Foveated Vision Technologies

Ziva Corporation proposes to develop and demonstrate an innovative ultra-wide field of view imaging system that incorporates foveated zoom capability and is fabricated without having multiple cameras, bulky gimbals, or large mechanically moving parts. Ziva has developed under IR&D a unique catadioptric optical system that incorporates a wide-angle “fish-eye” lens and adaptive optical elements for the purpose of enabling rapid, wide field of view (WFOV) optical foveation and zoom capability in real-time with very low weight, volume and power. Ziva’s catadioptric foveated zoom optical system is unique because it: • Can rapidly foveate on any region in the 360° FOV without loss of overall contextual information • Allows ATR (automatic target recognition) capability at 5X distance without 20X more pixels • Enables tracking of multiple moving targets incorporating visible and infrared wavelengths at frame-rate speeds (1/30 sec.) • Utilizes 10X lower SWaP (Size, Weight, and Power) vs. electric motors, which translates to 10X longer duration of imaging motes • Employs a unique adaptive optics approach that enables 10X resolution enhancement over entire FOV • Optical design provides extendibility in foveated wavelength resolution from visible to IR (up to ~3um depending on the detector type)