rate of 0.6 seconds per frame and its CMOS sensor with superior light sensitivity of 50-6400 ISO, is uniquely designed to expand the efficiency of aerial imaging operations, including under deteriorating weather conditions or on days that were previously not conducive to image capture, allowing faster flights and larger surface coverage.
For a small-bodied medium format camera, the iXU-RS1000 offers a large format quality experience thanks to its sensor technology and high performance optics, which can deliver 11,608 pixels cross-track coverage. Users can gain more image coverage during a flight, while maintaining the same ground sample distance or a lower GSD, while flying at the same height. Its small form factor supports multiple uses -- as a standalone camera for photogrammetric work or as part of an array (to cover a larger swath) or as part of an oblique camera system.
Other iXU-RS series cameras include the 80-Mp iXU-RS180 and 60-Mp iXU-RS160 and 160 Achromatic systems. All iXU-RS series cameras feature accurate metric calibration, scalability to form multi-camera arrays and easy integration with popular flight management systems and GPS/IMU receivers. There are seven available lens options, including: 32mm, 40mm, 50mm, 70mm, 90mm, 110mm and 150mm. Lenses have been designed and built for aerial photography by Rodenstock and Schneider Kreuznach and factory calibrated for infinity focus.
Easily integrated into existing or new set-ups, the cameras offer maximum connectivity with diverse systems and help operators execute and manage missions, such as: surveying, mapping, critical Infrastructure inspection and many other applications with greater reliability, cost effectiveness and operational efficiency. The iXU-RS1000 is uniquely suited to four band imaging applications (See today's related announcement).
For more information and specifications, visit: industrial.phaseone.com
Availability
The Phase One iXU-RS aerial camera series is available now. To order please visit: industrial.phaseone.com
Phase One Industrial Innovates Four-Band Aerial Imaging
Enables Automated Four Band Imaging to 100-Mp for Specialized Applications
COPENHAGEN -- Phase One Industrial has introduced the Phase One 4-Band Solution. The solution incorporates an innovative batch-processing tool that automates and thus simplifies the four band aerial image generation process.
Adding a fourth band of near infrared image data to three band color image data yields multispectral information that is very useful in vegetation studies -- in applications ranging from crop metrics for optimization, to vegetation health, environmental contamination and city observations for green site monitoring.
The solution is composed of two synchronized Phase One metric aerial cameras mounted side by side on a specially designed base plate, a Phase One iX Controller and Phase One iX Capture software. Images are captured in NIR and RGB bands simultaneously and processed automatically to generate distortion-free images and perform fine co-registration of the pixels from NIR to the RGB images -- including processing different image sizes -- with seven different output options, including multispectral CIR images.
Complementing the solution's software functionality, the use of two separate cameras to support higher system sensitivity permits operators to separately control capture settings so that they can operate under a wider range of lighting conditions.
"We very easily installed the cameras into the gyro mount and all power and communications were automatically configured with the iX-Controller," said Peter Bochmann, Operator of Aerial SurveyS GmbH. "The output four band images were incredible, showing an area of forest vegetation straight away that needed attention; we would not have seen this detail with RGB images alone. The flexibility of the solution is also great, since you can combine any two Phase One metric medium format cameras and accomplish multiple jobs without changing the setup."
The Phase One 4-Band Solution offers a variety of benefits:
- 100-Mp sensors for RGB and NIR images, no NIR up scaling is needed;
- CMOS sensors for maximum sensitivity;
- Post processing is automatic, using the solutions' iX Controller along with iX Capture;
- Automatic individual aperture control and auto exposure mode is available for both cameras;
- Direct connection to GNSS/IMU systems; coordinates are stored inside the Exif data of each image to speed later post-processing;
- Also available with 80-Mp RGB and 60-Mp Achromatic Sensors.
For complete specifications visit: industrial.phaseone.com
The solution's flexibility helps customers to fully utilize their investments -- the two individual cameras may be employed for different purposes when not being used as part of the 4-Band solution.
Availability
Phase One 4-Band Solution is available now.
To learn more, visit: industrial.phaseone.com