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Manufacturer of microscopy toolset intended to capture cellular-level detail over hundreds of square centimeters. The company's microscope uses custom-designed control electronics to deliver and process massive amounts of image data from a large array of micro-cameras, enabling companies to capture, analyze, and securely store tens of gigapixels of object-specific data with high throughput and improved analysis.

Circle Optics develops innovative camera technology designed for content creators, specializing in high-definition 360-degree video. The company's unique parallax-free camera utilizes multiple polygonal lenses to capture panoramic images seamlessly, eliminating the need for post-processing and image stitching. This technology allows for real-time, errorless virtual reality video, enhancing various applications such as immersive experiences, aerospace safety, and surveillance capabilities. By providing a comprehensive view of a scene instantaneously, Circle Optics aims to accelerate the delivery of critical resources and improve safety measures across different sectors.

Operator of a 3D computer vision platform intended to specialize in building camera arrays to facilitate light field capture and analysis. The company's 3D vision system is based on seminal Epipolar-Plane image analysis that has become recognized as an important component of high-quality passive ranging and the acquisition and delivery of the light field, enabling consumers with image acquisition and detect the aperture problem to solve the correspondence problem between the different captured viewpoints.

Wildlife Imaging Systems is focused on providing advanced machine vision solutions to the research community. It develops a machine vision platform to help the research community conserve wildlife through video capture.

PhotonLab develops photosensor technology for light detection and radiation monitoring. The company was founded in 2015 by Daniel Ferenc and has its headquarters in Davis, California.

OpenSpace offers photo documentation which is automatically pinned to plan location with AI. It specializes in computer vision and construction. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

OpenSpace offers photo documentation which is automatically pinned to plan location with AI. It specializes in computer vision and construction. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

OpenSpace offers photo documentation which is automatically pinned to plan location with AI. It specializes in computer vision and construction. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

PhotonLab develops photosensor technology for light detection and radiation monitoring. The company was founded in 2015 by Daniel Ferenc and has its headquarters in Davis, California.

Operator of a 3D computer vision platform intended to specialize in building camera arrays to facilitate light field capture and analysis. The company's 3D vision system is based on seminal Epipolar-Plane image analysis that has become recognized as an important component of high-quality passive ranging and the acquisition and delivery of the light field, enabling consumers with image acquisition and detect the aperture problem to solve the correspondence problem between the different captured viewpoints.

Developer of quantum camera technology designed to provide noise-free high-resolution images. The company's technology offers lightweight lenses that are effective for military vehicles, aircraft, and drones and high-resolution images to create new strategic advantages for military lenses, enabling clients to provide high-resolution long-range images free of the distortion caused by heat haze turbulence.

PhotoniCare, Inc. is a medical device company founded in 2013 and based in Champaign, Illinois. The company develops advanced diagnostic tools aimed at improving the standard of care for patients with ear infections. Its primary product, the TOMi Scope, utilizes near-infrared light waves to provide three-dimensional views of the middle ear, allowing physicians to see beyond the eardrum. This innovative device leverages patented technology derived from bioengineering research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, addressing the limitations of traditional otoscopes, which can only provide surface-level views. By enabling more accurate screening and diagnosis of ear diseases, PhotoniCare aims to enhance patient outcomes and streamline the diagnostic process for healthcare providers.

Phi Optics Inc. develops optical imaging systems for life sciences, medical diagnostics, nanotechnology, and semiconductor testing applications. It offers Quantitative Phase Imaging, a label-free, non-contact, and non-invasive imaging method for measuring nanoscale structures and dynamics via interferometry. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

TAG Optics is the maker of the worlds fastest focusing lens: the award winning TAG Lens. It is the first device in the world to utilize the power of sound to shape light - a technology that is proprietary to TAG Optics. This new technology enable scanning speeds that are more than 1000 times faster than competing devices providing significant speed improvements to existing systems in sectors ranging from medical pathology to laser manufacturing. The company was funded in 2011 and is headquartered in Princeton NJ.

TAG Optics is the maker of the worlds fastest focusing lens: the award winning TAG Lens. It is the first device in the world to utilize the power of sound to shape light - a technology that is proprietary to TAG Optics. This new technology enable scanning speeds that are more than 1000 times faster than competing devices providing significant speed improvements to existing systems in sectors ranging from medical pathology to laser manufacturing. The company was funded in 2011 and is headquartered in Princeton NJ.

TaggPic geo-recognition technology analyzes photos based solely on visual features to recognize landmarks in digital photos, and the precise locations where the photos were captured. The Problem: Hundreds of millions of digital photos from around the world are uploaded to the Web every day. This explosion of pixel data is creating the need for fast, hyper-accurate, and automatic tagging of massive collections of images. The Solution: TaggPic technology is based solely on visual features, and does not require any metadata, such as GPS tags, manual tagging, or other location sensors, although it is capable of working with inputs from all three. The underlying algorithms can determine the precise position of the camera viewpoint in a geo-referenced coordinate system, even if no prior data about the photo’s location is known. TaggPic transforms static 2D photos into auto-tagged, geo-positioned, and intelligently connected platforms. TaggPic’s crowd-fueled computer vision technology instantly recognizes landmarks, buildings, and other objects in images without the need for GPS data or manual tagging.

Phi Optics Inc. develops optical imaging systems for life sciences, medical diagnostics, nanotechnology, and semiconductor testing applications. It offers Quantitative Phase Imaging, a label-free, non-contact, and non-invasive imaging method for measuring nanoscale structures and dynamics via interferometry. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Champaign, Illinois.

Anchovi Labs is developing a new way to organize, browse and share your personal photos.

FiveFocal was founded in 2009 with the goal of bringing system-level design to the next-generation of imagers. To achieve this goal, they assembled a team of experts in computational imaging, lens design, sensor modeling, image processing, optical engineering, and software development. In their first 5 years, they developed and used their own internal software to complete close to 100 engineering service projects spanning a large range of applications. From miniature computational imagers to space telescopes, they selected projects that would challenge their thinking and refine their tools.