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ARIES—I "IPS" AT NRCC/PR COMPUTER
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This general purpose minicomputer CAMERA
is used for image analysis and POP 1/73 LASER
algorithm development. It has no "T PRINTER
MEMORY eco
special purpose image processing SCANNER LINE
hardware but performs non-realtime RINTER
functions on images in VMA or on
disk. It is capable of software
control of the IDS.
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SYNCHRONIZED STEREO
IMAGE ACQUISITION
A—SWEEP . B—SWEEP
Each camera is carefully synch-
ronized so that individual pixels
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are sampled at exactly the same nN a |
instant in time. The buffered pER AME
stereo images can be sent to a >
remote computer by a slow serial E
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link (about 4 minutes per frame). | ow iis
PIXEL TO HOST
SYNCH.
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'DIGITAL POLAROID CAMERA' FOR
MOIRE TOPOGRAM COLLECTION.
ENHANCEMENT
& SYMMETRY
CORRELATION
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DISK 10 MB ee
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5. F/Sec.
Images are stored on removable 10MB
disk packs. Images may be enhanced
by various transformations prior to
storing or reviewing. Automated
symmetry analysis is displayed by a
colour graphic overlay and may be
used as a trigger for image
capture.
FRAME
BUFFER
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DISPLAY |
WITH
COLOUR
OVERLAY