Target Acquisition with Color Versus Black and White Television

Abstract

Two simulator experiments, differing only in field of view (FOV), were conducted to investigate air-to-ground target acquisition with color and black and white television. A television camera obliquely viewed a terrain model from a simulated altitude of 4,000 feet with two FOVs: 4.5 and 3.25 degrees. Subjects searched for green, olive, brown, and earth-colored tanks and trucks as the camera 'flew' over the terrain. It was found that (1) color TV was not generally superior to black and white TV; (2) the earth-colored targets provided more correct detections at faster response times than the other colors; (3) tanks were detected, but not identified, slightly faster than trucks; (4) target detection and identification was affected by the background; and (5) the smaller FOV more than doubled correct target detections (41 versus 86%).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADB007717

Entities

People

  • Dan W. Wagner

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Cameras
  • Color Television
  • Detection
  • Experimental Design
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Instructions
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • Psychology
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Television Cameras
  • Television Systems
  • Terrain Models
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.