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The Dr. Clauss Bild- und Datentechnik GmbH  Karline Digital Stereoscopic Panoramic Camera. Courtesy of Dr. Clauss Bild- und Datentechnik GmbH. German company announces stereoscopic pano cam
By Michael R. Tomkins, The Imaging Resource
(Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 23:35 EDT)

A German manufacturer by the name of Dr. Clauss Bild- und Datentechnik GmbH has announced a stereoscopic panoramic digital camera at Photokina.

The Karline Digital Stereoscopic Panoramic Camera has a fixed focus 13mm lens that captures a vertical field of view of 90 degrees, and uses a 2 x 2048 pixel linear sensor and a motorised drive mechanism to capture up to a 360-degree panorama. The image is captured over a parallel port interface, and the necessary software is included, as well as a battery and charger / AC adapter.

The Karline Digital Stereoscopic Panoramic Camera costs €4990 excluding tax. More details from the spec sheet follow:

Karline Digital Stereoscopic Panoramic Camera
The Dr. Clauss Bild- und Datentechnik GmbH  Karline Digital Stereoscopic Panoramic Camera. Courtesy of Dr. Clauss Bild- und Datentechnik GmbH.
Lens:
Fixed focus f = 13 mm(vertical angle 90°)
Motor shutter 1 : (2,8...16)
Angle of inclination30°...+50°in10°stepseligible
Optical Sensor:
CCD - Linear sensor
2 lines G / R + B per 2048 pixel
Active length of a line: 28.7
Exposure time: 1/1000s ... 32s
Colour depth: 24 bit RGB
Automatical / manual exposure regulation
Automatic correction of the reproduction geometry and transformation into universal sphere coordinates
Averager - Function
Rotary Drive:
Motor over stepwheel-gear, broken
8.333 steps per circle
Automatic hysteresis-balancing
Frequency of steps electronical controlled
Recording time per full-circle image: > 30s
Tripod Securing:
1/4" inside thread
Spirit level for keeping the horizon
Cable clip
Dimension: 80mm x 230mm
Weight: 800 g (without equipment)
Power Supply: NiMH battery 10.8 V; 1.3 Ah; (about 4 h operating time), with combined power supply device and charger for voltage from 100 - 250 V, 50 / 60Hz or 12V DC
Interface: ECP under IEEE 1284 (parallel PC printer port)
Software:

Simple recording, working and reviewing tools for Microsoft Windows `95 / `98

  • "Karline Scan”: regulation of all camera functions, preview, online recording control, registration of the images
  • "Karline Studio”: montage of 2D or 3D images, corrections and retouching, compression, decompression, export in Tiff, BMP, AVI, print functions, and other things
  • "Karline View”: Viewer for images in 2D / 3D
Contents:
Camera with stereo device
Cables for the camera
Battery
Power supply and charger
Recording software "Karline Scan”
Working software "Karline Studio”
Viewing software "Karline View”
Shutter glasses for stereoscopic images
Light tripod
Robust and weatherproof transport case
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The Dr. Clauss Bild- und Datentechnik GmbH  Karline Digital Stereoscopic Panoramic Camera. Courtesy of Dr. Clauss Bild- und Datentechnik GmbH.
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Source: Dr. Clauss Bild- und Datentechnik GmbH

Original Source Press Release:

The stereoscopic panoramic camera Karline

The handy panoramic camera with stereo-view

Dr. Clauss Bild- und Datentechnik GmbH in Zwoenitz, in South-East Germany, designs and produces the panoramic camera Karline which is unique in size, performance and price and which is legally protected by several patents and utility models.

Preferred applications:

  • Internet presentations of products or objects
  • Technical status photographs or difference analyses
  • Archaeology, the preservation of historical monuments, architecture
  • Environmental protection and landscape architecture
  • Production of virtual worlds with a real background
Since the first presentation of the prototype at the photokina 2000 a lot of detail improvements and function enlargement followed.

Using a mouse, keyboard or joystick you can navigate in any direction and view the interesting screen details, rectified perspective with a complete depth detection in a 3-dimensional room. Such a totally stereoscopy is obtainable with no other recording technique.

But also with conventional panoramic recordings the camera captivates through the handy and easy design and the simple and half-automatic operation. Because of the inclining wide-angle lens and the precise perspective correction at a excellent geometrical resolution the camera makes also first-class, distortion-free recordings in the normal wide-angle area.

Important was a high dynamic extent and a good colourfastness. The balance of white ensues half-automatically over a scatter filter.

For more information please look at the technical data or our homepage under www.dr-clauss.de

Other products of our production programme:
  • Line cameras
  • Optoelectronical special devices and -assemblys (special production, small series)
  • Control devices

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