Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbulence-free camera system and related method of image enhancement
- Patent Title (中): 无湍流相机系统及相关图像增强方法
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Application No.: US14306469Application Date: 2014-06-17
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Publication No.: US09444978B2Publication Date: 2016-09-13
- Inventor: Yanhua Shih , Hui Chen , Tao Peng
- Applicant: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Applicant Address: US MD Baltimore
- Assignee: The University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Current Assignee: The University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Baltimore
- Agency: Juneau & Mitchell
- Agent Todd L. Juneau
- Main IPC: H04N5/217
- IPC: H04N5/217 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/372 ; G01J1/42 ; G01N21/41

Abstract:
A turbulence-free CCD camera system with nonclassical imaging resolution, for applications in long- distance imaging, such as satellite and aircraft-to-ground based distant imaging, utilizing an intensity- fluctuation correlation measurement of thermal light. The proposed camera system has the following advantages over classic imaging technology: (1) it is turbulence-free; (2) its spatial resolution is mainly determined by the angular diameter of the light source. For example, using sun as the light source, this camera may achieve a spatial resolution of 200 micrometer for any object on Earth. 200-micrometer resolution is insignificant for short distance imaging, however, taking a picture of a target at 10-kilometer, a classic camera must have a lens of 90-meter diameter in order to achieve 200-micrometer resolution. Unlike a classic camera, the proposed turbulence-free CCD camera system has adequate spatial resolution zoom a long distance and still distinguish the objects within a small area, even with a small lens.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140368715A1 Turbulence-free camera system and related method of image enhancement Public/Granted day:2014-12-18
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