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Multispectral Imaging, Detection and Active Reflectance (MiDAR)

Completed TRL 5 (started at 1, targeting 5)

Description

MiDAR is capable of imaging objects from kilometers away in complete darkness, or with ambient light, at 4 MP with 90 color channels or up to 1500 color channels per second at reduced resolution. Such a system enables multispectral video at high frame-rates and has broad applicability to remote sensing from aircraft as well as robotic explorers operating in light-limited environments, such as those beyond Earth orbit. The goal of the project is to enable a 5-Channel TRL6 UAV demonstration of MiDAR and a 32-Channel TRL4 demonstration of MiDAR in laboratory.

Benefits

Broad applicability to multispectral video: Earth Sciences, Airborne Science, Planetary Science, Medical, Industry. Follow-on work: Multiple applications for airborne use with NSF-funded work through Stanford.

Details

ProgramCenter Innovation Fund: ARC CIF (ARC CIF)
Lead organizationAmes Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Start date2015-10-01
End date2016-09-30

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