A BASIC STUDY ON VALIDITY OF A NIGHT VISION SCOPE FOR NIGHT NAVIGATION

Night lookout duty has become more difficult because of changed navigational environments such as increased ship speeds, unconventional ship shapes etc. However, lookout is still very much dependent on the eyesight of the watch officers. Tests were carried out in laboratory and field conditions to see if a Night Vision Scope could help to make this task easier. As a result of the experiment, the authors propose a lookout support system which processes the output of a Night Vision Scope by image analysis equipment.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rev Kobe Univ of Mercantile Marine, pt 2, Maritime Studies + Sci + Engng, n 38, July 1990, p 1 [8 p, 6 ref, 5 tab, 15 fig]
• Authors:
  • HAYASHI, Y
  • Wake, H
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• Japanese

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Image processing; Night visibility; Night vision; Night vision devices; Surveillance
• Old TRIS Terms: Lookouts; Scene analysis
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00699915
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 14 1995 12:00AM