# SAM #S-133984

LANL GigaPic-3D Modular Gigapixel Imaging Technology Licensing Opportunity

**Buyer:** DOE Senior Network Security Contractor
**Posted:** October 06, 2026
**Respond By:** March 07, 2027
**Identifier:** S-133984
**NAICS:** 3331

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is offering its GigaPic-3D imaging technology for licensing and commercialization, not seeking to purchase goods or services.
- **Opportunity:** Technology licensing opportunity from the Department of Energy’s LANL, operated by Triad National Security, LLC.
- **Technology:** GigaPic-3D combines multiple image sensors to capture gigapixel images in a single exposure, recording light direction for 3D reconstruction and post-capture refocusing without stitching separate photographs together.
- **Modular capabilities:** The system can be configured for visible, ultraviolet, infrared, or X-ray imaging using different sensors, optical components, and radiation-conversion materials. Integrated software reconstructs images from the collected data.
- **Technology references:** Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3; reference LA-UR-26-28965; U.S. Patent No. 12,574,655.
- **Licensing contact:** licensing@lanl.gov.
- **Procurement details:** No government purchase, quantities, commercial vendors, OEMs, pricing, or performance period are stated.

### Description

<p><em>A gigapixel camera that captures three-dimensional images in a single shot</em></p>

<p>Creating 3D images usually requires multiple cameras or repeated measurements.</p>

<p>GigaPic-3D can capture a gigapixel image in a single exposure. The camera uses light-field imaging, a technique that records both the amount of light and the direction it travels, allowing software to reconstruct 3D images and refocus them after they have been captured.</p>

<p>The same camera architecture can also be configured for imaging across a broad range of wavelengths, including visible light and X-rays. This flexibility allows one platform to support scientific, industrial, security and medical applications.</p>

<p><strong>Overview</strong></p>

<p>GigaPic-3D combines many image sensors into a single camera. Together, these sensors produce images containing billions of pixels.</p>

<p>Most gigapixel imaging systems create a final image by collecting many separate photographs and stitching them together. GigaPic-3D captures the entire scene in a single shot, reducing image collection time and eliminating the need to align multiple images before processing.</p>

<p>Unlike a conventional camera that records only the brightness of light, GigaPic-3D&rsquo;s light-field imaging also records the direction that light travels. Its software uses this information to create 3D images and adjust the focus after the image has been captured.</p>

<p>The modular design can be adapted for visible light, ultraviolet light, infrared light or X-ray imaging by selecting different optical components and radiation-conversion materials.</p>

<p><strong>Advantages</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>Captures gigapixel images in a single shot</li>
	<li>Produces 3D images from a single exposure</li>
	<li>Allows images to be refocused after they are captured</li>
	<li>Eliminates the need to stitch together multiple photographs</li>
	<li>Built primarily from commercially available components</li>
	<li>Configurable for imaging from visible light through X-rays</li>
	<li>Modular design supports different sensors, optics and camera configurations</li>
	<li>Integrated processing reconstructs images directly from the collected data</li>
</ul>

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<p><strong>Technology Description</strong></p>

<p>GigaPic-3D uses several layers that work together to capture and process an image. Light first passes through an optical layer that directs it onto an array of image sensors. For X-ray imaging, the system includes materials that convert X-rays into visible light that conventional image sensors can detect.</p>

<p>Instead of relying on one large image sensor, the camera combines many smaller commercial sensors into a single array. Because the sensors remain in fixed positions, they work together as one imaging system, eliminating the repeated alignment required when combining images from separate cameras.</p>

<p>The camera records both the brightness and direction of incoming light. Reconstruction software then creates a high-resolution image, generates 3D views and allows users to refocus the image after it has been captured.</p>

<p>Because the system is modular, different image sensors, optical components and detector materials can be combined to meet the needs of different applications while using the same overall camera design.</p>

<p><strong>Market Applications</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li>Scientific and Research Imaging (astronomy and space imaging, fusion diagnostics)</li>
	<li>Industrial and Manufacturing (inspection, non-destructive testing, machine vision, advanced manufacturing)</li>
	<li>Medical and Biomedical (imaging, gigamacro applications)</li>
	<li>Environmental and Agricultural Monitoring (remote sensing, observation)</li>
	<li>Cultural Heritage and Preservation (high-resolution imaging, museum-grade digitization)</li>
</ul>

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<p>Technology Readiness Level 3</p>

<p>LA-UR-26-28965</p>

<p>US Patent No. 12,574,655</p>

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