The study investigated observer tactical target detection and identification performance on displays of downward looking infrared imagery collected at 500-, 1,000-, and 2,000-foot altitudes. Six male college students were tested individually under all three altitude conditions. To balance out learning effects, a change-over design was used to vary the order of altitude presentations from subject to subject. The different altitude presentations for each subject were spaced a week apart to minimize learning effects. There were 24 target site locations containing a total of 62 individual targets. The five target types used were vehicles, helicopters, missiles, botas, and bridges. An implication from the study is that a relatively high degree of target detection and identification performance can be expected on a display of pictorial-type imagery in which the scene takes as little time as 4 seconds to move across the display screen. (Author)


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    Title :

    Target Detection and Identification Performance on Infrared Imagery Collected at Different Altitudes


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    Publication date :

    1971


    Size :

    26 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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