Compressive Underwater Video Camera (CUVC)

Develop efficient real-time and near real-time compression algorithms having large compression ratios (CR) needed for acoustic transmission of underwater image/video/sonar data. Requirements for transmission of high bandwidth data acoustically necessitate compression ratios exceeding those currently achievable with standard methods. In particular, algorithms are required that are tailored to compression of data specific to underwater sensors. Production of efficient, low-error compression schemes suited for both Human-in-the-Loop (HIL) and Automated Target Recognition (ATR) schemes are long term goals. Prepared in collaboration with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Ft. Pierce, FL.