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IMAGING SENSORS WITH DATA COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES
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FEARING, CHRISTOPHER JAMES
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Year and Degree
2006, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Computer Engineering.
Abstract
Currently radio frequencies are employed in wireless internet and cellular telephones. Radio frequencies, however, are partially regulated and can interfere with surrounding devices. In contrast, optical communication offers a non-regulated/cost-effective interface that can be implemented with human safe light sources such as LEDs. Furthermore, the combination of imaging with optical communication makes communication with multiple optical data sources within a scene possible. This thesis explores the design of data communicating imaging sensors that store video and data information from a scene within an array of light sensitive pixels. Applications of these sensors include: security monitoring, optical-based asset tracking, or vehicle-to-vehicle communication. Four data communicating sensor designs are explored, concluding with two key designs: Beta and Gamma. The Beta sensor stores video and data within each pixel. The Gamma sensor stores video in every pixel but distributes data storage among a cluster of pixels.
Committee
Dr. Philip Wilsey (Advisor)
Pages
109 p.
Keywords
Active Pixel
;
Arrayed design
;
Imaging sensor
;
free-space optical communication
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FEARING, C. J. (2006).
IMAGING SENSORS WITH DATA COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES
[Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1141352420
APA Style (7th edition)
FEARING, CHRISTOPHER.
IMAGING SENSORS WITH DATA COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES.
2006. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1141352420.
MLA Style (8th edition)
FEARING, CHRISTOPHER. "IMAGING SENSORS WITH DATA COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1141352420
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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