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RASTER TO OBJECT CONVERSION

Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 10687
Amount: $33,072.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1401 E 79th St
Bloomington, MN 55425
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Thor A Olson
 Principal Investigator
 (612) 854-1220
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Abstract

HIGH RESOLUTION SCANNED IMAGES ARE DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH FOR SEVERAL REASONS: THEY REQUIRE LARGE AMOUNTS OF STORAGE AND BANDWIDTH; THEY ARE PRONE TO ALIASING ARTIFACTS WHEN SCALED OR ROTATED; AND OPERATORS CANNOT WORK DIRECTLY AND NATURALLY ON THE OBJECTS DEPICTED IN THE SCENE. THE RESEARCHERS PROPOSE DECOMPOSING AN IMAGE INTO "SURFACE PATCHES" WHERE EACH PATCH IS DESCRIBED BY AN ALGEBRAIC INTENSITY FUNCTION AND A MATHEMATICAL CONTOUR DESCRIPTION. THESE PATCHES WILL TEND TO CORRESPOND WITH OBJECTS IN THE SCENE, AND ARE A COMPACT AND RESOLUTION INDEPENDENT REPRESENTATION OF THE IMAGE. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING AN ALGORITHM TO PERFORM RASTER TO OBJECT (IMAGE SURFACE PATCH) CONVERSION USING PRESENT DAY OR NEAR FUTURE HARDWARE TECHNOLOGY. THIS WILL BE DONE BY CONDUCTING STUDIES TO CHARACTERIZE THE IMAGE INTENSITY FUNCTIONS AND CONTOURS IN ASAMPLE SET OF PICTURES. CANDIDATE ALGORITHMS WILL BE EXAMINED AND PROMISING ONES PROTOTYPED TO DETERMINE THEIR POTENTIAL FOR HIGH FIDELITY IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION AND IMAGE COMPRESSION.

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