Increasing the depth of field in an LWIR system for improved object identification

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5784, Issue , 2005, Pages 146-156

  Kubala, Kenneth S ^a   Wach, Hans B ^a   Chumachenko, Vladislav V ^a   Dowski Jr , Edward R ^a  

^a CDM Optics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Image Formation Theory; Imaging Systems; IR; Lens Design; Thermal Imaging; Wavefront Coding

Indexed keywords

IMAGE FORMATION THEORY; LENS DESIGN; MACHINE OBSERVER; WAVEFRONT CODING;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); IMAGE CODING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

EID: 26844525868     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.604079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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