Night Vision Cameras
Combined Day- and Night Vision Capacity
HD Night Vision Cameras for Aircraft, Vehicles and Night Vision Devices
Kappa HD night vision cameras are conceptualized for aircraft, vehicles and night vision devices as well as for any surveillance systems and devices that are also used during daylight hours. For every light-critical situation, they offer high-contrast, low-noise images, from daylight bright, across highlights and light pulses to moonlight, with bandwidth reaching from the visible to the LWIR spectrum.
SWaP- Rugged optimized
Kappa directs its focus on 24/7 applications and moving action scenes. Rugged Camera design, forms the ideal basis for solutions in extreme environmental conditions, and is SWaP-C optimized as well.
From Visible to LWIR Spectrum, minus Image Intensifiers — 24/7
Kappa combines the most light-sensitive sensors of different technologies with particularly light-sensitive lenses, and filter sets (such as ND filters) and an adaptive luminance algorithm, also available with automatic iris control. Kappa models equal and surpass even pure night vision systems such as infrared cameras, manage conditions without image intensifiers and still deliver brilliant daylight images better than the human eye, around the clock for 24 hours! For many applications, this results not only in cost but also space advantages.
Demonstration Video, Kappa Tauri3 LWIR (MP4, 127 MB):
Common Situations - Walking Human Night Vision VIS | LWIR
+ VIS + LWIR + EBCMOS + SWIR +
| Combination of Technologies | Advantages | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| VIS + LWIR | Color Channel, 24/7 usability even in complete darkness, excellent detection of humans / vehicles, covert | Land Vehicle, SAS, Avionics, AAR |
| VIS + EBCMOS | Color Channel, 24/7 usability up to night level 4-5, identification of humans, vision through glass (windows), intuitive usage | Land Vehicle, SAS, Border Protection |
| VIS + SWIR | Color Channel, enhanced vision through fog, covert illumination possible, vision through glass (windows) | Navy, Border Protection |
| VIS + LWIR + SWIR | See (VIS + LWIR) + (VIS + SWIR), Excellent for situational awareness (laser spot detection) | Land Vehicle, SAS |
Sensor Technology
| Technology (resolution) | Night Level | Illumination | Look % Feel | Advantages | Restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIS (up to 4K) | 2 | *880 nm | normal, color | high resolution, color image, good DRI cap | not covers with illum. |
| Intensified VIS (up to SXGA) | 4-5 | - | normal b/w | hood DRI cap, proven in NVG technology | degeneration after 10,00 h, refocusing for day imaging |
| SWIR (up to SXGA) | 2-3 | 1550 nm | different, b/w | hood DRI cap, covert, NVG compatible illum., enhanced vision through fog, smoke | no imaging in wavelength <900 nm with SIWR only devices |
| LWIR (up to XGA) | 5 | passive technology | unfamilar, b/w | enhanced imaging through fog, smoke, rain | no imaging through glass, no detection of laser pointers or position/brake lights, limited (D)RI cap. compared to VIS/SWIR techn. |
Advantageous for Your Applications
| High-quality sensitive sensors |
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| HD-SDI, HDMI, Camera Link, analog/video |
| Latency-Free Processing |
| Spectrum Visible - NIR - LWIR |
| HDRadapt, adaptive luminance algorithm |
| AGC - onboard automatic gain (for low light-level conditions) |
| Extremely High Dynamic Range - 120 dB |
| Image Enhancement with Real-Time Video Processing |
| Histogram-Streching, De-Fogging, Fog Penetration |
| Low Noise |
| SWaP-C optimized |
| Kappa Rugged Quality |
| Customized DO-178/DO-254 Camera Design |
| We offer combinations as complete solutions, with filter sets, light-sensitive lenses, long-distance zoom versions, as well as PTZ, various mounts, lighting sets, and housing and mechanical adaptations. |
Possible Safety-Related Applications
| Long-Range Surveillance |
| Day and Night Surveillance 24/7 |
| Covert Operations |
| Active Imaging |
| NIR Imaging, LWIR Imaging, Night Vision |
| Fusion Viewing |
| Airborne, UAV |
| Armored Vehicles |
