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imagery rectification
Photogrammetric compensation for incidental camera movement (which prevents attainment of true vertical photographs) whereby...
ray tracing
Ray tracing is a rendering technique used in computer graphics to simulate the way light interacts with objects in a scene....
freeform optics
Freeform optics refers to the design and fabrication of optical surfaces that do not follow traditional symmetric shapes,...
multispectral imaging
Multispectral imaging is a technique that involves capturing and analyzing images at multiple discrete spectral bands within...
infrared
Infrared (IR) refers to the region of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelengths longer than those of visible light, but...
achromat
An achromat, in the context of optics, refers to a type of lens or lens system designed to reduce chromatic aberration....
reflectance estimate
The output of spectral channels written as an integral function of known solar irradiance, atmospheric transmittance and...
lenticular color photography
A type of additive color photography using a lenticular structure impressed on a film base and a camera lens with a filter...
blooming
The loss of focus of a camera sensor because of excessive brightness, characterized by the enlargement of spot size and...
holographic camera
A holographic camera, also known as a holographic imaging system or holographic recorder, is a specialized device used to...
microfilm camera
A camera used to reduce originals onto film for easy storage. There are two basic types: one in which the film is fixed...
image orthicon
A camera tube widely used in television broadcasting. It consists of three sections within a single vacuum envelope. 1. A...
backlight compensation
The ability of a camera to compensate in cases where a subject with a large amount of background light would otherwise be...
GigE
GigE, short for gigabit Ethernet, refers to a standard for high-speed Ethernet communication, capable of transmitting data...
drum camera
A type of streak camera that uses film wrapped around a drum, which moves at a constant speed to record the changing shape...
speckle imaging
A technique for obtaining improved resolution of images produced by large telescopes and distorted by the effects of...
indium gallium arsenide camera
An InGaAs (indium gallium arsenide) camera is a type of imaging device that utilizes InGaAs sensors to capture images in the...
camera obscura
A forerunner of the modern camera, this instrument had a focusable lens that produced a sharp image on the enclosure...
copying camera
A camera mounted on an optical bench with an easel to hold the material to be copied. Magnification can be varied over a...
ballistic camera
A camera that uses multiple exposures to record the trajectory of an ordnance from a ground-level position.
hyperstereoscopy
A type of stereoscopic photography in which the distance between the two view points is greater than the average...
white balance
A feature of some imaging devices, such as digital cameras, that allows them to compensate for different lighting conditions...
machine vision
Machine vision, also known as computer vision or computer sight, refers to the technology that enables machines, typically...
infrared light-emitting diode
An infrared light-emitting diode (IR LED) is a semiconductor device that emits infrared light when an electric current...
image jump
In optics, the term image jump refers to a displacement or shift in the apparent position of an image when a change occurs...
infrared optic
Infrared optics refer to optical components and systems designed to manipulate and control infrared (IR) light, which lies...
gyroscopic camera mount
A mount that uses a floating suspension and a motor-driven gyroscope to keep a motion picture or still camera at a set angle...
image converter high-speed camera
A camera that uses an image converter tube in such a way that voltage waveforms applied to internal electrodes cause the...
aerial photography
Photographing of terrain on the ground and objects in the air by cameras mounted in aircraft; utilized in satellites,...
wide-angle lens
A wide-angle lens is a type of camera lens that has a shorter focal length than a standard or normal lens, allowing it to...
beam profiling
Beam profiling is a technique used to characterize and analyze the spatial intensity distribution of a laser beam. It...
micro-optics
Micro-optics refers to the design, fabrication, and application of optical components and systems at a microscale level....
phototheodolite
A camera equipped with angular scales in altitude and azimuth. The scale readings are imprinted on the film when an exposure...
coded aperture imaging
An imaging process in which the single opening of a simple pinhole camera is replaced with many openings called,...
aspheric lens
An aspheric lens is a type of lens whose surface profiles deviate from the traditional spherical shape. Unlike spherical...
system on chip
Abbreviated SoC. A single chip containing all the electronic circuits required for a complete, working product. SoCs are...
high-speed motion camera
A high-speed motion camera, also known as a high-speed camera or slow-motion camera, is a specialized imaging device...
direct scanning
A scanning technique in which the object is illuminated the entire time, and in which picture elements of the object are...
antireflection coating
An antireflection coating (AR coating) is a thin film or coating applied to optical surfaces, such as lenses or windows, to...
Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor
The Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor is an optical device used for measuring the wavefront aberrations of an optical system....
photogrammetry
Photogrammetry is a technique used to obtain accurate three-dimensional measurements of objects and environments through the...
scientific complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
Scientific complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (sCMOS) refers to a type of image sensor technology specifically designed...
image tube camera
A camera system in which the image formed on the fluorescent screen of an image converter tube in the system is recorded by...
machine vision system
A machine vision system is an integrated combination of hardware and software components designed to capture, process, and...
planetary camera
A camera system used for microphotography in which the document to be recorded is on a flat bed, perpendicular to the lens...
recording camera
A type of camera that incorporates a tiny mirror that oscillates in accordance with incoming signals. An illuminated slit is...
high-speed photography
Photography involving the recording of events that occur too fast to be perceived by the human eye or recorded by...
camera memory
Primary image memory that is built into a digital camera and stores the digital images generated by the camera's image...
line scan
Line scan refers to a method of capturing images or data by scanning a single line at a time, as opposed to capturing the...
opaque projector
An opaque projector is a device used for enlarging and projecting images from opaque objects such as printed pages,...
underwater television system
A television system designed to obtain pictures of objects or scenes beneath the surface of the water. Generally, a...
macro lens
A camera lens, used in macrophotography, that is designed and corrected to produce optimum definition of a nearby object...
diascope
1. An optical device used for projection of enlarged images of transparencies or lantern slides on a screen. 2. A device...
pixel pitch
Pixel pitch refers to the distance between the centers of two adjacent pixels on a display screen or imaging sensor. It is...
astronomical camera
A camera designed to record astronomical objects (e.g., stars, planets, nebulae, galaxies) and their spectra.
electron multiplication charge-coupled device camera
An EMCCD (electron-multiplying charge-coupled device) camera is a type of scientific camera specifically designed for...
frames per second
The number of separate images exposed by a cine camera in a second or the number illuminated by a cine projector in a...
optical delay camera
A type of high-speed cine camera that uses different image paths and a Kerr cell to produce a series of successive images at...
panoramic distortion
The image distortion produced by a panoramic camera with a swinging lens or a swinging mirror in front of a fixed lens. The...
etaloning
Etaloning is an optical phenomenon that occurs in imaging systems, particularly in devices such as spectrometers,...
camera reduction
The use of the photographic process to produce precision copies of an original image that are many times smaller in size....
time delay integration
A method of scanning in which a frame transfer device produces a continuous video image of a moving object by means of a...
microspectrograph
A microspectroscope equipped with a sensing and recording device, such as a camera, to measure the spectrum formed by...
quantum efficiency
Quantum efficiency (QE) is a measure of the effectiveness with which a device or system, typically in the context of...
flat-field frame
A frame taken with a CCD camera of a surface that is evenly illuminated by diffuse light. This frame shows irregularities in...
diamond-turned optic
Diamond turning refers to a precision machining process used to produce complex optical components, particularly lenses and...
near-infrared camera
A near-infrared (NIR) camera is an imaging device designed to capture images in the near-infrared region of the...
liquid-surface holography
The acoustical holographic process in which the hologram consists of slight elevations in a liquid surface, in the areas of...
dichroic mirror
A dichroic mirror, also known as a dichroic beamsplitter or interference filter beamsplitter, is an optical device that...
mid-infrared camera
A mid-infrared camera is a type of imaging device designed to capture images in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral range,...
television transmitter
An electronic device used to encode video and audio signals of a television camera into radio waves that are broadcast to...
