Surface Optics Corporation awarded SBIR for  Advanced Hyperspectral Signature Integration with Airborne and Ground-based Laser Technology

San Diego, CA (December 2002)

Combining high spatial resolution data with high spectral resolution imagery to improve classification accuracy in remotely sensed data is the goal of a research project being conducted by Surface Optics Corporation (SOC) for the Army Topographic Engineering Center (TEC). To do so requires 1) an instrument or instruments capable of acquiring this data coincidentally and 2) proper registration, pre-processing, classification and evaluation algorithms to determine the best way or ways to combine the data to achieve the most significant improvement in classification accuracy. Army TEC, which has a broad range of experience in spatial/spectral algorithm development has teamed with SOC to reach this goal.

In the initial phase, SOC will use its hyperspectral imager, the SOC-700, in conjunction with the I-Site 3D Laser Imager to collect spatial and spectral data from various regions, then in conjunction with TEC, use this data to explore the most effective means of combining the data to improve classification accuracy. SOC will also develop a prototype system based on these two instruments for spatial/spectral acquisition of remotely sensed data. The result of these studies will be a ranking of the various techniques and data measures that were undertaken in the study in terms of their effectiveness, with the eventual goal being to incorporate them as part of a complete Lidar/Hyperspectral data acquisition system.

About Surface Optics
Surface Optics Corporation (SOC) is a 23-year-old, employee owned company based in San Diego, CA. Building upon quantitative optical signature analysis, SOC is known throughout the globe for its BRDF technology, spectral and spatial characterization of materials, high-fidelity multispectral/hyperspectral modeling and simulation of targets and backgrounds (UV through radar), optical measurement services, instrumentation design and manufacture, and coatings design and application. For more information on SOC technologies, please visit our website at www.surfaceoptics.com or call us at 858-675-7404.

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