Panocam: a digital high-resolution panoramic camera for underground installations survey

Author

Croteau, Alain ; Pelletier, Jean Guy ; Dubuc, Yves

Author_Institution

Hydro-Quebec, Que., Canada

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

83

Lastpage

86

Abstract

The Panocam camera was developed by Hydro-Quebec for the purpose of surveying underground power installations such as splicing manholes without requiring human entry. The camera produces digital images that span 360° with a size of 7168×2048 pixels, allowing both detailed and overall view of the manhole within the same image. The image can be viewed as it is taken using a touch-screen remote control station. Three prototypes are currently being used in the field for various applications

Keywords

CCD image sensors; image processing; touch sensitive screens; underground cables; 14680064 pixel; 2048 pixel; 7168 pixel; Hydro-Quebec; Panocam; digital high-resolution panoramic camera; digital images; image review; splicing manholes; touch-screen remote control station; underground installations survey; Circuit testing; Control systems; Digital cameras; Digital images; Humans; Image resolution; Lamps; Lenses; Power engineering and energy; Splicing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Construction, Operation and Live-Line Maintenance Proceedings. 2000 IEEE ESMO - 2000 IEEE 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6625-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDCLLM.2000.882802

Filename

882802