Welcome to the project website for the  Quantitative Low Light Imaging Module  for MBARI's AUV

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Images from deployments (click on image for full image):

Bioluminescent Medusa jelly on the SPLAT screen	Illuminated Larvacean house beyond the SPLAT screen	Illuminated Siphonophore with sizing lasers	Illuminated unidentified jelly

Project Status: So sorry try again later 2003 Project Abstract 2003 Project Proposal 2004 Project Abstract - feedback 2004 Project Phase I Proposal - feedback 2005 Project Abstract - feedback 2005 Project Proposal - feedback Project Reports / Design Reviews Project Updates  - 03/13/2003 - 03/20/2003 - 04/04/2003 - 04/18/2003 - 05/02/2003 - 05/23/2003 - 05/30/2003 DOST Poster Project Update Presentation CDR Presentation Board Meeting Slide Seasight

Meetings:

• 01/15/2003 - Kick-off
• 02/06/2003 - Engineering (Task Assignment)
• 03/06/2003 - Status update (illumination)
• 04/09/2003 - AUV capabilities / ICCD & laser demo
• 07/14/2003 - Project Update - Comments/Questions
• 07/31/2003 - Concept Design Review

System Engineering/Integration

• User Requirements Document
• System Block Diagram
• System Power Analysis Graph
• System Power Budget

Prototype

• ROV Wiring Harness
• Module Internal Wiring
• Video Lighting Interface Card
• Barbara Johnson Intern Paper

Research

• Historical Midwater Transecting Parameters
• Existing imaging system test results
  - bioluminescense Quicktime video
     - lower resolution video
  - illumination angles Quicktime video
  - laser scanning Quicktime video
  - lens focusing Quicktime video
• Edumund Scientific's Electronic Imaging Papers
  - Tutorial: Video Basics
  - Tutorial: Video Imaging Parameters
  - Tutorial: Optical Applications & Lens Calculations
  - Tutorial: Choosing Illumination
  - Tutorial: Successful Polarization Techniques
  - Tutorial: Optical Testing
• Bioluminescence:
  - List of creatures - E. Widder
  - Wavelengths - S. Haddock
  - Secret Lights in the Sea 1/3 - HBOI
  - Secret Lights in the Sea 2/3 - HBOI
  - Secret Lights in the Sea 3/3 - HBOI
• Burle Electro-Optics Handbook
• Advanced Imaging Trade Magazine

Imager 

• Cameras (spreadsheet)
  - ITT ISS Series
  - ROS 20/20 ICCD (Gen III)
  - Ball Aerospace HDTV Night Vision (Gen III) Camera
  - Defense Vision Systems micro ICCD (Gen IV)
  - Simrad OE1325 (ISIT)
• Qualification of "minimum illumination"
• CCDs
  - Acton
  - Marconi  - EEV
  - e2v
  - Texas Instruments
  - Atmel
• Photomultiplier Tubes 
  - time characteristics
  - 931a
  - 85104

Illumination       

• Illumination Vocabulary - original
• Illumination Equations
• Photon Budget
• Physical Optics of Ocean Water - K. S. Shifrin
• Optical Absorption in Water - Compiled
• EM Radiation Absorption in Water - Compiled
• Red vs. Green light contrast comparison
• DeepSea Power & Light SeaLaser 100
• Laser
  - Scanning  - brute force analysis
  - Projector Description
  - Side Beam Optical Geometry
  - Geometric Optics - A matrix approach
  - SICK LMS 200 2D scanner
  - Laser Scanner Prototype
    - horizontal
    - vertical
    - both
• LED survey- summary chart
   - Opto Semiconductors - Power TOPLED
   - Opto Semiconductors - Golden Dragon
      - Calibration
   - Lamina Ceramics - LED Array Packages
   - StockerYale Line LED light
• "white" LED & filter

Optics 

• For ICCDs, Focal length @ 27mm => FOV = 40deg
• Laser Focus World on ICCD technology - 1999
• ICCD (only two sources) NEW
  - Litton EOS - now Northrup Grumman
  - ITT Industries
     - Specialty Applications Home
     - How night vision works
     - Night Vision Generations
     - Technical Characteristics
     - Performance Attributes
  - DEP
     - Tube Performance
  - Photonis (formerly Philips Photonique)
• Lenses
• Calculating required lens focal length

Data

• Compression Table
• Video Equation
• Compression Techniques - Chart
• Compression Ratio Graph
• Society for Information Display

Vehicle Integration

• Vehicle Pictures
  - light boom
  - low-light vehicle
  - biolum vehicle
• Concept Missions
• Preliminary Concept of Operations
• Unofficial AUV capabilities
• AUV Capabilities Presentation
• Existing Splat Screens
  - video of ROV screen in action
  - Both screens (deep on left, shallow on right) 
  - Fine mesh screen detail
  - Course mesh screen detail
  

Electronics

• Bus Bandwidths
• Memory Bandwidths
• Single Board Computers
  - CW Linux models
  - Industrial Computers models
• Hard-Drive Storage Survey (summary)
  -  Maxtor MAXLINE
• Video Capture
  - Euresys GrabLink Series
  - Coreco ViperCam
• Video Processors / Hardware Compression
  - LSI Logic DiMeNsion 8650 (MPEG-2, DV-25)
• Serial ATA compared to Ultra/Parallel ATA
• Serial ATA 1.0a spec
• CameraLink

Prototype