RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT APPROVAL REQUEST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04747A000200050003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Content Type: PAPER

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Research and De vvelopment
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Identification
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plan entitled "Viewers eatd d other Photo Interpretation seneed gfor it developed
not specifically includ.edin this plan progress of another
through implication, and was further defined in the development.
II? ? ectjves of a system
project is required to determine feasibility to-
The pro-posed for maintaining auto-
which was devised at n compatibility of stereo images being
matic registration and magnificatio stem is needed
scanned on their High Performance StereomViewer,Such ad a tedious manual
to relieve the P,~I? from eyestrain and from complex ro project will involve
that the system
operations while scanning stereoscopic images. Thep
the High
the fabrication of a breadboard which must sensibly demonstrate incorporated into
meets performance goals and can be
Performance Stereo-viewer.
III Bac1 rya ical,
The scanning, roll film stereo-Viewer is still far e a pradrac in
operational reality. There are significant prototypes
ered,
the near future which will aerveas tPrest-beds for determining usefulness
e
o'ection Stereo-Viewer to be delivered,
by and deficiencies. One is the Rea~ Performan.
by May 1-964;, the other is the Haegh-1~~+ ?
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Stereo-Viewer scheduled for delivery n August
s the pro li of scale and
Neither these devices completely overcomes which
shape variations m_ characteristics of reconnaissance photography m_ induce not only deviations in registratioovn also
soeren-fusible stereoYstems
fields as the operator attempts to er
Viewcab
contain means for manual compensation by the operatorcom and the compensations Opto
for
will have a system for automatically approximating
However, it has been apparent forsome time
and orientation differentialscan be properly evaluated or exploited, a
and
that, before stereo-scanning stereo-image registration and
completely maintaining
shape compatibility automatic system for mpatibility is mandatory. In, the past, technological developments
but it now appears thatsuch
in this area have not suggested feasibility,
attainable? has proposed a technique which is
a system is
through will. be achieved
M particularly related to ",e r vlewer
an ficnttbreak
d. adapted to their viewer, a signs
in this realm.
IV? Technical S ecifications
lent will include a breadboard which comprehensively
This develop
simulates the scanning/viewing operation of the High 25X1A
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Performance Stereo-Viewer. To this will be added components designed to
sense orientation and scale relationships of conjugate stereo-images. and
provide the necessary error signals to servo-syst-ems for the. purpose of
maintaining tolerable limits for scanning. The system will be capable of
sensing and maintaining these relationships for the following variables:
to X and Y translation.
20 Q rotation.
30 M magnification (scale).
It must be capable of.maintaining these relationships in spite of con-
siderable variance in shape (tilt and panoramic) and detail (relief)
within the conjugate fields.
state-of-the-art in this, realm has been investigated at
V. Contrs,ctor,and Financial Arrangements
is the contractor for this. development
program. Since the requirement called fora specific application to. their
equipment which was already under development, no other firms were invited
to bid (pending the evaluation of their proposal). Nevertheless, the
veloped asys em which IS pp to to the - Viewer. Should proposals
for a general-purpose system be invited9 these companies would be well-
qualified to bid The cost or the
VI. Coordination.
25X1 A The work of - AMC,.. RABC ' and AMC in developing automatic
i0fto stereo~plotting systems has been reviewed, and. the efforts of the contractors
most highly recommended by these agencies have been evaluated. The need for
such a system has been verified through conferences with other development
groups and operational photo interpreters.
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Because of association with the sponsor, this contract is to be
classifie Confidential;. the contractor is qualified to hold such
contracts:
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