Jun 18 2010
The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has developed a new video surveillance system that will aid law enforcements. Named Imaging System for Immersive Surveillance (ISIS), S&T’s system uses an image stitching technology and a video camera.
The surveillance camera can either be mounted on a roof or bolted on a ceiling. The image stitching technology is used by photographers who utilize this software to generate high-resolution images.
ISIS had adapted many technologies that were earlier developed by the Lincoln Laboratory of MIT and was used in military operations. The lab built the current system with the help of experts from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The makers of ISIS are already planning to develop an improved ISIS model that possesses custom sensors, more efficient video format and longer-range cameras.
John Fortune, program manager of the Infrastructure and Geophysical Division, S&T, stated that covering a huge area with minute detailing requires a very high pixel count and further claimed that ISIS possesses a 100 MP resolution capacity.
Source: http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/editorial_0530.shtm