Numerical calculation of modulation transfer functions for low-frequency mechanical vibrations

Moshe Fisher; Ofer Hadar; Norman S. Kopeika

doi:10.1117/12.23160

1 November 1990 Numerical calculation of modulation transfer functions for low-frequency mechanical vibrations

Moshe Fisher, Ofer Hadar, Norman S. Kopeika

Proceedings Volume 1342, Airborne Reconnaissance XIV; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23160
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Numerical calculations of modulation transfer functions (MTFs) for low-frequency mechanical vibrations are presented. The problem is significant in practical reconnaissance where primary vibrations are at frequencies too low to be described by the usual closed form Bessel function MTF. The low vibration frequency situation involves random process blur radii and MTFs which can only be handled statistically since no closed form solution is possible. This is illustrated here. Comparisons are made to a closed form approximate MTF solution suggested previously. Agreement is generally good, especially for relatively large and linear blur radius situations.

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Moshe Fisher, Ofer Hadar, and Norman S. Kopeika "Numerical calculation of modulation transfer functions for low-frequency mechanical vibrations", Proc. SPIE 1342, Airborne Reconnaissance XIV, (1 November 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.23160

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