Depth Perception with the AN/PVS-5 Night Vision Goggle

Abstract

Laboratory measures of stereopsis and field measures of relative depth discrimination while using the AN/PVS-5 Night Vision Goggle were determined and compared with data of unaided eye performance. Using a modified Howard-Dolman apparatus, the stereoscopic threshold was found to be considerably degraded with the man-goggle system when compared to photopic unaided eye performance. Field measurements of relative depth discrimination using all available visual cues showed that performance of the man-goggle system was statistically equivalent only at intermediate distances of 500 feet or less.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA029542

Entities

People

  • Carol T. Bucha
  • Chun K. Park
  • David D. Glick
  • Roger W. Wiley

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Aviation Medicine
  • Binoculars
  • Daylight
  • Discrimination
  • Disparities
  • Fiber Optics
  • Flight
  • Jet Aircraft
  • Low Altitude
  • Measurement
  • Night Vision
  • Observation
  • Observers
  • Perception
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.