Techniques for High Tonal Quality Picture Transmission. Volume 1.

Abstract

This is a study of techniques for high tonal quality picture transmission. The usefulness of a picture as a function of resolution and the gamma of the photographic paper has been investigated from a photo-interpreter's view. While gamma was found to have no effect if extreme values were excluded, the usefulness fell as the inverse square root of the resolution in the region of most interest. Methods of transmitting the picture by digital means have been explored. For economy of transmission time and minimal effect of errors in the bit stream, two variants of normal delta modulation were found to be equal in performance and superior to all the other methods of digital modulation investigated. A survey has been made of methods of scanning photographs and of reproducing them at the receiver.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0857406

Entities

People

  • Edward B. Cooper
  • Geoffrey J. Jenks
  • Oliver J. Raymond
  • Ross C. Tooley
  • Samuel Lattimore

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Delta Modulation
  • Modulation
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographic Paper
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Scanning
  • Square Roots
  • Transmitting

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design