System modelling of a real-time passive millimeter-wave imager to be used for base security and helicopter navigation in degraded visual environments

Colin D. Cameron; Rupert N. Anderton; James G. Burnett; Jeff J. Güell; Jack Sanders-Reed; Dennis J. Yelton

doi:10.1117/12.2053282

19 June 2014 System modelling of a real-time passive millimeter-wave imager to be used for base security and helicopter navigation in degraded visual environments

Colin D. Cameron, Rupert N. Anderton, James G. Burnett, Jeff J. Güell, Jack Sanders-Reed, Dennis J. Yelton

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Proceedings Volume 9087, Degraded Visual Environments: Enhanced, Synthetic, and External Vision Solutions 2014; 908709 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053282
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

This paper discusses the design of an improved passive millimeter wave imaging system intended to be used for military forward operating base security in degraded visual environments. A simple end-to-end model of such an imager is described, including a simple scene model based on transformations applied to visible and infrared imagery, optical aberrations, focal plane sampling, scan conversion, receiver performance and image processing algorithms. The use of such a model as a design tool is discussed, especially with regard to optimizing scan conversion and image processing algorithms. The expected performance of the latest imager design is predicted.

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Colin D. Cameron, Rupert N. Anderton, James G. Burnett, Jeff J. Güell, Jack Sanders-Reed, and Dennis J. Yelton "System modelling of a real-time passive millimeter-wave imager to be used for base security and helicopter navigation in degraded visual environments", Proc. SPIE 9087, Degraded Visual Environments: Enhanced, Synthetic, and External Vision Solutions 2014, 908709 (19 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2053282

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