Spherical Vision

The Ladybug®2 is the next generation of spherical digital video cameras from Point Grey Research. The system has six cameras that enable the system to collect video from more than 75% of the full sphere, and an IEEE-1394b interface that allows streaming to disk at 30fps.

Components	The Ladybug2 is composed of a Head unit and a solid state Compressor unit; a separate storage unit is no longer required. The Compressor unit is connected to the camera Head unit via a high-speed fiber-optic link. The Compressor can be connected to any standard PC with IEEE-1394 capability. A 1394b interface provides the ability to stream raw, uncompressed data to the PC at 15 FPS. The Ladybug2 SDK can be used to control the system, preview live images and retrieve and process previously recorded data.
Head Unit	Six 1024x768 color sensors Five CCDs are positioned in a horizontal ring and one points straight up High quality 2.5mm micro lenses Multiple frame rates Proprietary 1.2Gbps optical link to Compressor unit provides ability to stream images at up to 30FPS Covers approximately 75% of a full sphere
Compressor Unit	JPEG compression engine allows user to trade-off image quality for frame rate Compression allows data transfer rates to local hard drive of up to 30FPS In applications where no compression is required, a maximum of 15FPS can be achieved