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Sensor Camera is a mechanical device with a digital recording system that
is designed to capture a 360 degree "image" of a place. In the
current version of the Sensor Camera, the data that is recorded contains
information regarding the intensity of light across the UV, visible and
IR spectrums; however, the author's intention is to add additional sensors
to capture information about temperature, humidity, sound and depth (as
perceived from the camera's perspective). The goal for the Sensor Camera
is to provide a unique imaging system that represents information about
an environment that is not achievable with ordinary photographic techniques.
In other words, the objective is to take a picture of a place that cannot
be captured with a normal camera. The Sensor Camera works in the following
way: a stepper motor is controlled with a microprocessor to take incremental
steps for each new sensor recording; and once the camera has accomplished
a spherical scan of it's environment, the sensor data set is complete. During
image capture, the data is stored in an EEPROM chip on the camera from which
it can be later uploaded and developed using a computer program that is
designed by the author. Unlike traditional photography, the numerical data
set of light intensity readings must be interpreted in order to visualize
the readings; and the software for data visualization is currently under
development. Additonally, the author is designing an output device that
will enable the data to be viewed in a spherical format, representative
of the process by which it was originally captured. |
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