April 30, 2013
Surface Optics’ full-motion video spectral imager (FMV-SI) participates in U.S. Navy’s 4th Fleet airship capabilities demonstration flights. FMV-SI combines the real-time, situational awareness provided by full-motion video with the spectral intelligence that aids in the detection, identification and management of targets based on their inherent signature.
April 11, 2013
Hyperspectral imaging meets marine biology in our interview with Berkeley researcher Lindsay Dougherty on her application of the SOC710-VP hyperspectral imaging system to her research on ‘Disco Clams’.
March 26, 2013
Surface Optics will be offering demonstrations of our new SOC710-GX airborne Vis/NIR spectral imaging system at this week’s ASPRS Conference in Baltimore, MD. The SOC710-GX is a complete airborne spectral imager, specifically designed for ease of installation in a UAV or small aircraft. The compact system delivers real-time, research-grade results covering the 400-1000 nanometer wavelength […]
March 19, 2013
Hyperspectral imaging and forensic document analysis presentation at Southwestern Association of Forensic Document Examiners, April 4-7.
February 15, 2013
Surface Optics has a number of conferences lined up for 2013, check out the confirmed events we will be attending!
October 18, 2012
Surface Optics recently loaned out an SOC710-VP spectral imaging system to the University of Georgia (UGA) for use in an interdisciplinary study of an ancient Roman sculpture on exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art (GMOA). The exhibition and research, titled “Object in Focus: The Orpheus Relief Project”, investigates evidence of original polychromy on a […]
August 17, 2009
The hypersensor camera operates with a unique multispectral imaging modality developed recently at Surface Optics Corporation. The Hypersensor camera is small, low cost, rugged, and solid state, using micro-optics and an array of spectral filters, which captures a complete multispectral cube of spatial and spectral data with every focal plane exposure. The prototype VNIR Hypersensor […]
September 13, 2007
Evolutionary computation can increase the speed and accuracy of pattern recognition in multispectral images, for example, in automatic target tracking. The first method treats the clustering process. It determines a cluster of pixels around specified reference pixels so that the entire cluster is increasingly representative of the search object. An initial population (of clusters) evolves […]
January 1, 2007
Photosynthetic efficiency of higher plants dynamically adapts to changing light intensity and is greatly influenced by stress, such as water stress. We tested a new portable hyperspectral imaging system, the SOC-700, manufactured by Surface Optics, which produces 12-bit reflectance images between 440 nm and 880 nm with a 4 nm spectral resolution. We quantified the […]
May 8, 2006
A novel, compact visible multispectral, polarimetric camera is under development. The prototype is capable of megapixel imaging with sixteen wavebands and three polarimetric images. The entire system encompasses a volume less than 125mm x 100mm x 75mm. The system is based on commercial megapixel class CMOS sensors and incorporates real time processing of hyperspectral cube […]