Compressive optical MONTAGE photography

David J. Brady, Michael R. Feldman, Nikos Pitsianis, J.P. Guo, Andrew D. Portnoy, Michael A. Fiddy

Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2005 · 21 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

The Compressive Optical MONTAGE Photography Initiative (COMP-I) is an initiative under DARPA's MONTAGE program. The goals of COMP-I are to produce 1 mm thick visible imaging systems and 5 mm thick IR systems without compromising pixel-limited resolution. Innovations of COMP-I include <b>focal-plane coding, block-wise focal plane codes, birefringent, holographic and 3D optical elements for focal plane remapping</b> and <b>embedded algorithms for image formation</b>. In addition to meeting MONTAGE specifications for sensor thickness, focal plane coding enables a reduction in the transverse aperture size, physical layer compression of multispectral and hyperspectral data cubes, joint optical and electronic optimization for 3D sensing, tracking, feature-specific imaging and conformal array deployment.

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