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Four alternative models for an infrared plant health camera.

  1. 1) One camera with a filter switcher which switches between IR block and IR pass filters
  2. 2) Two cameras, one unmodified and one with an IR pass filter
  3. 3) One camera with a superblue (Schott BG3) filter.
  4. 4) Two cameras, one unmodified and one with a superblue filter.
Feature ..1.. ..2.. ..3.. ..4..
number of cameras 1 2 1 2
filter switcher 1 0 0 0
normal RGB color output Y Y N Y
optics modified for RGB image? Y N na N
NRG output Y Y N Y
NDVI output Y Y Y Y
shutter sync for NDVI N Y N N
shutter sync for NRG N Y na Y
rectification for NDVI Y Y N N
rectification for NRG Y Y na Y
parallax for NDVI N Y N N
parallax for NRG N Y na Y
RGB/NIR synchrony possible? N Y Y Y
buy superblue filter? N N Y Y

Notes:

1.Shutter sync: Is it necessary to synchronize the shutters of two cameras to make multispectral images when the cameras or subject are moving?

2.Rectification: Is it necessary to rectify (align) data from two different photos to make multispectral images?

3.Parallax: Is rectifying two images subject to parallax errors when subjects in the scene are both near and far from the camera?

4.RGB/NIR synchrony: Is it possible to capture all the data needed for multispectral images simultaneously (which is needed when the camera[s] or subject are not stationary)?