Accession Number:
AD0728243
Title:
Target Detection and Identification Performance on Infrared Imagery Collected at Different Altitudes.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Corporate Author:
BUNKER-RAMO CORP WESTLAKE VILLAGE CALIF DEFENSE SYSTEMS DIV
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Report Date:
1971-05-01
Pagination or Media Count:
26.0
Abstract:
The study investigated observer tactical target detection and identification performance on displays of downward looking infrared imagery collected at 500-, 1,000-, and 2,000-foot altitudes. Six male college students were tested individually under all three altitude conditions. To balance out learning effects, a change-over design was used to vary the order of altitude presentations from subject to subject. The different altitude presentations for each subject were spaced a week apart to minimize learning effects. There were 24 target site locations containing a total of 62 individual targets. The five target types used were vehicles, helicopters, missiles, botas, and bridges. An implication from the study is that a relatively high degree of target detection and identification performance can be expected on a display of pictorial-type imagery in which the scene takes as little time as 4 seconds to move across the display screen. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Infrared Detection and Detectors
- Human Factors Engineering and Man Machine Systems