Commercial Snapshot Spectral Imaging: The Art of the Possible

Abstract

Advancements in snapshot multi- and hyper-spectral technology will soon make spectral imaging available to the consumer market. The first wave of products will be dominated by visible to near infrared (VNIR) cameras due to the maturity of Charged Coupled Device (CCD)/Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) imaging chip technology, which is used in everything from cell phone cameras to the Hubble Space Telescope. There is great potential for the law enforcement, war fighter, and intelligence communities to deploy compact spectral imaging on cell phones, dash cams, and small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These uses of VNIR imaging spectroscopy go beyond the conventional ones, including agricultural and food safety applications that typically use VNIR spectroscopy. In this document we explore the "art of the possible" in VNIR imaging spectroscopy to enable material identification and characterization with low cost (i.e., non-scientific grade) commercial imagers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1125325

Entities

People

  • Chris Galvan
  • John Grossman
  • Michael West

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Analyzers
  • Charge Coupled Devices
  • Chemistry
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Health Services
  • Hyperspectral Imagery
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Phones
  • Neural Networks
  • Optics
  • Retinal Diseases
  • Scanners
  • Smartphones
  • Spectroscopy
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Computer Vision.
  • Industrial Economics

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Microelectronics
  • Space