Using a Laser Underwater Camera Image Enhancer for Mine Warfare Applications: What is Gained?

Abstract

We present preliminary results from recent test of the LUCIE 2 (Laser Underwater Camera Image Enhancer) conducted in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. LUCIE 2 is a near compact laser range gated camera (25 cm in diameter, 70 cm in length, and neutrally buoyant in water) originally designed to decrease search and recovery operations under eye sage restrictions. The second generation LUCIE makes it a potential tool for MIW operations when divers are in the water identifying bottom objects. Coincident in-situ optical properties of absorption and scattering were taken to help resolve the environmental information contained in the LUCIE image. We present preliminary analysis on the performance of the system and a comparison with diver and camera identification.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 25, 2002
Accession Number
ADA417137

Entities

People

  • Alan Dean Weidemann
  • G. R. Fournier
  • J. L. Forand
  • P. Mathieu
  • Scott Mclean

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Cameras
  • Canada
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diameters
  • Electronic Mail
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Laser Beams
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Scattering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Underwater Cameras

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy