MEMENTO (Multi camEra high fraMe ratE syNchronisaTiOn) is the Electronic Systems Engineering Department’s first initiative at commercialisation of home-grown electronics technology. After two successful rounds of research into high frame-rate vision hardware, and the completion of detailed commercial feasibility studies, the time has come to offer the technology with a range of products, and a sound business proposition that fills an existing gap in the high performance vision market. This product will address the problem of high precision synchronisation that arises between coupled cameras working at thousands, or even millions of frames per second. This will enable capturing transient events from multiple angles.
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
The MEMENTO Project
A state of the art research project.
Applications of this technology include the scientific study of fracture propagation, droplet formation, combustion wave fronts or high speed impacts which are all ideally observed and analysed from different angles of view for maximum information capture. Such vision equipment needs to be easily adaptable for a wide variety of use cases. The ability to synchronize multiple cameras precisely enables a wide range of technical possibilities such as 3D reconstruction, multi-camera resolution-augmentation, frame interleaving, and real-time stitching of video footage for the creation of larger fields of view than would otherwise be possible with any single high speed vision camera.
The University of Malta already holds intellectual property in this domain (WO/2010/029040). However, through this project the technology will be polished to a high technology readiness level (TRL) and brought in line with market expectations. MST Audio Visual Ltd, an established local media-engineering consultancy is partnering with the University to push this technology to its limits.