Camera Link HS
Camera Link HS refers to a high-speed version of the Camera Link interface standard used in machine vision and industrial...
parallel scanning
Parallel scanning refers to a method of acquiring data or images simultaneously from multiple sources or in parallel, rather...
photodetector
A photodetector, also known as a photosensor or photodiode, is a device that detects and converts light into an electrical...
streak camera
A high-speed cine camera used to record, on a continuously moving film, very brief events such as a flash of light. The...
spectral flow cytometry
Spectral flow cytometry is an advanced flow cytometry technique that expands the capabilities of traditional flow cytometry...
genlock
A device used to lock the internal synchronization generator of a television camera to an external source.
unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot onboard. UAVs are remotely...
broadband dielectric mirrors
Broadband dielectric mirrors, also known as broadband mirrors, are optical coatings designed to efficiently reflect or...
image iconoscope
A camera tube similar in design to the iconoscope. However, the image formed in the image iconoscope is projected on a...
dispersion
Dispersion refers to the phenomenon where different wavelengths (colors) of light travel at different speeds when passing...
thermography
Thermography is a technique that involves the use of an infrared imaging device, called a thermal camera or infrared camera,...
uniformly redundant array
Array used in coded-aperture imaging experiments with two-beam CO2 lasers that provide an artifact-free process, faithful...
focal plane shutter
A shutter having one or more roller blinds of material with a variable slit that moves across the back of the camera when...
optical testing instrument
An optical testing instrument is a device or system used to evaluate and measure the performance, quality, and...
long-wave infrared
Long-wave infrared (LWIR) refers to a specific range of the infrared spectrum. Infrared radiation is divided into three main...
digital photography
A form of photography in which an electronic camera converts an image to an electronic signal that is stored in digital...
multiband camera
A group of four cameras loaded with different combinations of filters and film (one is usually an infrared color film) to...
fluorographic lens
A lens having an extremely high aperture and used in the recording of x-ray fluorescent screen images. It often is specially...
Baker-Nunn camera
A wide-field camera based on the classic Schmidt optical system used to photograph Earth-orbiting satellites.
camera chain
The term sometimes used to describe the sequential arrangement of components in a video system -- from transmitter to...
digital optical processing
The scanning of photographs or transparencies of images, either by a vidicon camera or flying spot scanner, for the...
television monitor
A television receiver that receives the signals generated by a television camera directly, or remotely through a radio...
image optics
Any form of lens, optical system (camera, telescope, microscope, etc.), or opto-electronics utilized for the purpose of...
time-lapse camera
A cine camera that exposes a series of individual frames to record the changes in a subject that slowly alters with time....
infrared lens
An infrared lens is an optical component specifically designed and optimized for transmitting, focusing, or manipulating...
rapid access system
A photographic camera and processing system used to form a usable record of the subject in a short time, usually a few...
stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy
Stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM) is a superresolution microscopy technique that enables imaging of...
aplanatic surface
An aplanatic surface is an optical surface that is specifically designed or shaped to minimize spherical aberration and...
modulation transfer function analysis/measurement equipment
MTF analysis/measurement equipment refers to instruments and tools used to measure and analyze the modulation transfer...
lens
A lens is a transparent optical device that focuses or diverges light, allowing it to pass through and form an image. Lenses...
whole slide imaging
Whole slide imaging (WSI), also known as virtual slide microscopy or digital pathology, is a technology that involves the...
process camera
A photographic camera designed to produce reproduction film of visual information (pictures, line drawings, graphs) for...
reflected ultraviolet photography
A photographic method used to obtain an image of a subject by means of its reflectance of incident ultraviolet radiation. An...
accessory shoe
Mount attached to a camera or camcorder which allows the user to attach a microphone or flash unit.
bellows
In optics, a collapsible structure situated between the lens and film of a camera to allow variation of the distance between...
lens blank
A lens blank is a piece of optical material in a raw, unfinished state, typically in the form of a disk or block, from which...
electron micrograph
The photographic recording of images produced by the electrons from an electron microscope. The electron beam carries the...
