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E u r o S c i C o n J o i n t E v e n t o n
Laser Optics & Photonics and
Atomic & Plasma Science
American Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology
ISSN: 2349-3917
J u l y 1 6 - 1 7 , 2 0 1 8
P r a g u e , C z e c h R e p u b l i c
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Laser Optics & Photonics and Atomic & Plasma Science 2018
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ulti-pixel imaging devices such as CCD, CMOS and FPA photo-sensors
dominate the imaging world. These photo-detector array (PDA) devices
certainly have their merits including increasingly high pixel counts and
shrinking pixel sizes, nevertheless, they are also being hampered by limitations
in instantaneous linear dynamic range, inter-pixel crosstalk, quantum full well
capacity, signal-to-noise ratio, sensitivity, spectral flexibility, and in some cases,
imager response time. Recently invented is the coded access optical sensor
(CAOS) smart camera that works in unison with current PDA technology to
counter fundamental limitations of PDA-based imagers while providing extreme
linear dynamic range, extreme image security, extreme inter-pixel isolation, and
high enough imaging spatial resolution and pixel counts to match application
needs. This talk describes recent advances in the CAOS smart camera imaging
invention using the Texas Instruments (TI) Digital Micromirror Device (DMD). The
talk highlights recent experimental demonstrations of both white light and multi-
spectral CAOS-based imaging including CAOS-mode imaging over a 136 dB linear
dynamic range. Novel applications of the CAOS smart camera include automotive
and surveillance imaging where smartness to identify vital targets in extreme
contrast scenarios is vital for both mobile and stationary system operations.
Biography
Nabeel A Riza (Fellow IEEE, IET, EOS, OSA, SPIE, and Honorary
Fellow Engineers Ireland Society) holds a PhD (1989) from
Caltech. His awards include the 2001 ICO Prize, 2001 Ernst
Abbe Medal from Carl Zeiss Foundation-Germany, 2009 and
2010 IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Awards, and 1994 GE Gold
Patent Medal. In 2011, he was appointed as Chair Professor
of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College
Cork (UCC), Ireland. From 2013-2016, he was the Dean of UCC
School of Engineering. He has published 404 works that include
46 US issued Patents and is a 2017 Inductee of the US National
Academy of Inventors (NAI).
n.riza@ucc.ieAdvances in CAOS Camera Imaging
Nabeel A Riza
University College Cork, Ireland
Nabeel A Riza, Am J Compt Sci Inform Technol 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.21767/2349-3917-C1-001