Real-Time Image Data Acquisition/Retrieval (RIDAR) System

Harold H. Kantner

doi:10.1117/12.965363

30 October 1975 Real-Time Image Data Acquisition/Retrieval (RIDAR) System

Harold H. Kantner

Proceedings Volume 0066, Efficient Transmission of Pictorial Information; (1975) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965363
Event: 19th Annual Technical Symposium, 1975, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Aerial photoreconnaissance with optoelectronic sensors generates video data at formidable rates. All facets of the image data handling and assimilation problem are brought together in presentation of a viable means for its solution. A real-time image data acquisition/retrieval (RIDAR) system is defined and described. System architecture is that of a ground-based data hub which serves operational requirements of reconnaissance and surveillance activities. The RIDAR system functions to enable human beings to screen wideband video signals continuously incoming from high-resolution large-format sensors of remote survey stations as they sweep rapidly over scenes of interest. A basic system feature is its immediate display of a widefield index picture which shifts through the observation field synchronously with sensor transit of the object scene. Pointer designation of an image detail selects its subfield for magnified display and/or speed-print of a high-resolution document. Capture of incoming image data in permanent mass storage permits subsequent playback and selective recall through the same display and document generator system. The proposed RIDAR system can be extended toward a more universal image data processor by incorporating optical and electronic means for parallel computation over two- and three-dimensional fields.

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Harold H. Kantner "Real-Time Image Data Acquisition/Retrieval (RIDAR) System", Proc. SPIE 0066, Efficient Transmission of Pictorial Information, (30 October 1975); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965363

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