Mach-Zehnder interferometer
A Mach-Zehnder interferometer is an optical device used to measure the phase difference between two collimated beams of...
rolling shutter artifacts
Rolling shutter artifacts are distortions or visual anomalies that can occur in images or videos captured by cameras with...
gamma camera
A camera used in scintillation recording to make a visible record of the distribution and relative concentration of...
electron-beam gun
1. A device generally used in a cathode-ray or camera tube to emit a stream of electrons moving at uniform velocity in a...
CMOS camera
A CMOS camera refers to an imaging device that employs a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor to...
underwater photography
The field of photography concerned with the recording of subjects beneath the water with a watertight, water-resistant...
optical fluorography
The fluorographic method whereby the visible image (as opposed to the x-ray image) is photographed by mounting a camera in...
fingerprint camera
A fixed-focus camera designed to record the ink impression of fingerprints that have been impressed on a card or form for...
telephoto power
The ratio between the focal length of a lens having a longer focal length than that of the standard lens used with a camera,...
hyperfocal distance
That object distance at which a camera must be focused so that the far depth of field just extends to infinity. The near...
fluorographic camera
A camera with a very high aperture lens or mirror system for photographing x-ray fluorescent screen images, mainly to save...
scintillation camera
A pinhole camera used to record a radioactive tracer's distribution in a subject by means of a scintillation counter or a...
optics
Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, including its interactions with matter...
absolute colorimetric
Method of preserving the measured color value and color information as it is translated from differing devices. For example...
aspheric mirror
An aspheric mirror is an optical mirror surface that deviates from the shape of a perfect sphere, having a non-spherical...
image isocon
A television camera tube that preceded the development of the vidicon tube and incorporated a method to separate reflected...
kron camera
Astronomical detector consisting of a photocathode isolated from the target by a coin value from which electrons are focused...
optical assembly
An optical assembly refers to a collection of optical components that are carefully arranged and aligned to perform a...
3D laser line profile sensor
A 3D profile sensor, also known as a 3D profiling sensor or 3D depth sensor, is a technology that is used to capture and...
area scan
Area scan, in the context of imaging and cameras, refers to a method of capturing an entire two-dimensional image in a...
bias frame
A frame taken with a CCD camera over an exposure length of zero seconds with the lens cap on or the shutter closed and no...
compensating filter
A filter used in photography to change the spectral composition of light entering a camera, or to adjust color balance...
double-Gauss lens
A fast, wide-angle lens used in television and photographic cameras, with excellent overall correction, but subject to...
reflecting spectrograph
A solar spectrograph that uses long focus concave mirrors as its collimator and camera element.
focus
1. The focal point. 2. To adjust the eyepiece or objective of a telescope so that the image is clearly seen by the observer....
camera lucida
A portable instrument that uses a four-sided reflecting prism or set of mirrors to create a duplicate image of an object on...
film plane
The site behind the lens system in a camera where photographic media are positioned for exposure.
television camera
A camera containing an electronic image sensor that converts the image to an electronic signal suitable for television...
CoaXPress
CoaXPress (CoaXPress or CXP) is a standardized digital interface and communication protocol used primarily in machine vision...
aerial camera
Camera designed for the imaging of the earth's surface in order to obtain high quality aerial images
multiple lens camera
A camera that uses a rotating mirror to project sequential images onto lenses that are arranged in an arc. The reflected...
pinhole camera
A lensless photographic camera that uses a small sharp-edged hole as its aperture. The light passed by this aperture onto...
image correlation
A machine vision technique that compares a template of the desired image (the correlation kernel) with the actual camera...
cine camera
A camera capable of making successive exposures on a continuous film driven by accurately spaced sprocket holes (a motion...
tracking system
A controlled motion system that may use a telescope, camera or antenna to follow accurately a satellite, missile, vehicle or...
bracketing
In photography, the technique of taking multiple pictures of the same subject at different exposures to compensate for...
endoscopic photography
The photographing of objects within generally inaccessible areas using endoscopes with camera attachments.
copper oxide photocell
An early type of nonvacuum photocell consisting of a layer of copper oxide on a metallic substrate, with a thin transparent...
