A cathode-ray tube that generates symbols for use in other displays. The tube operates by scanning specific characters on the target and generating them as video signals to other cathode-ray systems.

A lack of resolution in a television image as a result of smear ghosts or an insufficiently high video-frequency response....

An optical instrument used to track and image a test vehicle (target) throughout its flight. The cinesextant frequently...

A container designed to hold recording material (film, video- and audiotape) so that when it is loaded into a recording...

Computer vision enables computers to interpret and make decisions based on visual data, such as images and videos. It...

An imaging system that uses a mosaic of tiny light-sensitive semiconductors (phototransistors) to produce individual outputs...

The science of producing, recording, storing, transmitting and displaying visual images by any system (photographic, video,...

A unit that converts images to the standard NTSC format for use with video recorders, projectors and discs.

The process by which the raster beam in a video tube is cut off during the retracing and sync periods.

A disc whose surface contains recorded digital data at high-packing densities arranged in concentric rings. The data,...

GigE, short for gigabit Ethernet, refers to a standard for high-speed Ethernet communication, capable of transmitting data...

The term "metaverse" refers to a collective virtual shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical...

A noncontact, nondestructive method of measuring defects in thin composite materials, using a xenon flashtube to generate...

An optical diffuser is an optical component or material designed to scatter or diffuse light that passes through it. It is...

A digital camera is a device that captures and records still images or video in digital format. Unlike traditional film...

A silicon photodiode is a semiconductor device that converts light into an electrical current. It is a type of photodetector...

Abbreviated SoC. A single chip containing all the electronic circuits required for a complete, working product. SoCs are...

Machine vision, also known as computer vision or computer sight, refers to the technology that enables machines, typically...

Videography refers to the process of capturing moving images and recording them in a digital format. It involves the use of...

A method of scanning in which a frame transfer device produces a continuous video image of a moving object by means of a...

The focal length of a lens is the distance between the lens's optical center (or principal point) and the image sensor or...

The use of miniature scanners to project raster-scanned video images directly onto the surface of the human retina,...

An endoscope is a medical device used for visualizing and examining the interior of hollow organs, body cavities, or...

A fiber optic cable assembly refers to a complete unit consisting of optical fibers, connectors, protective jackets, and...

The luminance portion of a composite video signal, i.e., the portion of the signal that corresponds to the brightness of the...

A rigid medium, generally a polycarbonate substrate coated with a reflective aluminum layer, that stores information (such...

An OLED display formed by creating an array of OLED pixels connected by intersecting anode and cathode conductors arranged...

The term sometimes used to describe the sequential arrangement of components in a video system -- from transmitter to...

Digital signal processing (DSP) refers to the manipulation and analysis of signals, which are representations of physical...

A device that calibrates the size, position or distance of objects imaged on a video screen.

A type of video signal in which the luminance and chrominance portions of the signal, or the luma and chroma, have been...

RTSP, or real-time streaming protocol, is a network control protocol designed for controlling streaming media servers. It is...

RGB stands for red, green, blue, which are the primary colors of light used in additive color mixing. The RGB color model is...

A kinescope used to survey the details of television video transmission.

Embedded vision refers to the integration of computer vision technologies into various embedded systems, devices, or...

An oscilloscope used to survey the waveform of a video signal.

A technical specification for a consumer product drawn up by Sony and Philips. CD/I combines audio, video and text recorded...

CoaXPress (CoaXPress or CXP) is a standardized digital interface and communication protocol used primarily in machine vision...

The observation of specimens by a microscope linked to a television camera and an image processor.

Rolling shutter artifacts are distortions or visual anomalies that can occur in images or videos captured by cameras with...

An infrared light source is a device that emits light in the infrared spectrum, which lies beyond the visible spectrum of...

A display standard no longer in use and originally defined for IBM PCs, with 640 3 480 pixels in 16 colors and a 4:3 aspect...

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) is a type of light-emitting diode (LED) technology that utilizes organic compounds to...

Referring to the bandwidth and spectrum location of the signal produced by television or radar scanning.

1. Attribute of a visual sensation that permits a judgment to be made of the amount of pure chromatic color present. 2. The...

The graph of the oscillating variations composing the wave of a video signal.

Area scan, in the context of imaging and cameras, refers to a method of capturing an entire two-dimensional image in a...

Ray tracing is a rendering technique used in computer graphics to simulate the way light interacts with objects in a scene....

A wideband amplifier used to process video or picture information.

The process by which the light from the images of photographic film is encoded into electrical signals for video...

An instrument used for video or computer data storage in which a laser optical head is used to write digital information...

A step-by-step method of reducing the amount of data in a digital video signal to transmit or store a high-quality image....

A CMOS camera refers to an imaging device that employs a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor to...

Frame rate refers to the frequency at which consecutive images, or frames, are displayed in a video sequence. It is...

A filter that passes a series of wavelength regions that are at equal distances from one another, such that its output...

A solid-state video detector consisting of a single row of light-sensitive semiconductor devices, used in linear-array...

A mathematical transformation used in image and video compression that changes two-dimensional representation of data into...

A modulator is a device or component that modifies a carrier signal in order to encode information for transmission over a...

High dynamic range (HDR) refers to a technology that allows for a broader and more dynamic range of luminosity in visual...

Image processing peripheral that converts video images from cameras into digital format and transfers these digital images...

A device with a limited number of possible output values (sometimes able to be selected) that can translate an incoming...

An electronic device used to encode video and audio signals of a television camera into radio waves that are broadcast to...

In communcations and video signals, the portion of a composite signal between the leading edge of the horizontal blanking...

A breakout cable, also known as a fan-out cable or breakout assembly, is a type of cable that combines multiple individual...

Optical character recognition (OCR) is a technology that is used to convert printed or handwritten text into...

Developed for use in military reconnaissance systems, it consists of a polygonal mirror, drive motor, interface between...

A device, such as a thermionic or crystal diode, that is introduced into the vision channel of a television receiver to...

1. A device used to trace out an object and build up an image. One of the most common of these types is video scanning. The...

In image processing, a device that transforms the digital data into an analog video image that can be viewed on a monitor or...

A camera tube widely used in television broadcasting. It consists of three sections within a single vacuum envelope. 1. A...

A character generation CRT that functions on the principle of secondary emission. The target holds a set of aluminum...

A term applied to the recording of video images by means of magnetic tape or disc, so that the image's record can be played...

Characteristic of deflected light power defined as the quadratic invariant function of the video signal amplitude.

A device that changes the number of lines per frame of a video image to adapt to a lower resolution format, either by...

A compact high-pressure light source in which an electrical discharge between electrodes spaced no more than 12 mm apart...