Mitsubishi 3-5 Micrometers IR Imager for Machine-Vision/ATA applications

Abstract

Presented in this report are the results of a study conducted to test the performance of the Mitsubishi model 5120C IR Imager as part of an automatic target acquisition (ATA) system. The study was conducted in two phases. The first was directed toward a detailed analysis of the images produced by the Mitsubishi sensor, with the aim of identifying any artifacts or characteristics that might elude the human observer but still affect the ATA system's performance. The second phase involved extensive field testing using the Mitsubishi sensor with two ATA systems: one based on the VME (Versa Module European) bus standard and the other based on a PC. The Mitsubishi sensor showed very good performance in almost all tests and appears to be an excellent choice for ATA/machine-vision applications. Frame-by-frame analysis of digitized image sequences from the Mitsubishi sensor failed to uncover any hidden problems, and several weeks of field testing with two different ATA systems demonstrated high- quality performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273812

Entities

People

  • David B. Hillis

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Computer Vision
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • Image Processing
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Infrared Images
  • Military Research
  • Photonic Metamaterials
  • Radiation
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Solar Radiation
  • Target Acquisition
  • Video Cameras
  • Warning Systems

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  • Educational Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.