Hyperspectral Cameras

What is a Hyperspectral Camera?

Hyperspectral cameras are advanced imaging systems that go beyond what the human eye and traditional cameras can perceive. Unlike standard cameras that capture images in three broad color bands (red, green, and blue), a hyperspectral camera collects and processes information from across the electromagnetic spectrum, typically in hundreds of narrow, contiguous spectral bands. This allows for the acquisition of a unique “spectral fingerprint” for every pixel in an image, providing detailed insights into the composition and characteristics of objects and materials. Essentially, a hyperspectral camera combines the power of digital imaging with spectroscopy, yielding a rich, three-dimensional data cube where two dimensions represent spatial extent and the third represents spectral content.

Diverse Applications of Hyperspectral Cameras

The ability of a hyperspectral camera to identify and quantify materials based on their unique spectral signatures opens up a vast array of applications across numerous industries. These include, but are not limited to:

  • Agriculture: Monitoring crop health, detecting early signs of disease or stress, assessing nutrient levels, optimizing irrigation, and predicting yields. It can also be used for seed viability studies and detecting subtle bruises on fruits before they are visually apparent.
  • Environmental Monitoring: Tracking changes in land use, vegetation health, water quality, and pollution detection. It aids in conservation efforts and mapping geological features.
  • Food Quality & Safety: Identifying contaminants, assessing ripeness, freshness, and quality of food products, detecting adulteration, and ensuring consistent product quality in processing lines.
  • Mining & Mineral Exploration: Rapid and non-destructive mapping of mineral deposits, assessing ore grades, and identifying specific mineral compositions, reducing the need for extensive drilling.
  • Medical & Biomedical Imaging: Assisting in disease diagnosis, analyzing wounds, and guiding surgeries by providing detailed tissue composition information.
  • Recycling & Waste Management: Efficiently sorting various materials like plastics and textiles based on their chemical composition, improving recycling processes.
  • Art & Forensics: Analyzing the composition of materials in artworks for authentication and conservation, detecting hidden details, and aiding in forensic investigations by analyzing trace evidence.
  • Defense & Security: Enabling reconnaissance and surveillance missions by identifying hidden objects and materials, and assisting in the detection of landmines.
  • Industrial Machine Vision: Enhancing quality control and inspection processes by detecting subtle differences in materials and identifying defects invisible to conventional systems.

Introducing Our Range of High-Performance Hyperspectral Cameras

Axiom Optics partners with leading manufacturers to bring you a comprehensive selection of high-performance hyperspectral cameras, designed to meet diverse application needs.

Cubert ULTRIS Hyperspectral Cameras: Leveraging innovative light field technology, Cubert ULTRIS hyperspectral cameras redefine real-time imaging with their exceptional spatial and spectral resolution, compactness, and speed.

HinaLea Imaging Hyperspectral Cameras: Axiom Optics proudly offers hyperspectral cameras from HinaLea Imaging, which allow the user to define the spectral bands of interests (number and peak wavelength) using a fast Fabry Perot tunable filtering technology.

  • HinaLea 4250: This hyperspectral camera offers imaging from 400 nm up to 1,000 nm, delivering spectral resolution datasets of 4 nm across 300 spectral bands.
  • HinaLea 4200C: This compact and lightweight camera covers the 400-1000 nm spectral range with 300 spectral bands and 4 nm (FWHM) spectral resolution.
  • HinaLea 4400 SWIR: This model provides imaging from 900-1700 nm with a spectral resolution of 10 nm across 108 spectral bands, featuring real-time imaging and classification.
  • HinaLea 4455 XSWIR: Offering extended capabilities, the 4455 XSWIR provides a spectral resolution of 15 nm across 225 bands from 1120-2100 nm, also with real-time imaging.

Both HinaLea and Cubert ULTRIS models offer cutting-edge solutions for your advanced hyperspectral imaging needs, supported by powerful software and robust SDKs for seamless integration.

