DARPA's new 1.8-gigapixel camera is a super high-resolution eye in the sky
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Sketch of the four-lens ARGUS-IS digital camera, mounted in gyroscopically stabilized gimbal mounts (Image: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Graphic of ARGUS-IS watching ground activities (Image: DARPA)
Block diagram of the ARGUS-IS system (Image: DARPA)
Below appears part of an ARGUS-IS image of Quantico Naval Base in Virginia, while above appear two targeted areas that suggest the six inch resolution of the camera
Compression and analysis software for the ARGUS-IS has been implemented on a 12-node computer providing an aggregate 40 teraflops (Photo: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Four submatrices of image sensors are stitched together to form the ARGUS-IS images
An ARGUS-IS display board, showing the entire surveilled area together with 19 targeted video windows
A CCD image sensor is smaller than its chip and package
Article Summary
DARPA recently revealed information on its ARGUS-IS (Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System), a surveillance camera that uses hundreds of smartphone image sensors to record a 1.8 gigapixel image. Designed for use in an unmanned drone (probably an MQ-1 Predator), from an altitude of 20,000 ft (6,100 m) ARGUS can keep a real-time video eye on an area 4.5 miles (7.2 km) across down to a resolution of about six inches (15 cm).
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