designs and manufactures open hardware 1 and free software 2 cameras primarily for scientific applications though these products can easily be customised for many different uses . elphel inc. was founded in 2001 by russian physicist andrey filippov who emigrated to the united states of america in 1995 . 3 the current model is named elphel 353 . on the 6th december 2010 4 elphel launched their first panoramic camera solution that is publicly available called elphel eyesis . eyesis can be seen as the successor designed for low parallax 5 of the camera rig elphel inc. developed for google street view 6 elphel 333 circuit and sensor board contents 1 applications 2 see also 3 references 4 external links applications edit elphel cameras are being used to capture images for google street view and the google books project 7 and are used in a global hawk uav operated by nasa . 8 the moss landing marine laboratories use elphel cameras in their project called submersible capable of under ice navigation and imaging scini a nsf funded research project for robotic under the sea ice for surveying and exploration in antarctica . 9 the franken camera f2 developed by stanford university uses the elphel 10383 sensor front end . 10 the camera was used in the apertus project by a group of enthusiasts and moviemakers worldwide who work to achieve a digital cinema solution . see also edit axiom an open source hardware 4k digital cinema camera references edit open source hardware 2009 the definitive guide to open source hardware projects in 2009 make 2009 retrieved november 23 2010 elphel camera free software and open hardware free software foundation 2009 retrieved march 31 2013 andrey n. filippov elphel inc. retrieved august 28 2011 announcement elphel website retrieved january 1 2011 elphel eyesis development blog post elphel eyesis camera optics and lens focus adjustment 2010 retrieved january 1 2011 elphel eyesis product page 2011 retrieved january 1 2011 weekly google code roundup google code blog google august 10 2007 retrieved november 22 2010 janz scott j april 6 2010 . elphel camera on the global hawk . elphel technical support mailing list . retrieved november 22 2010 . engineering ice aged project cal state 2010 retrieved november 23 2010 frequently asked questions about the frankencamera 2009 retrieved march 24 2011 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title elphel & oldid 702921587 categories camerasdigital camerasembedded linuxlinux based devicesopen hardware electronic devicesfree software companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschitalianoportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 2 february 2016 at 12 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view