Survey of Digital Image Scanning Systems.

Abstract

This report investigates currently available devices which digitize data from film to use as input to a digital computer. The report describes the general specifications for a scanning/digitizing system and describes the various available devices which meet the requirements. The report found that vidicon camera systems were the lowest cost scanners and the flying spot scanners were the most expensive. The most precise instrument, and the most expensive, is the flat bed microdensitometer. In conclusion, the application scenario must be known and the requirements carefully evaluated before any of the digitizing systems described in the report are selected. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA036337

Entities

People

  • M. M. Irvin

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Analog To Digital Converters
  • Computers
  • Corporations
  • Digital Computers
  • Digital Images
  • Flying Spot Scanners
  • Hard Copy
  • Images
  • Linearity
  • Micrometers
  • Orthogonality
  • Scanners
  • Scanning
  • Security
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis