Project Title:
Real-Time, Self-Contained, Image-Motion Compensation for Spaceborne Imaging Instruments
08.07-8211
912416
Real-Time, Self-Contained, Image-Motion Compensation for Spaceborne Imaging Instruments
Irvine Sensors Corporation
3001 Redhill Avenue, Building 3, Suite 208
Costa Mesa
CA
92626
Jack L.
Arnold
714-549-8211
MSFC
NAS8-39326
144
08.07-8211
912416
Abstract:
Real-Time, Self-Contained, Image Motion Compensation for Spaceborne Imaging Instruments
This innovation is a densely packaged image motion compensation (IMC) processor on
the focal plane of imaging instruments, constructed using three-dimensional, focal
plane architecture. Image motion is sensed directly from the instrument images, and
compensation is achieved by electronically registering them to the initial frame
in the sequence prior to integration to build an image. The work is relevant to GEO
missions because of the extremely long integration times and high resolution of
the imaging instruments. Program objectives are the analytical validation of the
approach effectiveness and the demonstration of a realizable design specification.
The effort will include a calculation of the effectiveness of the smear removal and
the design of focal plane components and a low-risk demonstration system to the level
of a detailed specification. The anticipated results are an analytical demonstration
of effectiveness and design specifications for realizable flight focal plane and
lab demonstration systems. NASA applications include any imaging system that requires
a stabilized platform such as earth observation, spaceborne astronomy, and interplanetary
imaging science.
Commercial applications are the fields of astronomy, astronomical navigation sensors
on moving platforms, robotic vision, and surveillance from moving platforms.
image motion compensation, image registration, Z-plane, focal planes