<s>
The	O
term	O
panomorph	B-General_Concept
derives	O
from	O
the	O
Greek	O
words	O
pan	O
meaning	O
all	O
,	O
horama	O
meaning	O
view	O
,	O
and	O
morph	O
meaning	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
panomorph	B-General_Concept
lens	O
is	O
a	O
particular	O
type	O
of	O
wide-angle	O
lens	O
specifically	O
designed	O
to	O
improve	O
optical	O
performances	O
in	O
predefined	O
zones	O
of	O
interest	O
,	O
or	O
across	O
the	O
whole	O
image	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
traditional	O
fisheye	O
lenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
examples	O
of	O
improved	O
optical	O
parameters	O
include	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
,	O
the	O
MTF	O
or	O
the	O
relative	O
illumination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
origin	O
of	O
panomorph	B-General_Concept
technology	O
dates	O
back	O
to	O
1999	O
from	O
a	O
French	O
company	O
named	O
ImmerVision	O
now	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Montreal	O
,	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
first	O
panomorph	B-General_Concept
lenses	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
video	O
surveillance	O
applications	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
,	O
panomorph	B-General_Concept
lenses	O
are	O
an	O
improvement	O
on	O
existing	O
wide-angle	O
lenses	O
in	O
a	O
broad	O
range	O
of	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
improve	O
the	O
optical	O
performances	O
of	O
the	O
resulting	O
images	O
in	O
predefined	O
zones	O
of	O
interest	O
or	O
in	O
the	O
whole	O
image	O
,	O
panomorph	B-General_Concept
lenses	O
can	O
use	O
one	O
or	O
many	O
strategies	O
at	O
the	O
optical	O
design	O
stage	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
targeted	O
optical	O
distortion	O
,	O
modulated	O
across	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
view	O
,	O
to	O
vary	O
the	O
magnification	O
and	O
increase	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
in	O
the	O
zone	O
of	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
optical	O
anamorphosis	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
non-spherical	O
image	O
footprint	O
to	O
better	O
match	O
the	O
sensor	B-Algorithm
anamorphic	I-Algorithm
ratio	I-Algorithm
and	O
increase	O
the	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
imaged	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
in	O
the	O
whole	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
zones	O
of	O
interest	O
or	O
whole	O
image	O
improvements	O
resulting	O
from	O
using	O
any	O
of	O
these	O
design	O
strategies	O
in	O
a	O
given	O
panomorph	B-General_Concept
lenses	O
enable	O
improved	O
optical	O
performances	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
traditional	O
wide-angle	O
lenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
matter	O
the	O
strategies	O
used	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
performances	O
in	O
zones	O
of	O
interest	O
,	O
each	O
panomorph	B-General_Concept
lens	O
is	O
designed	O
with	O
specific	O
parameters	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
object-to-image	O
mapping	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Precise	O
specificatons	O
of	O
these	O
design	O
parameters	O
for	O
each	O
panomorph	B-General_Concept
lens	O
is	O
encoded	O
in	O
their	O
unique	O
RPL	O
(	O
Registered	O
Panomorph	B-General_Concept
Lens	O
)	O
code	O
to	O
allow	O
de-warping	B-Algorithm
algorithms	O
to	O
process	O
the	O
image	O
and	O
properly	O
display	O
the	O
final	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
display	O
is	O
optimized	O
to	O
keep	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
improved	O
performance	O
in	O
the	O
zone	O
of	O
interest	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
panomorph	B-General_Concept
lenses	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
algorithms	O
for	O
fisheye	O
lenses	O
which	O
employ	O
a	O
linear	O
mapping	O
function	O
to	O
de-warp	O
the	O
image	O
without	O
any	O
considerations	O
for	O
their	O
departure	O
from	O
a	O
perfect	O
linear	O
mapping	O
(	O
distortion	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
providing	O
wide-angle	O
images	O
with	O
zones	O
of	O
interest	O
,	O
panomorph	B-General_Concept
lenses	O
are	O
often	O
designed	O
with	O
specific	O
applications	O
in	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panomorph	B-General_Concept
lenses	O
have	O
already	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
various	O
industries	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
