ERICA PLUS: compact MWIR camera with 20x step zoom optics and advanced processing

A. Porta; M. Romagnoli; P. Lavacchini; M. Olivieri; D. Torrini

doi:10.1117/12.737937

6 October 2007 ERICA PLUS: compact MWIR camera with 20x step zoom optics and advanced processing

A. Porta, M. Romagnoli, P. Lavacchini, M. Olivieri, D. Torrini

Proceedings Volume 6737, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications IV; 673706 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.737937
Event: Optics/Photonics in Security and Defence, 2007, Florence, Italy

Abstract

The development of a compact and high performance MWIR step zoom camera based on the 640x480 staring focal plane array (FPA) is described. The camera has a 20 magnification step zoom ranging between 24°x20° for the wide field of view up to 1.2° x 1° for the narrow field of view and an aperture of F#4. The processing electronics is based on a flexible and expandable architecture. Special emphasis is spent on the solutions adopted for the design of this high zoom ratio and fast optics FLIR and on the electronic architecture and algorithms for image processing. An overview of the performance is given.

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A. Porta, M. Romagnoli, P. Lavacchini, M. Olivieri, and D. Torrini "ERICA PLUS: compact MWIR camera with 20x step zoom optics and advanced processing", Proc. SPIE 6737, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications IV, 673706 (6 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.737937

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