PROPOSED CONTRACT WITH (Sanitized) TO DEVELOP OPTICAL IMAGE MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES AT A COST OF(Sanitized)

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05703A000200020026-4
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: April 6, 1970
• Content Type: MF

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6 APR 1970
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r :ose:+. Contract with
to i va 1op O tleal Law 3a t ulation ?ecba v.lues at a
This memorund m requeets &p .,rovsl for the cc it nt of
'ract. Thc. s _ ci.fic request is stated in A,ar ra:-h 7.
2. a. The coii.tract i,roposal is c? nce.rn ci c ith the rob.teu of in-
creasing the c ount of information extracted from r ie i h t, ra b c
s. Pri cry e*3=hazis is irisced on developing the In-house ztaff ex-
j,ertlase necessary tc execute the manipulations involved, to calibrate t
* e ialized opticai system required, and to extend the ~jlmledne gtaine
to related ppr able .
b. Larr*ric.nce Us shown that to some extent on each asission, the
nter retability of : outs. operationaal inagery is iegra aed by errors
in c ra focus, imaasa,Le motion cam ensaation, exk o sa re, aani other system.
a .t cttons. There .a no exact measure >w=t h0 often errors oeeaxr, but
It is -u that there is not aivays an c jp tusnity to reshoot the tar et.
Similar irobleaalas are encountered with attache an clandestine
The only techniques currently available to improve degraded imwt e
,iaited variations it, eveio irk =1 printing that can be drfot d by
hotwa~, hic isborat;)ry. L perier ce has deia:aOnatrate7:4 that most Of the
Bastions present in the sophisticate i IPZC fwa,,'e'ry Io not sesi and to th? s
a laas3gtieas? re ies. I theory tho alternatives have been available for
=my years -acne eas l +i digital computers to perform the corrective
Manipulations, the other using a coherent o .-tical system. Both are cam-?-
exiiensive a until recently amunte? to little more than ;abore?
A and
v curiosities. ; th the advent of as acid rapist. data O c estting
a to the .point vbe.re hotoi a .)bic Imagery can be i sti to i in
, called Cooley-To ey transforms, the cuter aVproach has been
depth. With a s' i1 ias act, the introduction of a s,ractical 'Laser 'tight
the low l ht Level limitation of the coherent o tidal
one a Ivan s in the state-tat-the?technolc * stimulated research
c. ;3 nce the theory and mathematics of Image atanip elation em l
be arI. either te;rh a?e, each was a otential iaboratorya el for
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lis resaarcb. The o.yties). system ,; xfoel >as i? sau.atie at the sloe
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Wti sl . When t t> et of interest tuv'1ves nim to - etaiL, s:3nL ne
c re0ti : a two a e r T, the d.i4t l to i4quaa wi.l1 a rls e: .
uucessary ti ital. research is aire*Ay underway; require a's for t:s
tieal portion are sat forth below.
- a. The kro:o1el contract t., 1 rovide the direct the eti al
and L Mary ra : rt tsc taury to :.evtlop aW s ly G ttcsi l a m_.-
ulaation (OW tec1 nic-;aos too rafts material in an in-bousc fee l .
The is ; ,.ras +i fcYr ?a gtic in three rlaljpis has s -no ?ttte;
iuri a one year 4eri . fte first base vauld involve ...evelo,Mont oo
basie exiKerti*e vxd aptieal caalibr cation. The contractor , as.? d cond.--act
two 3-y a:sy laboratory sessi t ;*r th in for 2 o:,tica. en.ai:-
ers md ow technician, ch session . `veveioi~ the theory, 9t r
aid torn the. a xe r iaaaent, evaluate: the re,aults, a :;,Lana the a rim r tz
to b ? tGi before the xt s a?s Lou. in. to second phase the C tr c ..
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tor 1s c *r. tic :ste ixk the a.-+> tioaal t agery e. ari nts and
oret.feai =ate m-s$ `y to =:etexi vie* to ayitea s *ciftoations
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st iards can et 1 t*he I. + -
variety "r c f" teuratioa , 'b t Le
s; sl itself does not A#jlprade the image-.
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