Optical techniques applied to underwater surface scattering measurements.

Optical flow techniques applied to video coding

Motion estimation is an important part of most video coding schemes because it enables us to exploit the high degree of temporal redundancy present. Though block matching algorithms (BMA) yield coarse and piecewise-constant elds, they are very popular due to their simplicity and low bit overhead. In this paper, we propose to use a more advanced gradient-based technique to overcome the disadvant...

Nonlinear Optimal Control Techniques Applied to a Launch Vehicle Autopilot

This paper presents an application of the nonlinear optimal control techniques to the design of launch vehicle autopilots. The optimal control is given by the solution to the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation, which in this case cannot be solved explicity. A method based upon Successive Galerkin Approximation (SGA), is used to obtain an approximate optimal solution. Simulation results invo...

Calibration Techniques for Accurate Measurements by Underwater Camera Systems

Calibration of a camera system is essential to ensure that image measurements result in accurate estimates of locations and dimensions within the object space. In the underwater environment, the calibration must implicitly or explicitly model and compensate for the refractive effects of waterproof housings and the water medium. This paper reviews the different approaches to the calibration of u...

Angular Spectrum Measurements of an Underwater Optical Communication Channel

This thesis describes an investigation of certain aspects of laser light beam propagation in a simulated ocean environment. The specific parameter of interest here is the angular spectrum, or angular distribution, of the received optical power after it traverses the underwater medium. Knowledge of the angular spectrum width is required by the communication engineer in order to specify the field...

13: Quantifying the Dynamic Ocean Surface Using Underwater Radiometric Measurements