Experimental Image Compression Subsystem (EICS)

Abstract

The Experimental Imagery Compression Subsystem (EICS) is a hardware system which evolved from a U.S. Air Force Suggestion idea, further expanded under study to Radiation, Inc., simulated by using the RADC computer facilities, and designed under contract to Radiation, Inc. The system is mainly designed to reduce the great bulk of data in intelligence imagery by dividing the photo into target and non-target areas for compression by the joint use of three compression algorithms. The system is designed to perform at a 9.6 KB/S output rate due to inherent narrow bandwidths of existing communication channels. If wider bandwidths are available, it can be easily changed to operate at a faster pace.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADB002638

Entities

People

  • William M. Sillers Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Coding
  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Compression
  • Data Reduction
  • Engineers
  • Frequency
  • Image Compression
  • Laboratory Equipment
  • Narrowband
  • New York
  • Radiation
  • Reconnaissance
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.