Special-purpose hardware for real-time compensation of atmospheric effects in long-range imaging

Fernando E. Ortiz; Carmen J. Carrano; Eric J. Kelmelis; James P. Durbano

doi:10.1117/12.680634

1 September 2006 Special-purpose hardware for real-time compensation of atmospheric effects in long-range imaging

Fernando E. Ortiz, Carmen J. Carrano, Eric J. Kelmelis, James P. Durbano

Proceedings Volume 6303, Atmospheric Optical Modeling, Measurement, and Simulation II; 63030A (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.680634
Event: SPIE Optics + Photonics, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the real-time compensation of air turbulence in imaging through long atmospheric paths. We propose the use of a reconfigurable hardware platform, specifically field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), to reduce costs and development time, as well as increase flexibility and reusability. We present the results of our acceleration efforts to date (40x speedup) and our strategy to achieve a real-time, atmospheric compensation solver for high-definition video signals.

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Fernando E. Ortiz, Carmen J. Carrano, Eric J. Kelmelis, and James P. Durbano "Special-purpose hardware for real-time compensation of atmospheric effects in long-range imaging", Proc. SPIE 6303, Atmospheric Optical Modeling, Measurement, and Simulation II, 63030A (1 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.680634

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