Recommended Citation
Published in Proceedings of AUVS-93 Unmanned Systems: Expanding Government and Commercial Applications: Washington D.C., June 28, 1993.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.2172/6755754.
Abstract
Oak Ridge National Laboratory staff have developed a video compression system for low-bandwidth remote operations. The objective is to provide real-time video at data rates comparable to available tactical radio links, typically 16 to 64 thousand bits per second (kbps), while maintaining sufficient quality to achieve mission objectives. The system supports both continuous lossy transmission of black and white (gray scale) video for remote driving and progressive lossless transmission of black and white images for remote automatic target acquisition. The average data rate of the resulting bit stream is 64 kbps. This system has been demonstrated to provide video of sufficient quality to allow remote driving of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle at speeds up to 15 mph (24.1 kph) on a moguled dirt track. The nominal driving configuration provides a frame rate of 4 Hz, a compression per frame of 125:1, and a resulting latency of ~1s. This paper reviews the system approach and implementation, and further describes some of our experiences when using the system to support remote driving.
Disciplines
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Number of Pages
9
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/eeng_fac/16