Computer-based system for target identification training based on synthetic image generation of infrared scenes

Albert D. Sheffer Jr.; J. Michael Cathcart; Nickolas L. Faust; Gregory L. Galloway; Simeon D. Harbert; John M. Stewart; James I. Montgomery

doi:10.1117/12.137853

21 September 1992 Computer-based system for target identification training based on synthetic image generation of infrared scenes

Albert D. Sheffer Jr., J. Michael Cathcart, Nickolas L. Faust, Gregory L. Galloway, Simeon D. Harbert, John M. Stewart, James I. Montgomery

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Proceedings Volume 1687, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Sources and Backgrounds II; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137853
Event: Aerospace Sensing, 1992, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Development of a computer-based system for generating simulated infrared imagery is described. The system provides realistic representations of infrared targets and backgrounds for training soldiers in combat vehicle identification (CVI). Using Army-supplied lists of desired items, Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) constructed geometric and thermal models of NATO and Warsaw Pact combat vehicles, terrain backgrounds, countermeasures, distractors, and obscurants. Simulations of several fielded infrared sensors enable system users to generate training imagery sets, both snapshots and animated sequences, showing realistic sensor effects. The system is workstation-based and has a user interface that permits a non-expert to generate desired imagery sets from menus of available models and scenarios.

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Albert D. Sheffer Jr., J. Michael Cathcart, Nickolas L. Faust, Gregory L. Galloway, Simeon D. Harbert, John M. Stewart, and James I. Montgomery "Computer-based system for target identification training based on synthetic image generation of infrared scenes", Proc. SPIE 1687, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Sources and Backgrounds II, (21 September 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137853

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