SIMULATION IMAGE GENERATION. VOLUME I. STUDY OF TELEVISION CAMERA AND OPTICAL PICKUP FROM SCALE RELIEF MODELS.
Abstract
Simulation devices for high-speed low-level flight, approach, and landing are considered deficient in one or more of the areas of (1) depth of field, (2) resolution, (3) perspective, and (4) shading. Phase 1 of this study program is an investigation of these problems as they relate to an optical-pickup/three-dimensional-model/television-system type of visual-image generator. The problems are examined in detail, and solutions or optimization techniques are offered for advancing the state of the art. Ten approaches - six with a single television channel in black-and-white and four in multiple-tube configuration, variously arranged for electronic depth-of-field improvement, color, and wide angle - are considered. A single-tube system with Scehimpflug-plane adaptive optics and a multiple-tube system with electronic data compilation of the equivalent high-resolution pickup plane are developed more fully: these are the recommended designs, representing state-of-the-art advances for improving depth of field. For available high-resolution television systems, it is possible to design a practical optical-pickup image generator whose apparent resulting display resolution is essentially limited by the television characteristics for all typical conditions of probe-model relationships and simulated vehicle attitudes. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0485304
Entities
People
- E. R. Carson
- J. A. Horton
- L. D. Stoner
Organizations
- Goodyear Aerospace