Gated TV Instrumentation System,

Abstract

Weapon-pointing data for the hit-probability analysis of stabilized vehicle-mounted weapon systems have long been obtained by high-speed photographic techniques, which do not provide a real-time analysis capability, as film must be processed and requires excessive data-reduction time (film reading). Infrared (ir) tracking systems, also in use, provide no image and therefore are extremely difficult to set up and aline. The Gated TV (GTV) system consisting of a video camera, a tracker error processor (tracker) (TEP), a video monitor, and a digital or analog recorder, will derive weapon-pointing errors as digital numbers or analog voltages proportional to angular elevation-and-azimuth errors in real time. This output can be recorded or presented directly to automatic data-processing equipment (ADPE) to obtain weapon-pointing data as a function of time. This instrumentation provides the basis for measuring target position, lead angle, and target angular rate. Utilizing such information, stabilization and tracking studies of main and secondary weapon systems are readily accomplished.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA056412

Entities

People

  • C. David Brown

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Data Reduction
  • Gray Scale
  • Hit Probabilities
  • Instrumentation
  • Lead Angle
  • Leading Edges
  • Processing Equipment
  • Recording Systems
  • Scanning
  • Video
  • Video Cameras
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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  • Geodesy
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Radar Systems Engineering.