Fresnel lens
A Fresnel lens is a type of optical lens that consists of a series of concentric grooves or steps carved into a flat, thin...
mid-wave infrared
MWIR stands for mid-wave infrared, referring to a specific range of wavelengths within the infrared spectrum. Infrared...
pixel binning
Pixel binning, also known as pixel merging or pixel combining, is a technique used in digital imaging and camera technology....
view camera
A camera that permits adjustments in the perspective of an image; this is accomplished by the camera design, which permits...
adapter
1. In optics, the housing, usually cylindrical, that contains the lenses and iris diaphragm of a camera. 2. In fiber optics,...
frame camera
A high-speed cine camera that produces discrete frames of a continuous event as opposed to the flow photographic record of a...
linear image sensor
A linear image sensor is a type of solid-state electronic device used to capture and convert light into electrical signals....
stereoscope
A small instrument containing a picture support and a pair of magnifying lenses so arranged that the left eye sees only the...
box camera
The simplest, most inexpensive type of camera, which is shaped as an oblong or square box, containing the simplest lens,...
orthographic camera
A camera designed with a telecentric optical system and a narrow field of view; the telecentric optical system (placement of...
charge-coupled device
A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a type of electronic image sensor used in various imaging devices, including digital...
photostatic camera
A type of copying camera in which the object is placed on a horizontal easel and photographed by a horizontal camera above...
objective
The optical element that receives light from the object and forms the first or primary image in telescopes and microscopes....
optical character recognition
Optical character recognition (OCR) is a technology that is used to convert printed or handwritten text into...
mosaic detector array
A group of photosensors arranged in a grid-like pattern covering the entire field of view, enabling them to record it all at...
short wavelength infrared
Short wavelength infrared (SWIR) refers to the portion of the infrared spectrum that encompasses wavelengths roughly between...
blur circle
A blur circle refers to the out-of-focus region in an image captured by an optical system. When an object in a scene is not...
beamsplitter
A beamsplitter is an optical device for dividing a beam into two or more separate beams. A simple beamsplitter may be a very...
CID camera
CID, or charge injection device, camera refers to a type of imaging device that utilizes a specific kind of solid-state...
smear camera
linear array
A solid-state video detector consisting of a single row of light-sensitive semiconductor devices, used in linear-array...
perspective distortion
The distortion that is the result of viewing a print from a point other than the center of perspective. The center of...
optical filter
An optical filter is a device that selectively transmits or blocks specific wavelengths, or colors, of light. Optical...
high dynamic range
High dynamic range (HDR) refers to a technology that allows for a broader and more dynamic range of luminosity in visual...
photomicrographic camera
A still or motion-picture camera designed to photograph through a microscope. Photomicrographic equipment usually contains a...
integration time
Integration time, in the context of optics, imaging systems, and sensor technology, refers to the duration over which a...
microfilm system
A camera copying system that can reduce originals onto 35- or 16-mm film for easy storage.
hyperspectral imaging camera
A hyperspectral imaging camera is a sophisticated imaging device capable of capturing and processing data across a wide...
lag
A term applied to an electric charge image in a camera tube that remains for a period of a few frames after its initial...
volumetric imaging
Volumetric imaging refers to the capture, visualization, and analysis of three-dimensional (3D) information from a volume of...
inner focusing
In a camera, the movement of one or more lenses behind the front lens, rather than of the front lens itself, to bring the...
event-based sensor
An event-based image sensor, also known as a dynamic vision sensor (DVS), is a type of digital imaging device designed to...
