Single Pixel Camera
by Eric J. Smith
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Oct 21, 2006 at 11:29:40 pm
This is a silly/fun post. I hope you all don't mind.
I read something a few weeks ago and I've been thinking about it a lot. Probably because I find adding mechincal devices to a digital creature fanciful...much like a good sci-fi book/movie. Would like to hear the gallerie's thoughts.
I believe it was Rice University is developing a single-pixel camera. In front of the single pick-up is a set of mirrors that direct light to the pick-up. When the "shutter" is released, the mirror scans the incoming image onto the single pixel pick-up and records the image.
This could be a pretty amazing idea for creating an image that interpolates more accurately "in-between" pixels. Or, it could also lead to a camera that can be upgraded to a higher resolution as technology increases bandwidth.
But, then again, it could add to some funky motion blur artifacts.
So what if you had a cylintrical pick-up device that rotated in front of the lens? As the information was being processed off the device, another group of pick-ups could capture another frame. By the time the first device would be back in front of the lens, all the info could have been sucked off of it, and stored.
