Smart Sensor for Extended Range Optical Imaging

Abstract

The long term goal of this program is to develop a next generation of underwater optical imaging systems that utilize new sensors and advanced signal processing in order to acquire more information about the ocean environment. The specific goal of this project is to demonstrate the utility of a fast read out 1 dimensional CCD camera in concert with a scanning laser system. Theoretically, the system should permit the observation of microscale bathymetry (1 mm - 10 cm) at ranges of 2 m to 10 m with concurrent observation of bottom albedo at extended imaging ranges (3-7 total attenuation lengths). The system is called L-Bath for laser bathymetry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA537782

Entities

People

  • Jules S. Jaffe

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Backscattering
  • Data Acquisition
  • Detectors
  • Forward Scattering
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Reflectance
  • Reflectivity
  • Salt Water
  • Scattering
  • Sea Water
  • Seabed
  • Signal Processing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy