Pocket Size Night Vision Aid

David K. Anderson

doi:10.1117/12.953632

20 February 1973 Pocket Size Night Vision Aid

David K. Anderson

Proceedings Volume 0033, Solving Problems in Security, Surveillance and Law Enforcement with Optical Instrumentation; (1973) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953632
Event: Solving Problems in Security Surveillance and Law Enforcement with Optical Instrumentation, 1972, New York City, United States

Abstract

The earliest U.S. electro-optical work to remove the cover of darkness centered around the development in the 1950's of an infrared image tube. This infrared image tube detected targets illuminated by covert infrared search-lights and converted their images to visible displays. The best known device using this technology was the "sniperscope" which had the obvious disadvantage of being an active system. That is, the IR search-light was needed to covertly illuminate the target and could be rather easily detected by a sophisticated enemy.

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David K. Anderson "Pocket Size Night Vision Aid", Proc. SPIE 0033, Solving Problems in Security, Surveillance and Law Enforcement with Optical Instrumentation, (20 February 1973); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953632

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