High-performance, event-driven, low-cost, and SWaP imaging sensor for hostile fire detection, homeland protection, and border security

Charbel G. Rizk; Joseph H. Lin; Stephen W. Kennerly; Philippe Pouliquen; Arnold C. Goldberg; Andreas G. Andreou

doi:10.1117/12.919787

21 June 2012 High-performance, event-driven, low-cost, and SWaP imaging sensor for hostile fire detection, homeland protection, and border security

Charbel G. Rizk, Joseph H. Lin, Stephen W. Kennerly, Philippe Pouliquen, Arnold C. Goldberg, Andreas G. Andreou

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Proceedings Volume 8359, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XI; 83590Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919787
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

The advanced imagers team at JHU APL and ECE has been advocating and developing a new class of sensor systems that address key system level performance bottlenecks but are sufficiently flexible to allow optimization of associated cost and size, weight, and power (SWaP) for different applications and missions. A primary component of this approach is the innovative system-on-chip architecture: Flexible Readout and Integration Sensors (FRIS). This paper reports on the development and testing of a prototype based on the FRIS concept. It will include the architecture, a summary of test results to date relevant to the hostile fire detection challenge. For this application, this prototype demonstrates the potential for this concept to yield the smallest SWaP and lowest cost imaging solution with a low false alarm rate. In addition, a specific solution based on the visible band is proposed. Similar performance and SWaP gains are expected for other wavebands such as SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR and/or other applications like persistent surveillance for critical infrastructure and border control in addition to unattended sensors.

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Charbel G. Rizk, Joseph H. Lin, Stephen W. Kennerly, Philippe Pouliquen, Arnold C. Goldberg, and Andreas G. Andreou "High-performance, event-driven, low-cost, and SWaP imaging sensor for hostile fire detection, homeland protection, and border security", Proc. SPIE 8359, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XI, 83590Z (21 June 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919787

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