Hyperspectral Cameras

What is a Hyperspectral Camera?

Hyperspectral cameras are advanced imaging systems that go beyond what the human eye and traditional cameras can perceive. Unlike standard cameras that capture images in three broad color bands (red, green, and blue), a hyperspectral camera collects and processes information from across the electromagnetic spectrum, typically in hundreds of narrow, contiguous spectral bands. This allows for the acquisition of a unique “spectral fingerprint” for every pixel in an image, providing detailed insights into the composition and characteristics of objects and materials. Essentially, a hyperspectral camera combines the power of digital imaging with spectroscopy, yielding a rich, three-dimensional data cube where two dimensions represent spatial extent and the third represents spectral content.

Diverse Applications of Hyperspectral Cameras

The ability of a hyperspectral camera to identify and quantify materials based on their unique spectral signatures opens up a vast array of applications across numerous industries. These include, but are not limited to:

  • Agriculture: Monitoring crop health, detecting early signs of disease or stress, assessing nutrient levels, optimizing irrigation, and predicting yields. It can also be used for seed viability studies and detecting subtle bruises on fruits before they are visually apparent.
  • Environmental Monitoring: Tracking changes in land use, vegetation health, water quality, and pollution detection. It aids in conservation efforts and mapping geological features.
  • Food Quality & Safety: Identifying contaminants, assessing ripeness, freshness, and quality of food products, detecting adulteration, and ensuring consistent product quality in processing lines.
  • Mining & Mineral Exploration: Rapid and non-destructive mapping of mineral deposits, assessing ore grades, and identifying specific mineral compositions, reducing the need for extensive drilling.
  • Medical & Biomedical Imaging: Assisting in disease diagnosis, analyzing wounds, and guiding surgeries by providing detailed tissue composition information.
  • Recycling & Waste Management: Efficiently sorting various materials like plastics and textiles based on their chemical composition, improving recycling processes.
  • Art & Forensics: Analyzing the composition of materials in artworks for authentication and conservation, detecting hidden details, and aiding in forensic investigations by analyzing trace evidence.
  • Defense & Security: Enabling reconnaissance and surveillance missions by identifying hidden objects and materials, and assisting in the detection of landmines.
  • Industrial Machine Vision: Enhancing quality control and inspection processes by detecting subtle differences in materials and identifying defects invisible to conventional systems.

Introducing Our Range of High-Performance Hyperspectral Cameras

Axiom Optics partners with leading manufacturers to bring you a comprehensive selection of high-performance hyperspectral cameras, designed to meet diverse application needs.

Cubert ULTRIS Hyperspectral Cameras: Leveraging innovative light field technology, Cubert ULTRIS hyperspectral cameras redefine real-time imaging with their exceptional spatial and spectral resolution, compactness, and speed.

HinaLea Imaging Hyperspectral Cameras: Axiom Optics proudly offers hyperspectral cameras from HinaLea Imaging, which allow the user to define the spectral bands of interests (number and peak wavelength) using a fast Fabry Perot tunable filtering technology.

  • HinaLea 4250: This hyperspectral camera offers imaging from 400 nm up to 1,000 nm, delivering spectral resolution datasets of 4 nm across 300 spectral bands.
  • HinaLea 4200C: This compact and lightweight camera covers the 400-1000 nm spectral range with 300 spectral bands and 4 nm (FWHM) spectral resolution.
  • HinaLea 4400 SWIR: This model provides imaging from 900-1700 nm with a spectral resolution of 10 nm across 108 spectral bands, featuring real-time imaging and classification.
  • HinaLea 4455 XSWIR: Offering extended capabilities, the 4455 XSWIR provides a spectral resolution of 15 nm across 225 bands from 1120-2100 nm, also with real-time imaging.

Both HinaLea and Cubert ULTRIS models offer cutting-edge solutions for your advanced hyperspectral imaging needs, supported by powerful software and robust SDKs for seamless integration.

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