Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Target Detection with Visually Time-Compressed Radar Displays,

Abstract

Previous research has demonstrated the improved target detection performance resulting from the coherent motion cues provided by a visually time-compressed radar display. These studies indicate that as the detection task becomes more difficult because of increased noise and clutter the improvement due to time compression increases. The results of these studies further indicate that, if the spatial aspect of the target could also be enhanced, additional target detection improvement might be realized. The present study compared target detection performance on a standard time-compressed display with performance on two displays that provide both spatial and temporal target cues. A fourth display providing primarily spatial cues was a so included in the comparison. The results indicate that the addition of spatial cues improves the detectability of a target under conditions of high noise and that at least five frames of storage are required for best performance. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0784887

Entities

People

  • Joseph M. Staton
  • Lawrence A. Scanlan

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compression
  • Detection
  • Target Detection
  • Time Compression

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.