x-ray streak camera
A diagnostic instrument that uses a photocathode design to see a broad range of x-ray radiation by streaking the...
infrared light source
An infrared light source is a device that emits light in the infrared spectrum, which lies beyond the visible spectrum of...
cine fluorography
The application of a cine camera in recording the images on a fluorescent screen. When x-rays are used to produce the screen...
photogrammetric equipment
The special cameras, film and other means for forming maps by aerial photography.
point spread function
The point spread function (PSF) is a fundamental concept in imaging that describes the response of an imaging system to a...
direct screen focusing
In a camera, the focusing of an image on the screen located at the camera's film plane. Once the image is in complete focus,...
microwave holography
The holographic recording of the pattern formed by two sets of coherent microwaves that interfere at a scanning plane. A...
interchangeable lens
A lens that has a mount, usually bayonet or screw type in design, that can be used on a camera in place of lenses with the...
computer-output microfilm system
A camera system capable of producing microfilm copies of computerized data presented on a screen.
microlens array
A microlens array is a grid-like structure composed of numerous small lenses, typically arranged in a regular pattern. Each...
CCD image sensor
A CCD image sensor, or charge-coupled device image sensor, is a type of electronic device used to convert optical images...
photographic field
The maximum angle of view that can be recorded by a camera. Field is a function of lens focal length and film format.
spot meter
A telescopic light-sensing meter used to measure illumination levels of small regions at a distance of many feet; it is used...
gun camera
A camera accurately aligned to a weapons system to provide a photographic record of system performance.
photomicrography
The use of a microscope in photographing objects. A device for photomicrography includes a light source, microscope and...
particle image velocimetry
A whole-flow-field technique providing instantaneous velocity vector measurements in a cross-section of a flow that is...
infrared camera
An infrared camera, also known as a thermal imaging camera or IR camera, is a device that captures and visualizes the...
intensified charge-coupled device camera
An intensified charge-coupled device (ICCD) camera is an advanced imaging device that combines the capabilities of both an...
silicon photodiode
A silicon photodiode is a semiconductor device that converts light into an electrical current. It is a type of photodetector...
exposure meter
An instrument used to measure the light from a scene to be photographed and to indicate the camera lens and shutter settings...
CCD camera
A CCD camera, or charge-coupled device camera, is a type of digital camera that utilizes a CCD image sensor to capture and...
high-speed movie camera
A camera designed to record at rates exceeding 50 fps. For frame rates up to about 500 fps, an ordinary pull-down mechanism...
powder camera
A camera system that uses a fine powder to diffract x-rays from the specimen. A beam of monochromatic x-rays passes through...
pellicle mirror
A thin, stretched plastic membrane cemented to a rigid supporting ring. It may be coated to act as a beamsplitter, for...
camera
A light-tight box that receives light from an object or scene and focuses it to form an image on a light-sensitive material...
optical coatings
Optical coatings are thin layers of materials applied to optical components, such as lenses, mirrors, filters, and prisms,...
minimum object distance
Minimum object distance, often abbreviated as MOD, refers to the closest distance at which a camera lens or optical system...
holocamera
A camera system used to form a high-precision hologram of the subject on a photographic plate. It contains a high-power...
digital camera
A digital camera is a device that captures and records still images or video in digital format. Unlike traditional film...
oscilloscope
A system in which a supplied signal causes the deflection of the electron beam in a cathode-ray tube, thus forming a visible...
red, green, blue
RGB stands for red, green, blue, which are the primary colors of light used in additive color mixing. The RGB color model is...
flow camera
An automatic camera that can record reduced images of documents at a rate of up to 30,000 documents per hour by having the...
vertical air photograph
An aerial photograph produced when the optical axis of the camera is perpendicular to the surface below.
electronic viewfinder
A small television monitor that replaces the reflex viewfinder in a television camera.
microdisplay
A microdisplay is a miniature electronic display technology that is designed to project visual information onto a small...
camera tube target
The storage surface of an electron beam tube that is scanned by an electron beam to generate an output-signal current...
