Talal Javed Qadri worked with the Duke Imaging and Spectroscopy Program on computational optical sensor research. He assisted in projects including helping design and build a 2 gigapixel camera, developing techniques like using microcameras as an optical processing unit. The camera captures high resolution images by combining photos from 98 smaller 14 megapixel cameras within a sphere.

1. Talal Javed Qadri
Duke Class of 2015

2.  Worked with The Duke Imaging and
Spectroscopy Program (DISP)
 Dr. David J Brady- Head of the program
 Computational optical sensors research
program
 Affiliated with the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, the Fitzpatrick
Institute for Photonics, and the Pratt School of
Engineering at Duke University
 Various Projects

3.  DISP developed a two gigapixel camera
 Used new techniques like multi-scale design
using mononcentric optical designs and using
microcameras as a general optical processing
unit
 Started with initial design of 1 gigapixel and
plan to eventually develop a 40 gigapixel
camera
 Currently working on a 10 gigapixel design

4.  Traditional monolithic lens designs, must
increase focus and lens complexity
 Reduce field of view as image scale increases.
 Traditional electronic architectures are not
designed for highly parallel streaming and
analysis of large scale images.
 The AWARE design addresses these challenges
using multiscale designs that combine a
monocentric objective lens with arrays of
secondary microcameras.

5.  Composed of 98 smaller cameras that shoot at 14
megapixels
 These micro cameras rest in a football-sized sphere
 Pictures from the multiple cameras are then
combined together in a computer connected to the
sphere
 This „stitching‟ of images is achieved by using
Gigapan software, as well as Python and Matlab
programs specifically written for this purpose
 The final result is one highly detailed image

6.  Billion pixel shots generate photos with five times as
much detail as what a person with 20/20 vision can
see, and produce images 30 times better than the best
SLR camera available on the market
 Department of Defense funded the research of this
device in hopes of using this technology in both aerial
and land surveillance
 Other gigapixel cameras developed but none boast a
field of view 120 degrees wide and 50 degrees tall like
the Aware-2
 Currently weighs a 100 pounds and shoots only in
black-and-white
 The next 10 gigapixel camera will shoot color images
and will also be lighter

7.  Camera with outer covers removed

8.  Exploded view of inner sphere

10.  Aided in designing and building a custom
transport mechanism for the camera

11.  Took pictures with the camera in different
locations for example in the Duke gardens
 Created a method for recording the exact
coordinates of each picture on the Linux
system of the camera‟s computer. Achieved
this using a Garmin GPS receiver along with a
software called “gpsd”