SILIOS CMS4 Series 4.3MP Multispectral Cameras

SILIOS CMS4 Series 4.2MP Multispectral Cameras

SILIOS Technologies’ CMS VIS/NIR cameras are based on COLOR-SHADES® pixelated filter technology. Three snapshot multispectral cameras capture 4.2 Megapixel raw images made up of nine 426 x 339 pixel spectral sub-images for the spectral range 430-700nm, 550-830nm and 650-930nm.

Key Features

• Compact multispectral camera
• Visible to near infrared range
• 3 spectral ranges:
  • C (430-700nm) for “colour” applications
  • V (550-830nm) for “vegetation” applications
  • S (650-930nm) for “security” applications
  • 4.2 MP (2048 x 2048 px) raw resolution CMOS sensor with pixelated multispectral filter
• 8 spectral bands + 1 B&W
• 10-bits resolution
• USB 3.0 interface

COLOR SHADES® Multispectral Filter Technology

The COLOR SHADES® technology is a unique manufacturing technique that produces multispectral pixelated filters. ​The filters are composed of several cells, each of which filters a given wavelength band. The number of cells, their size, geometry and organisation onto the filter, the number of bands and their centre wavelengths are configurable. The combination of COLOR SHADES® filters with 1D/2D sensors forms the basis of SILIOS multispectral imagers.

The main advantages of COLOR SHADES® technology are the flexibility in size of the filters and cells, the flexibility in the choice of the centre wavelength, and the filter cost thanks to the use of collective manufacturing methods.

SILIOS designs and manufactures filters in the visible range (VIS), in the near infrared (NIR) and in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) bands.

Custom Multispectral Sensors & Cameras

SILIOS offers to design and manufacture custom pixelated filter multispectral sensors and/or cameras. This service optimises the performance of the camera for your particular application. This addresses the need for a specific wavelength range, band centering, image resolution and even a non-standard sensor.

Software Development Kit (SDK)

COLOR SHADES® LAB is the SDK for the SILIOS multispectral cameras. It displays the raw images, as well as false colour images, grey-scale images or overlaid images with different indexation methods (such as “spectrum recognition”). It normalises the spectral channels and applies multispectral image corrections such as crosstalk correction of course extracts the hypercubes.

COLOR SHADES® LAB runs with real time acquisition but can also run with recorded single image or series of images (“replay mode”). COLOR SHADES® LAB supports any SILIOS cameras and recognises the connected camera via its serial number. The specific spectral data of the corresponding multispectral sensor is then used for spectral corrections and treatments.

COLOR SHADES® LAB is supplied as standard with any SILIOS multispectral camera.