1995 - Optical systems for automated space exploration

* Ochoa was enticed by optical systems and committed to improving its applications for performing information processing. She wanted to help computers "see". * NASA later recognized her methods in optics could be used in inspecting for flaws during fabrication, or it might be used on a space vehicle such as the Rover. * At the NASA Ames Research Center, she led a research group working primarily on optical systems for automated space exploration. * At Sandia National Laboratories, she applied what she knew about optics to the research being done on nuclear weapons. * She patented an optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern and is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method, and a method for noise removal in images.

optical system image processors optical inspection system optical object recognition method & method for noise removal in images

Category:
Optics

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
4949389;4838644;4674824

Co-Inventor:
Jan P. Allebach; Donald W. Sweeney; George F. Schils; Joseph W. Goodman; Lambertus Hesselink