Video Bandwidth Reduction/Compression Research for the Army Remotely Piloted Vehicle System

Abstract

A simulation and research program was conducted in support of the U. S. Army Remotely Piloted Vehicle Target Acquisition/Designation Aerial Reconnaissance System. The research was directed towards RPV operation in a jamming environment, using video bandwidth reduction/compression techniques. Two simulation studies were conducted to investigate the effects of bandwidth compression on operator target detection and recognition performance and the effects of frame rate reduction on operator sensor slewing performance during the search phase of the RPV mission. The results of the two studies provided data to define levels of bits per picture element bandwidth compression and frames per second frame update rate in combination with other selected RPV system and operating conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA137600

Entities

People

  • A. K. Agin
  • A. V. Lukosevicius
  • M. L. Hershberger

Organizations

  • Hughes Aircraft Company

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerial Reconnaissance
  • Aircrafts
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Artillery
  • Cameras
  • Compression
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Display Systems
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Radar
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.