Real-Time Digital Terrain Image Generator.

Abstract

The Technology Service Corporation has created a real-time digital terrain image generator. The system, HELICON, has been installed and integrated into the Human Engineering Laboratory's (HEL) Human Factors Research Simulator (HFRS) system. HELICON receives location and attitude data in real time from one of the crew station components of the HFRS and provides stylized representations of terrain as would be seen from the crew station. The HELICON system exceeds most of the contract's performance requirements, like gaming area size, flight capability, maximum viewing distance, and number of moving objects. It creates computer-generated imagery in full color at the rate of 15 frames per second (fps), with a density of 50 objects per square mile (mi2) and an image resolution of 512 x 512. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159316

Entities

People

  • R. Pferdner
  • Ryan L. Clark

Organizations

  • Technology Service Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Airframes
  • Cell Structure
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Flight Simulators
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Language
  • Programming Languages
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Two Dimensional
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.