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Modelling and experimental verification of the functional parameters of a binocular stereoscopic thermal viewer

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Рафаилович А.С. Моделирование и экспериментальная проверка функциональных параметров бинокулярного стереоскопического тепловизионного устройства // Оптический журнал. 2013. Т. 80. № 6. С. 28–35.

Rafailovich A.S. Modelling and experimental verification of the functional parameters of a binocular stereoscopic thermal viewer [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2013. V. 80. № 6. P. 28–35.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

A. S. Rafailovich, "Modelling and experimental verification of the functional parameters of a binocular stereoscopic thermal viewer," Journal of Optical Technology. 80(6), 349-354 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.80.000349

Abstract:

This paper shows that the probability of detecting an object with a stereobinocular thermal viewer (ThV) is higher than with a pseudobinocular viewer. It can be assumed that the most efficient way to use stereobinocular devices is to search for and observe various objects. Results are given for the modelling of a stereoscopic thermal-vision image, and studies of prototypes of the main functional units of a stereoscopic ThV in a portable implementation with a mass of up to 3.5 kg are also described.

Keywords:

binocular stereoscopic thermal viewer, probability of detecting, stereobinocular, 3D thermal viewer

OCIS codes: 110.6820, 110.6880, 330.1400

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