Here some biological facts first tomake you understand how drones will get eagle eyes:
In an animal eye just behind the retina there is area called ‘fovea‘ that has a higher concentration of light-sensitive cells which allows them to concentrate on a certain object while keeping the wider perspective and prevents brain from being overloaded by high-resolution information.
Now the same trick is being incorporated in drone aircrafts with the help of ‘detection tracking algorithm’ developed by Nova Sensors a US based company. This algorithm identifies the windows in the picture which are of interest and only magnifies them while keeping the perspective wide. This not only conserves power but also reduces the amount of bandwidth required to transmit the data.
The system is currently under evaluation from the US military for the use in unmanned aircrafts (UAV) and company says it can reduce the amount of data being sent back to the human operator. It’s civilian use may be in tracking vehicles and persons.
The first prototype used 128 x128 pixel camera and was tested by focusing on human faces and on the movement of a toy train and a 320×256 pixel mid-infrared cameras has also been developed for the military.
Via: Newscientisttech
