Theia lenses are ultra wide, low distortion lenses. They have an extended shooting range, which enables drastic reductions in the number of cameras required in security and monitoring applications. They also have high resolution capabilities for cameras up to 5 megapixels, which enables trouble free measurement in factory inspection process that use image recognition.
Theia lenses show great effectiveness in reducing costs and improving accuracy in fields such as security and factory automation.
Applications and example shots
Theia lenses are effective for surveillance of areas such as entrances, elevators, fire escapes and parking lots, so a single camera using an ultra wide Theia lens can monitor every corner of the monitored area. Being able to reduce the number of surveillance cameras can greatly reduce system set up costs and enable low cost operations. The low distortion of these lenses enables high resolution at the periphery of the image as well, which makes them useful in automatic image-recognition and analysis monitoring systems.
The wider coverage enabled by fewer cameras at shopping malls and other shops also reduces surveillance camera awareness for shoppers, making their shopping experience more enjoyable.
Applications and example shots
Theia lenses make quality control and inspections more efficient on the production line (automation of human visual inspections, etc.), and achieve improved efficiency and accuracy of image processing and other operations at R&D institutions.
At the same time as requiring less space (enabling ultra close-up photography), they are able to capture very wide images, making them suitable for high resolution cameras up to 5 megapixels, so now fewer cameras are required in inspection applications that previously required several cameras.
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