This can be done in real time and with high frame rates of up to 30 fps. In so doing, Panomera far surpasses the conventional HD 1080p standard, redefining the often heard term “high resolution". Anyone who has seen Panomera live can quickly attest to the “Panomera effect” – that begins where HD and megapixel surveillance cameras reach their limits.

Panomera can be adapted to every customer’s needs and the resolution can be scaled nearly limitlessly. For example, Panomera’s resolution at 160 m distance would correspond to that of a 215-megapixel camera.

According to Dallmeier, what makes Panomera so special is the completely novel lens and sensor concept. With conventional HD or megapixel surveillance cameras, the indicated resolution, let’s say 12 megapixels, is evenly distributed over the entire viewing angle. Now, if one tries to enlarge image sections from the background of the scene, the image quickly becomes blurry and pixelated. Details can then no longer be recognised.

Panomera solves this problem with a completely novel lens and sensor concept. With innovative geometric construction principles, Panomera uses its megapixels such that even objects that are farther away can be displayed with the same resolution as objects in the foreground of the picture.

That makes it possible to still identify people at a distance of 160m and more. The resolution that needs to be achieved for a certain distance can be individually defined, according to project requirements.

Another advantage of this sensor concept is a substantially higher dynamic range. Panomera works with several sensors, each of which selects its own exposure strategy in order to achieve ideal saturation. While with most other cameras an average value is determined, Panomera can make distinctions more effectively: Light areas are exposed for a shorter time and dark areas for a longer time. As a result, situations with a large dynamic range can also be recorded with good quality, without overexposure or “drowned” black areas.