Fast risley prisms camera steering system: Calibration and image distortions correction through the use of a three-dimensional refraction model

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Lavigne, Valérie ^a   Ricard, Benoît ^b  

^a AEREX avionique inc   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achromatic Risley prisms; Calibration; Image distortions correction; Mosaicking; Rapid prototyping; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RAY TRACING; REFRACTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACHROMATIC RISLEY PRISM; CAMERA STEERING SYSTEM; IMAGE DISTORTION CORRECTION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 34250788173     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2722754     Document Type: Article

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