Panomorph

Panomorph (from the Greek word pan meaning "all", horama meaning "view", and morph meaning "form") is a particular type of panoramic lens.

Two important parameters for the Panomorph lens are the amount and location of the resolution. These parameters, introduced at the optical design stage, allow the Panomorph lens to provide a higher resolution in a defined zone than any other standard panoramic imager. By comparison, a fisheye lens on a standard NTSC camera (i.e. using the accepted television format in North America and Japan) requires up to six times more pixels on its sensor to produce the same resolution.

References

* "Innovative lens improves imaging for surveillance systems", Simon Thibault, SPIE