A spy camera "Mantis" capable of monitoring a city from the roof of a skyscraper and finding a specific individual is being developed in China

Camera that can shoot a 100 megapixel movie by integrating 19 high-performance cameras "Mantis"Is being developed in China. Mantis is able to recognize specific individuals far from the top of the skyscraper and is expected to be active in the monitoring society, China.

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"Mantis" developed by the research team at Duke University is like "one camera made from 19 best cameras" and it is called one of the world's most powerful cameras.


Researchers have moved the development space from the United States to China, Mantis is active in China. When one is installed on the roof of a building ... ...


You can look over every corner of the city.


Mantis was developed by David Brady and was founded by Aqueti China Technology. Mr. Brady was originally a researcher at Duke University but moved to China in 2016 and started business.


Mantis can create a 100 megapixel movie by integrating the images captured by 19 cameras. "If someone sneezes in the city, I can show the sneezing situation."


Male nestling in the park, Minghao Hu, a technician.


Mantis looks for Hu from the roof of the building.


While tweeting as "Who is that?" Brady who is trying to find Mr. Hu from the image of the PC said that he spent 20 years on the research of Mantis and spent $ 23 million (2.5 billion yen) Thing.


By zooming in the camera's image, you can grasp the situation far far away.


As we move closer and closer ......


I could confirm Hu's whereabouts.


China owns the world's largest surveillance camera network by state.


For that, for Brady, China can be a huge market.


Police when the incident occurred will see a video surveillance camera, but, in general, the image quality is not so good.


Mantis keeps track of the whole from a distant place ... ...


You can zoom in to the place you want to see and see the picture at pinpoint.


Even in the vast stadium where many people visit ......


It is possible to find out where a specific individual is. Even when the incident happens, you can grasp who and what action caused the action.


Aqueti China Technology Headquartered in ChinaKunshanIt is in.


As you can see from the fact that cameras such as GoPro are manufactured, China is a place suitable for camera manufacturing. Mr. Brady was based in China also because of manufacturing.


Mantis will integrate the images captured by 19 cameras into one, but since it has a super computer, real-time video analysis will be possible.


I will look inside the camera.


Five computers are mounted on the board.


In the movie "Blade Runner", there is a scene where the camera zooms in one place to check the person. At the time the movie was released, the scene of "Speaking to the computer and zooming in and out" strangely appeared in the eyes of the viewer, but in 2018 it is a reality.


Evolution of the camera does not know where to stay, Brady predicted that in the future three to four years ahead, cube-type cameras like GoPro with gigapixel performance will be realized.