opy . ▁ ▁Adv ances ▁in ▁military ▁research ▁ ▁The ▁U . S . ▁Army ▁Research ▁Labor atory ▁( AR L ) ▁developed ▁remote ▁g host ▁imag ing ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁with ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁applying ▁advanced ▁technology ▁to ▁the ▁ground , ▁sat ell ites ▁and ▁un mann ed ▁aer ial ▁vehicles . ▁Ron ald ▁E . ▁Mey ers ▁and ▁Keith ▁S . ▁De acon ▁of ▁A RL , ▁received ▁a ▁pat ent ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁for ▁their ▁quantum ▁imag ing ▁technology ▁called , ▁" System ▁and ▁Method ▁for ▁Image ▁En h ancement ▁and ▁Im prov ement .” ▁The ▁research ers ▁received ▁the ▁Army ▁Research ▁and ▁Development ▁Ach iev ement ▁Award ▁for ▁out standing ▁research ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁g host ▁image ▁of ▁a ▁remote ▁object . ▁ ▁Mechan ism ▁A ▁simple ▁example ▁clar ifies ▁the ▁basic ▁principle ▁of ▁g host ▁imag ing . ▁Im agine ▁two ▁transparent ▁boxes : ▁one ▁that ▁is ▁empty ▁and ▁one ▁that ▁has ▁an ▁object ▁within ▁it . ▁ ▁The ▁back ▁wall ▁of ▁the ▁empty ▁box ▁contains ▁a ▁grid ▁of ▁many ▁pixels ▁( i . e . ▁a ▁camera ), ▁while ▁the ▁back ▁wall ▁of ▁the ▁box ▁with ▁the ▁object ▁is ▁a ▁large ▁single - p ixel ▁( a ▁bucket ▁det ector ). ▁ ▁Next , ▁sh ine ▁las er ▁light ▁into ▁a ▁be ams plit ter ▁and ▁reflect ▁the ▁two ▁resulting ▁be ams ▁such ▁that ▁each ▁passes ▁through ▁the ▁same ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁respective ▁box ▁at