FEASIBILITY STUDY OF MULTIPLE IMAGE INTEGRATION VIEWER-PRINTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04770A000200010010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 7, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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BAI DUM POR: Chief, Development Branch, P&Dh3
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1. Attached is
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Technical Report 65
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1965 and a letter fr()raa
nesting a chance in contract to provide
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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.
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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
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Original and 1 - Addressee
1 - Dep. Chief, DB/P&1Z3
1 - Ch/sss/DB/P&3 ,"
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