Field Evaluation of a 1962-Vintage Visual Detection Model

Abstract

The range at which U.S. Navy pilots could detect and recognize olive- drab vehicles parked on a light-brown, graded strip in the desert was measured in flight tests conducted in 1962. Scripps Visibility Laboratory measured light transmission through the aircraft windscreen and the atmosphere. Vehicle and background brightness measurements were also made. These measurements were used as inputs to a mathematical model to compute detection and recognition range. The report is useful principally for the field data presented, and for the historical information on mathematical modeling of the visual process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0878417

Entities

People

  • Jacqueline I. Gordon
  • Ronald A. Erickson

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Cameras
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Contracts
  • Depression Angles
  • Detection
  • Field Tests
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Ground Level
  • Measurement
  • Military Pilots
  • Observation
  • Observation Aircraft
  • Observers
  • Photographs
  • Recognition

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.