Increased Underwater Optical Imaging Performance via Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Abstract

The major long-term scientific goal of this program is to explore techniques for increasing the performance of underwater optical imaging systems. The main objective of this project is to explore the possibility of using Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for increasing the performance of underwater optical imaging systems. The main objective, in this context, is to simulate the potential benefits that multiple vehicles can have in increasing the range, imaging footprint, and potentially 3-dimensional applications that can be afforded using this new approach. This report details the Year 1 efforts that were focused on performing computer simulations in order to test a simple implementation of the idea.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2007
Accession Number
ADA546983

Entities

People

  • Jules S. Jaffe

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attenuation
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Backscattering
  • Computer Simulations
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Dynamic Range
  • High Dynamic Range
  • Illumination
  • Images
  • Light Sources
  • Reflectance
  • Signal Processing
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.