OBSERVER ¬ NOVA IMAGING SYSTEMS

Capture high-resolution stills images using our underwater imaging systems that integrate seamlessly into subsea vehicles.

How do they work?
Our underwater imaging systems combine our Observer cameras, equipped with Deep Vision Optics, and Nova LED panels together to deliver crisp, evenly-illuminated stills images. They work seamlessly with our laser scanners, providing gapless laser data with interlaced stills.

Ultra high output LED strobes for short crisp exposures

High sensitivity sensors for long range imaging

High dynamic range data for lossless image enhancement

Onboard image processing for the best real-time data

Equipped with Deep Vision Optics - Eliminating corner blur to enable use of the full field-of-view

UNDERWATER CAMERAS AND LIGHTING
The Lineup
 Our underwater imaging systems provide a complete visual understanding of subsea environments. Our systems can come pre-integrated in our AUV Payloads or ROV Skids to simplify integration.

MACHINE LEARNING
Image Processing
When taking photos at long ranges, water absorbs the visible light spectrum unevenly – causing colour images to appear blue/green. Our machine-learning-based colour correction algorithms help you see consistent, true-colour photos that enable effective subject analysis and wide-area mapping.

Images are debayered, light-levelled, and finally colour corrected in real-time so that they are instantly available for quality control.

The Observer Imaging Systems, equipped with Deep Vision Optics, enhances image sharpness and depth of field, improving feature and target detection while optimizing machine learning performance. This advanced optical system captures both close-up and distant features in sharp focus, enabling comprehensive and detailed underwater inspections.

Image Mosaicing
High image-to-image uniformity, produced by our near-perfect light levelling and colour enhancement algorithms, coupled with navigational data, enables you to seamlessly stich together wide-area mosaics from a sequence of images.

Broad regions can be viewed all at once to get a better macro understanding or zoomed in on to see tiny details.