Hyper Spectral Solutions

Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is a technique that captures and analyzes information across a broad range of the electromagnetic spectrum to create images with a high level of spectral resolution and spatial mapping.

HSI can capture information from UV light to the near or short-wave infrared, allowing it to reveal properties of materials that are not otherwise visible. This information is used to create a 3 dimensional “hypercube” of of spectral and spatial data which can be used to identify and analyze objects and materials.

Hyperspectral imaging collects and processes information from across the electromagnetic spectrum. The goal of hyperspectral imaging is to obtain the spectrum for each pixel in the image of a scene, with the purpose of finding objects, identifying materials, or detecting processes. There are three general types of spectral imagers. There are push broom scanners and the related whisk broom scanners (spatial scanning), which read images over time, band sequential scanners (spectral scanning), which acquire images of an area at different wavelengths, and snapshot hyperspectral imagers, which uses a staring array to generate an image in an instant.

Figuratively speaking, hyperspectral sensors collect information as a set of “images.” Each image represents a narrow wavelength range of the electromagnetic spectrum, also known as a spectral band. These “images” are combined to form a three-dimensional (x, y, λ) hyperspectral data cube for processing and analysis, where x and y represent two spatial dimensions of the scene, and λ represents the spectral dimension (comprising a range of wavelengths).

Hardware

As with our WAMI solutions, we equip our self-built UA’s with Hyperspectral Lens devices developed in-house. Users can access historical and real-time imagery as well as requesting overhead assets through our platform. To obtain pricing or for further questions please contact our sales team directly.