The design of the dual-channel projection collimator for the dynamic infrared scene projector is introduced in this paper. The optical system is the combination of a telescope system and two imaging systems of the target channel and the inference channel. The scenes from two optical channels are combined into one scene by the beam combiner. The optical system consists of twelve elements and aspheric surfaces are used in the imaging system to increase the image quality and simplify the configuration of the optical system. The optical system is capable of operation over the 8~12μm wavelength range and testing an infrared seeker over 12°field of view (FOV). The effective focal length of the optical system is 228.3mm and the exit pupil distance is 800mm.The image quality and the formats of the system meet the requirements of the projector.
Dynamic infrared scene projection system can provide infrared detectors such as infrared seeker with target infrared radiation characteristics equivalent to the real environment in the laboratory. It can produce dynamic infrared scene to simulate the infrared radiation characteristics of real objects and their environment. The system constitutes a hardware in the loop simulation test system together with multi axis motion platform, seeker system, control system and other related equipment. This paper presents a scheme of infrared scene projection system based on dual digital micro mirror device (DMD), describes the main functions and composition of the system, and focuses on the working mechanism of dual DMD to improve gray level and frame rate. The system consists of dual DMD infrared scene projector, synchronization control device and scene generation computer. Two DMDs are used to modulate the infrared radiation intensity of each frame image and the spatial distribution characteristics of the image, and jointly complete the modulation of the gray level and spatial distribution of the output image. At the same time, the synchronization control device works synchronously with the test equipment or seeker to ensure that the generated infrared field frame rate is synchronized with the image collected by the test system. At present, the high frame rate infrared scene projection system based on dual DMD can meet the index requirements of maximum frame rate of 100Hz and minimum integration time of 2ms, which can vary with the synchronization signal frequency, and meet the integration time and synchronization test requirements of a variety of infrared detection equipment.
Infrared scene simulation system can simulate multifold objects and backgrounds to perform dynamic test and evaluate EO detecting system in the hardware in-the-loop test. The basic structure of a dual-waveband dynamic IR scene projector was introduced in the paper. The system’s core device is an IR Digital Micro-mirror Device (DMD) and the radiant source is a mini-type high temperature IR plane black-body. An IR collimation optical system which transmission range includes 3~5μm and 8~12μm is designed as the projection optical system. Scene simulation software was developed with Visual C++ and Vega soft tools and a software flow chart was presented. The parameters and testing results of the system were given, and this system was applied with satisfying performance in an IR imaging simulation testing.
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