Performance characterization of night vision equipment based on the triangle orientation discrimination methodology

摘要: Night vision equipment is crucial in order to accomplish supremacy and safety of the troops on battlefield. Evidently, system integrators, ministry defenses end-users need access reliable quantitative characterization expected field performance when using night equipment. The image intensifier tube one most important engines driving for As a major manufacturer, Photonis investigates link between its products physical design parameters actual end-user performance. developments include (1) an end-to-end measurement method test facility, (2) image-based simulation, (3) range estimation model. purpose twofold: being able support integrators further systematic improvement design. For test, TNO cooperated implementation triangle orientation discrimination (TOD) This provides clear rigorous ranking with respect their target acquisition level. We present laboratory, provide TOD results set devices, show prediction examples.