IMAGE INTENSIFIER SCREEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04770A002200060015-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 2005
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: January 5, 1965
• Content Type: FORM

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R & D CATALOG, FORM DATE
January 1965
1. PROJECT TITLE/CODE NAME
2. SHORT PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project is to develop
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Image Intensifier Screen
rear-projection screen which will, itself, intensify
the brightness of an image projected upon it.
3. CONTRACTOR NAME
4. LOCATION OF CONTRACTOR
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NA
5. CLASS OF CONTRACTOR
6. TYPE OF CONTRACT
NA
NA
7. FUNDS
S. REQUISITION NO.
9. BUDGET PROJECT NO.
FY 19 65
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NP-V-5
FY 19 $
10. EFFECTIVE CONTRACT DATE
(Begin - end)
It. SECURITY CLASS.
Title & Work Unclas
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FY 19 $
April 1965 -. March 1966
Sponsor Assoc. - Conf.
12. RESPONSIBLE DIRECTORATE/OFFICE/PROJECT OFFICER TELEPHONE EXTENSION
DDI/iIPIC/P&DS Declass Review by NGA
13. REQUIREMENT/AUTHORITY
Exploitation of reconnaissance films
14. TYPE OF WORK TO BE DONE
Applied Research
15. CATEGORIES OF EFFORT
MAJOR CATEGORY
SUB-CATEGORIES
Viewers and other inter
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equipment
16. END ITEM OR SERVICES FROM THIS CONTRACT/IMPROVEMENT OVER CURRENT SYSTEM. EQUIPMENT. ETC.
One 12" x 12" prototype panel and associated circuitry. Monthly progress reports
and the final technical report.
17. SUPPORTING OR RELATED CONTRACTS (Agency & Other)/COORDINATION The Naval Training Devices Center
is supporting a contract wit to develop an image intensifier screen;
however, this screen, when developed., will not satisfy our requirements which are
much more rigid. Other intensifier screens have been developed for DOD and industr ;
however, the are low resolution screens for portraying non-image tyDe a
18. DESCRIPTION OF INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENT AND DETAILED TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT (Continue on addi-
tional page if required) Rear-projection viewers have come into standard usefor
scanning and interpreting photo transparencies. Most of these materials are high-
resolution and require great enlargement before the human visual system can assess
the total information content. This enlargement, in turn, requires greater
projection lamp power in order to attain the necessary image brightness over the
entire viewing screen. Increased lamp power is accompanied by greatly increased
heat incident on the film so that it is distorted or damaged. There are in
existence various techniques for cooling at the film plane, e. g. . . dichroic
19. APPROVED BY AND DATE
OFFICE
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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R & D CATALOG FORM (Continued)
18. mirrors, fans, liquid gates, etc.. In spite of these techniques, stationary
or slowly moving film is still subject to heat damage at high magnification.
It has been postulated that this problem might be solved by intensifying
the image at the viewing screen. Such a screen would require minimal power in
the projection illumination, but would produce a bright image for the viewer.
The primary objective is. that,under nominal highlight illumination of
approximately 10 foot candles, the image-intensifier screen should provide the
viewer with an image of adequate gain and brightness while still exhibiting
satisfactory performance in many other aspects, such as, resolution, tone range,
linearity, color temperature, viewing angle, response time, size, life and cost.
A secondary objective is to provide a means for controlling modulation
of image contrast, such as tone-reversal and compression 0 expansion.
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