Helicopter-borne dual-band dual-FPA system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5074, Issue , 2003, Pages 637-647

  Schreer, O ^a   Lopez Saenz M ^a   Peppermuller Ch ^a   Hierl, Th ^a   Bachmann, K ^b   Clement, D ^b   Fries, J ^c  

^a Thermosensorik GmbH   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air borne; Clementine; Dual band; FPA; Helicopter; IR; MCT; QWIP; RT AHDS; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; CAMOUFLAGE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HELICOPTERS; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INFRARED DETECTORS; MILITARY ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

AIR BORNE; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; INFRARED CAMERA; INFRARED IMAGE ACQUISITION; QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 1342268725     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.498466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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