KBS/DSP IMAGE CODING SYSTEM

THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM (KBS)/DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (DSP) IMAGE CODING SYSTEM FOR DATA COMPRESSION WILL HAVE WIDE APPLICATION IN SPACE, MILITARY SURVEILLANCE AND COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS. THIS RESEARCHIS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED AT THE NEEDS OF MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTATION MONITORING WHERE THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DATA GENERATED FAR EXCEEDS STORAGE AND TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO COMBINE KBS AND DSP TECHNOLOGY SO AS TO EXTRACT AND TRANSMIT THE IMPORTANT DATA IN A TIMELY MANNER. THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED UNDER THIS PROPOSAL WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY BOTH WITH AN ANALYSIS OF SPECIFIC DSP PERFORMANCE AND DEMONSTRATION OF A PROTOTYPE KBS. A NUMBER OF CODING METHODS WILL BE USED INCLUDING LOSSLESS CODING, TRANSFORM CODING AND FEATURE EXTRACTION. UNDER PHASE II WE WILL DEVELOP A KBS/DSP CODING SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE SPACE STATION AND OTHER APPLICATION AREAS.