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IMAGEN MULTIPLE [1 record]

Record 1 2008-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Television (Radioelectricity)
  • Video Technology
DEF

A reproduction defect in which an additional outline (ghost), or a succession of outlines (multiple images), of prominent features of a picture are displaced from the correct position of the outline by a noticeable amount.

OBS

ghost image: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)
  • Vidéotechnique
DEF

[...] défaut d'une image visible se manifestant par l'apparition d'une ou plusieurs images décalées par rapport à l'image normale, correspondant à des signaux retardés par un phénomène d'écho prenant naissance soit au cours de la propagation, soit dans les appareils de la voie de transmission.

OBS

image fantôme : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teledetección
  • Televisión (Radioelectricidad)
  • Técnicas de video
DEF

Duplicación de la imagen en la pantalla de un televisor debida a que las ondas de la estación emisora llegan a la antena por dos conductos diferentes [...]

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