Benefits of Using the Photosimulation Laboratory Environment for Camouflage Assessment

Abstract

A method is described for using the photo simulation laboratory environment to evaluate the effectiveness of camouflage for military vehicles. There are distinct advantages to acquiring images at the field site and then bringing them back for observer testing in a laboratory environment. Laboratory testing provides a repeatable, secure, and low-cost way to generate realistic performance data for vehicle evaluation for the purposes of signature testing, measurement of the effectiveness of camouflage relative to a baseline vehicle, and calibration and validation of target acquisition models. A test is described by the authors in which a baseline LAV is compared to a treated LAV in the TARDEC Visual Perception Laboratory using imagery collected from the field in the manner prescribed by an experimental design.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADP023092

Entities

People

  • Darryl Bryk
  • David Bednarz
  • Euijung Sohn
  • Kimberly Lane
  • Thomas J. Meitzler

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Aspect Angle
  • Combinatorial Analysis
  • Command And Control
  • Detection
  • Digital Cameras
  • Electromagnetic Spectra
  • Environment
  • Experimental Design
  • Field Tests
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • High Resolution
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Small Arms
  • Standards
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computer Vision.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.