This technology has resulted from recent developments in hyperspectral imaging.
A video capable imaging spectrometer can work like a camcorder and provide full frame spectral images in real-time that enables advanced (vehicle based) mobility and hand-held imaging spectroscopy.
Unlike hyperspectral line scanners, a video spectrometer can spectrally capture randomly and quickly moving objects and processes.
The product of a conventional hyperspectral line scanner has typically been called a hyperspectral data cube.
A video spectrometer produces a spectral image data series at much higher speeds (1 ms) and frequencies (25 Hz) that is called a hyperspectral video.