metallography
The analysis of metal structure using an optical or electron microscope, generally with a camera, to record observations.
image intensifier
An image intensifier, also known as an image intensification tube or image intensification device, is a specialized...
ultrasonic camera
A device that uses a piezoelectric crystal to convert ultrasonic sound waves, transmitted through a subject, into a voltage...
videography
Videography refers to the process of capturing moving images and recording them in a digital format. It involves the use of...
dark frame
A frame taken to identify electronic noise in a CCD imaging device. A dark frame is recorded without exposing the CCD to any...
cinesextant
An optical instrument used to track and image a test vehicle (target) throughout its flight. The cinesextant frequently...
microcircuit manufacturing
The formation of transistors, diodes, capacitors, resistors and other electronic elements directly on a flake of silicon by...
motion picture camera
A camera equipped with a lens and a long length of perforated film, the latter being moved intermittently between exposures...
Schmidt camera
A camera that consists of a concave spherical mirror with an aspheric plate situated at the center of curvature of the...
aperture diaphragm
The second adjustable iris diaphragm in an optical system. In the common microscope condenser system, it usually is located...
molded lens
A molded lens is an optical lens manufactured using a molding process, typically involving the shaping of a material, such...
charge-injection device
A charge-injection device (CID) refers to a class of devices that manipulate and detect electrical charge within a...
aberration sensor (wavefront sensor)
Designed for the function of optical wavefront analysis. Shack-Hartmann camera aberration sensors use a lens array to image...
Boys camera
A camera system for recording lightning.
line-scan camera
A line-scan camera, also known as a line-scan image sensor or linear array camera, is a type of digital camera designed to...
stereo camera
A camera with two taking lenses and synchronized shutters. Two images are recorded simultaneously on separate frames,...
step-and-repeat camera
A type of camera that has scales or other arrangements by which successive exposures can be lined up and equally spaced on a...
augmented reality
Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that integrates digital information, typically in the form of computer-generated...
pixel
A pixel, short for "picture element," is the smallest controllable element of a digital image or display. It is a...
single-photon emission computed tomography
A medical imaging method in which gamma camera heads rotate about the patient to detect radionuclides, enabling physicians...
image dissector tube
An electron tube that is used as a camera tube for a television system. When the picture to be transmitted is focused on a...
camera tube
The electron beam tube of a television camera that converts an optical image into a pattern of electrostatic charges and...
field of view
The field of view (FOV) refers to the extent of the observable world or the visible area that can be seen at any given...
frame grabber
Image processing peripheral that converts video images from cameras into digital format and transfers these digital images...
video-intensified microscopy
The observation of specimens by a microscope linked to a television camera and an image processor.
thermal recording
A term referring to various processes for forming visible images outside of a camera to be photographed on ordinary film....
optical coherence tomography imaging system
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an imaging technique used in medical diagnostics and biomedical research to obtain...
advanced driver assistance systems
Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) refers to a set of safety features and technologies designed to assist drivers in...
Foucault knife-edge test
The Foucault test is performed by moving a knife edge laterally into the image of a small point source. The eye, or a...
embedded vision
Embedded vision refers to the integration of computer vision technologies into various embedded systems, devices, or...
diffusion disk
An embossed or marked disk, constructed out of a transparent material and used with a camera system to soften an image.
microfilm equipment
Two essential pieces of equipment used in connection with the microfilming process: a camera capable of producing, on film,...
film platen
A mechanism in a camera designed to position the film in the focal plane for exposure.
light field
The term light field refers to the spatial distribution of light rays traveling in all directions through a given space. It...
machine vision lens
A machine vision lens is a specialized optical lens designed for use in machine vision systems, which are used for automated...
rotary camera
A camera system used for microphotography that has a structure, such as a cylinder or surveyor belt, to rotate the documents...
