Accession Number:

ADA066691

Title:

Assessment of Color as a Sonar Display Parameter.

Descriptive Note:

Summary rept.,

Corporate Author:

TRACOR INC AUSTIN TEX

Personal Author(s):

• Evans,Thomas R.

Report Date:

1968-06-25

Pagination or Media Count:

43.0

Abstract:

This study was designed to assess the use and value of color as a sonar display parameter. A DIMUS sonar display was simulated and detection performance as influenced by the encoding of amplitude information in color as compared to the encoding of such information as brightness along a conventional grey scale was examined. The color formats yielded significant increases in detection relative to detection using a black-and-white format. Author

Descriptors:

• *DISPLAY SYSTEMS
• *SONAR EQUIPMENT
• ACOUSTIC DETECTION
• CODING
• BRIGHTNESS
• COLORS
• TAPES
• ACOUSTIC SIGNALS
• OPERATORS(PERSONNEL)
• TARGET CLASSIFICATION
• DIGITAL COMPUTERS
• CATHODE RAY TUBES
• CORE STORAGE
• SONAR PERSONNEL

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Acoustic Detection and Detectors

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE