FEASIBILITY STUDY OF MULTIPLE IMAGE INTEGRATION VIEWER-PRINTER

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CIA-RDP78B04770A000200010010-9
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December 28, 2016
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November 30, 2006
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January 7, 1966
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Approved For Relea 1bNtAi P78B04770A001 0 01 001 pi) RPIC/P&D8/0/6--708 7 4Tenuax r 1966 9 to BAI DUM POR: Chief, Development Branch, P&Dh3 THROUGH SUBJHCT: Stuay of Ataltiple Image Integration Viewer-- PEPER !"ICE: Project 1998 485 E 1. Attached is -9225-1, -1, dated ' Decer!bcr Technical Report 65 25X1 1965 and a letter fr()raa nesting a chance in contract to provide 25X1 additional incentives. 2. The overall report is very good and it appears thaatI Iwil.l be 25X1 able to incorporate all of the features and capabilities required in this system. Basically the system can handle three film chips up to 9 1/2 inches in size, one channel is selected as a master and the other two channels correlated and transformed geometrically by an electronic system. The integrated image can be printed on film at high resolution in less than one second. One of the important features is the gemmaa control and shadow suppression. This was demonstrated in a breadboard attachment to an Ares Viewer during a monitor trip to the contractors facility. This feature .x311 prove extremely valuable in working with low contrast imasges. This system will not automatically correlate relief displacements but researehing this higber order image transformation under another 25X1 project and our system will have the add--on capability in the event it is successful. 3. The only reservation I have at this time is in the imaa:?m area viewed at input. The proposed sizes are: 0.25 inches square for 12x magnification. 0.45 inches square for 6.7x and ?3.30 inches square for 3-Tx, While this appears to be satisfactory for most photography, it may be difficult with large scale low contrast imagery. The final use of the recorded image will have to be considered in selecting the spot size at the film plane. If the recorded film is to be used in reports to indicate the integrated image in relation to its surroundings (radar at airfield, control house at missile site, cooling towers at steel plant, etc.), it might be better to have a larger spot size at the film plane and settle for lower magnification and resolution on the recorded film. Conversely, if we are only interested in integrating small film sizes, we should follow the sizes proposed byy0 I tend to lean to vaard the sizes they propose but I a interested in hearing your viewpoint. CONFIDENTIAL E,wts~illC$tinR Approved For Rose (NIMOMAt78BO477OA000200010010-9 W 4. If we accept the input image areas as proposed in this feasibility study, I feel that the overall size of the viewer-printer can be reduced. If the maximum size spot to be used in the Input channels is 0.80 inches square, there seems to be little need of having each input chase: platen large enough to acccm date 9 1/2 inch chips. A more realistic platen size would probably be ! 1/2 inches thus requiring less translating movement resulting in a decreased overall length and width. 5. letter dated 8 December 1965 (Attachment 2) proposes a ehan 25X1 In Ito include three performance incentives in addition to 25X1 the cost incentive provisions. While this is a Logistics Branch responsibility, it's possibilities are quite interesting and are worth studying. 6. Any recommendations you may have an to the most appropriate film image spot size and overall size of the system would be appreciated. I cm also most interested in finding out your viewpoint on the proposed changes in the contract and any course of action you may recommend. Once these points have been satisfactorily resolved, I recommend that a instructed to proceed with Phase II or the fabrication stage of 25X1 the contract. Report 65-9225-1 letter on Project 9225, dated 8 Dec 1965 25X1 25X1 Distribution Original and 1 - Addressee 1 - Dep. Chief, DB/P&1Z3 1 - Ch/sss/DB/P&3 ," CONFIDENTIAL