Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gary M Long, Jr

Lawrence M Candell

Svetlana Panasyuk

Lauren L White

Cindy Y Fang

William D Ross

Mark Bury

Bobby Ren

Daniel B Chuang

Jonathan P Blanchard

Mark E Beattie

Security guards at large facilities, such as airports, monitor multiple screens that display images from individual surveillance cameras dispersed throughout the facility. If a guard zooms with a particular camera, he may lose image resolution, along with perspective on the surrounding area. Embodiments of the inventive Imaging System for Immersive Surveillance (ISIS) solve these problems by combining multiple cameras in one device. When properly mounted, example ISIS systems offer up to 360-degree, 240-megapixel views on a single screen. (Other fields of view and resolutions are also possible.) Image-stitching software merges multiple video feeds into one scene. The system also allows operators to tag and follow targets, and can monitor restricted areas and sound an alert when intruders breach them.

Imaging systems and methods for immersive surveillance

Growing community of inventors

Lowell, MA, United States of America

Gary M Long, Jr