Hemispheric Imaging System

To address the Army's need for the compact high resolution hemispherical imaging system, Distant Focus Corporation (DFC) proposes to develop Hemispherical Imaging Monocentric Optics System (HIMOS). The HIMOS architecture is based on innovative and recently developed virtual stop monocentric lens concept. This innovative architecture makes DFC HIMOS system extremely compact by having excellent image quality over the full hemispherical field of view. The system can collect hemispherical images with potentially gigapixel resolution with a standard commercial frame rate of 30 fps or better. Innovative computational imaging algorithms will provide sharp imaging over the entire depth of field of the scene at every frame. In phase I DFC will analyze the device design for it imaging efficiency and assemble and test a proof-of-concept prototype to demonstrate feasibility. In Phase II a full scale engineering prototype will be developed and tested.