TRIP REPORT, (Sanitized), 9 -19 JULY 1962,(Sanitized) CORPORATION, LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04747A000100070028-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2000
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: July 25, 1962
• Content Type: MF

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Declass Review, NIMA/DoD
25 July 1962
MEMORANDUM ~'bR: Chief, Technical Plans and Development Staff
THROUGH: Chief, Technical Development Branch~'Yl1i,u/~ -?~~
SUB~`ECT: Trip Report, 9 - 19 July 1962,
1. Image Enhancement Instrument
bn a?rriva?1 a,t the factory, the undersigned was shown a. film
transparency of a. series of lines projected a.nd developed on a, small
piece of film (about one inch by two inches). This wa,s the result of
some first tests made with the image enhancement instrument. Mechanical
difficulties resulting frgm tov rapid a? speed in the oscillations of
the rocking mirror caused unsa.tisfa,ctory heavy density a.rea;s.
A new cam wa,s constructed and operated at a reduced rate of
mirror oscillation, (from 12.5 to approximately 4 oscillations per
second). This was assembled on a, jury rig set-up fqr the benefit of
the undersigned to show the improved picture of the scanning light beam.
At the time of departure from the company, the undersigned ha.d
not seen. any tests made on film using this device as modified. A defi-
nite effort is being made by the factory to speed up fabrication of a.
precision. cam in order to test the instrument at the reduced scanning
speed.
A prograrrt wa,s initiated by the undersigned to test the degree
of enhancement by the device a.s that compared to a, chemical system of
chromium intensification a.s would be used by commercial photographers.
The factory photographer, completed the-exposed and 25X1A
developed 35 mm. film for these tests.
Exhibited at the factory ws?s a. mock-up model of a? new scanning
system for the image enhancement- instrument a.s planned for another
entirely sepa.ra.te program. It consists of two-heavy discs on a, common
axis with three built-in lenses on each disc. The scanning would be
accomplished by a projected light scribing a, series of light drawn arcs
across the'face of sensitized film. This system does away with the
mechanical difficulties of the oscillating mirror. The weak point of
this system could be the loss of light through the optic system.
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At the time of departure from the company, the undersigned had not
been told of any definite date set by the company as to when any final
results by this device, as contracted for, would be egh.ibited.
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