C-mount
A standard lens interface initially made for 16mm movie cameras and now used primarily on closed-circuit television cameras....
iconoscope
A camera tube that employs a high-velocity electron beam to scan a photoemissive mosaic and to store electrical charge...
coupled rangefinder
A rangefinder on a camera that is integrated with the focusing mechanism so that when an object's range is determined, the...
supplementary lens
A meniscus that is often fitted before a camera lens to permit focusing on near objects.
high-speed still camera
A still camera with a shutter capable of opening for a time as short as a fraction of a microsecond. An electronically...
standard lens
A lens whose focal length is roughly equal to the diagonal of the negative format of the camera on which it is mounted.
orthicon
A television camera tube in which a low-velocity electron beam scans a photoactive mosaic that has been created by an...
electron diffraction camera
A special evacuated camera equipped with means for holding a specimen and bombarding it with a sharply focused beam of...
oleophobic
Oleophobic is a term used to describe substances or materials that repel or resist oils. The word oleophobic comes from the...
parallelogram distortion
In a camera or cathode-ray tube, distortion that is designated by a lateral skewing of the reproduced image.
constant luminance encoder
A device used in broadcast CCD cameras to improve definition in heavily saturated colors by band-limiting the color...
tessar lens
A lens similar to the Cooke triplet anastigmat, with the rear crown achromatized for improved coverage and definition. It is...
analytical phototriangulation
The use of photographs taken from specially placed cameras, to develop, through computation, a spatial solution of the...
CMOS image sensor
A CMOS image sensor, short for complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor image sensor, is a type of semiconductor device used...
stop-motion camera
A motion-picture camera that can be advanced one frame at a time, either randomly or at set intervals. Used in animation and...
rotating prism camera
A camera, with a rotating prism, that is capable of forming multiple exposures on a constantly moving strip of film.
stereoscopic distortion
An exaggerated depth appearance in stereo photographs caused by the lenses in the camera being farther apart than the eyes...
oscillograph
An instrument used to record rapidly varying currents or voltages. An oscillograph may consist of a cathode-ray tube...
sequence camera
A type of motion-picture camera in which single frames are photographed either automatically at a predetermined rate (as...
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor
Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) refers to a technology used in the fabrication of integrated circuits,...
camera shutter
An apparatus, designed for use with a camera, that is used to rapidly open the path from lens to film, to maintain the...
center of perspective
That viewpoint at which the angular subtenses of points in the picture are identical to angular subtenses of the original...
kinescope
A cathode-ray tube that serves as a picture tube in a television receiver. The signal representing the picture intensity is...
coherent fiber bundle
A coherent fiber bundle (CFB), also known as a coherent fiber optic bundle, is an assembly of multiple optical fibers...
metalens
A metalens, short for "metasurface lens," is a type of optical lens that uses nanostructured materials to manipulate light...
powder radiography
A technique used in radiography to determine a crystal's structure by obtaining radiographs of it in powder form, normally...
television microscope
A device designed to enlarge the image of a microscopic object by television process. It may be a flying spot scanner that...
electrostatic tape camera
A camera that records its images electrostatically on plastic tape; used in situations where radiation would have an adverse...
optical cements and adhesive
Optical cements and adhesives are specialized materials used in the assembly and bonding of optical components in optical...
retina camera
A special-purpose camera used by ophthalmologists to photograph the retina of the eye. The optical system operates through...
mirror blank
A mirror blank refers to the initial piece of material from which a mirror is made. It is typically a flat or slightly...
anamorphic
A term used to denote a difference in magnification along mutually perpendicular meridians. Anamorphic systems are basically...
panoramic camera
A camera designed to form a continuous record of an expansive section of the horizon. The typical panoramic camera is...
gamma correction
Modification of a system to provide for a linear transfer characteristic from an input to an output device. A circuit for...
microfiche
A small card (10 x 15 cm) that has been treated with a photographic emulsion to record and store the microimages of...
viewfinder
A device, optical or electronic, that may be joined to a camera so that the operator may perceive the scene as the camera...

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