Detection of motion-defined form under simulated night vision conditions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5442, Issue , 2004, Pages 36-44

  Macuda, Todd ^a   Allison, Robert S ^b   Thomas, Paul ^c   Craig, Greg ^a   Jennings, Sion ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Topaz Technology Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apparent motion; Motion defined form; Night vision goggles; Psychophysics; Synthetic imagery; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NAVIGATION; PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WHITE NOISE;

APPARENT MOTION; MOTION-DEFINED FORM; NIGHT VISION GOGGLES; PHYCHOPHYSICS; SYNTHETIC IMAGERY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

GOGGLES;

EID: 11844289698     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.542633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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