Probability of identification comparison for targets in the visible, illuminated shortwave infrared, and longwave infrared spectra

John D. O'Connor; Ted Corbin; David Tomkinson

doi:10.1117/12.604684

12 May 2005 Probability of identification comparison for targets in the visible, illuminated shortwave infrared, and longwave infrared spectra

John D. O'Connor, Ted Corbin, David Tomkinson

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Proceedings Volume 5784, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XVI; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604684
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This research describes a comparison of target identification performance between targets in the longwave infrared, illuminated shortwave infrared and visible spectral bands. Increasing levels of Gaussian blur were applied to eight varying aspects of twelve targets in the longwave infrared, illuminated shortwave infrared and visible spectra. A double-blind experiment was conducted with the first group of observers trained to identify all the targets using longwave infrared imagery and the second group trained to identify all the targets using visible imagery. Results of the first group's visible identification scores and the second group's longwave identification scores were compared to their results for illuminated shortwave infrared identification scores. In both cases, the illuminated shortwave infrared identification scores fell below the untrained visible or longwave infrared counterpart.

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John D. O'Connor, Ted Corbin, and David Tomkinson "Probability of identification comparison for targets in the visible, illuminated shortwave infrared, and longwave infrared spectra", Proc. SPIE 5784, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XVI, (12 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604684

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Short wave infrared radiation

Infrared radiation

Long wavelength infrared

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Infrared imaging

Target recognition

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