RADAR Imaging Transformation for Heads Up Display Utility

Abstract

The following report discusses the display and sensor requirements for a heads up display (HUD) capable of presenting a 3-Dimensional (3-D) scene to a pilot during instrument landing that provides data indicative of barriers and obscurations in the flight path and intended landing area. The necessary equations for relating common electro-optic sensor parameters to the equivalent RADAR parameterization are provided such that a cross-sensor analysis can be performed to determine the appropriate sensor data transformations for display. Formulations of the appropriate data transformations are made such that RADAR data can de displayed appropriately such that a human looking through a HUD can easily interpret the RADAR data to provide a 3-D view of the intended landing area.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA473815

Entities

People

  • Brian Wilson
  • Nikola Subotic

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Flight Paths
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Instrument Landings
  • Landing
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Images
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radar
  • Radar Imaging
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Terrain Models
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects