Phase One 4-Band solution

Capture 150MP 4-Band imagery

Applications like crop analysis, vegetation health and city observation for green site monitoring demand the combination of NIR and RGB aerial imagery. Phase One has developed a fully automatic solution for capturing and processing 4-Band imagery, using two high resolution Phase One aerial cameras.

One solution for many applications

The perfect choice for any 4-Band precise requirements:

cost effective solution
flexible: two cameras that can be used in different combinations (together or stand-alone) for varied simultaneous projects.
lightweight and compact: easy to install in small aerial platforms
simple workflow, reducing hours spent post-processing
reliable output: accurate high resolution images

Simplifying your workflow

The 4-Band solution includes two synchronized Phase One metric calibrated cameras (RGB and NIR) mounted side by side on a specially designed base plate, an iX Controller computer and the iX Capture software.

The software automatically generates distortion-free images and performs fine co-registration of pixels from the NIR to the RGB images, including processing different image sizes.

The users can generate the following products:

4-Band combined NIR and RGB (RGBN) TIFF (4-Band CIR)
3-Band combined NIR and RGB (NRG) TIFF (3-Band CIR)
NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) TIFF
distortion-free / corrected NIR TIFF
RGB TIFF
NIR TIFF

iX Capture

iX Capture is a professional capture and processing application that was created exclusively for shooting with Phase One aerial camera systems. Used together with Phase One aerial cameras, this professional capture and processing software enables full control over one or multiple cameras, enabling an operator to easily monitor and control every aspect of aerial digital data acquisition.

Designed for use with a touchscreen or mouse, iX Capture makes inflight camera changes as easy as tapping a button. It contains all of the essential tools for high-end performance in one package to enable you to capture, monitor and process images in a fast, flexible and efficient workflow.

iX Capture exports raw pictures to TIFF and JPG images, distortion corrected TIFF and JPG images, and batch processes RGB and NIR into CIR and NDVI products.

iX Controller

Designed to provide the ultimate in speed, the Phase One iX Controller acts as a central hub of your aerial camera system, controlling multiple cameras. Working with 6 separate USB 3 ports, the iX Controller delivers record breaking I/O speeds.