Advanced thermal imaging system for tank sights

Seok Min Hong; Hyun Sook Kim; Wee Kyung Yu; Guk Hwan Lee; Eon Suk Yoon; Yong Chan Park; Se Chol Choi; Joo Hyoung Lee

doi:10.1117/12.602283

31 May 2005 Advanced thermal imaging system for tank sights

Seok Min Hong, Hyun Sook Kim, Wee Kyung Yu, Guk Hwan Lee, Eon Suk Yoon, Yong Chan Park, Se Chol Choi, Joo Hyoung Lee

Proceedings Volume 5783, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXI; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602283
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

A new second generation advanced thermal imager, which can be used for battle tank sight has been developed in Korea. The IR optics has dual field of views such as 2.67×2° in NFOV and 10×7.5° in WFOV. This system uses a 480×6 TDI HgCdTe detector, operating in the 8-12μm wavelength, made by Sofradir. In order to correct non-uniformity of detector array, the two point correction method has been developed by using the thermo electric cooler. Additionally, to enhance the image of low contrast and improve the detection capability, the new technique of histogram processing has been proposed. Through these image processing techniques, we obtained the high quality thermal image.

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Seok Min Hong, Hyun Sook Kim, Wee Kyung Yu, Guk Hwan Lee, Eon Suk Yoon, Yong Chan Park, Se Chol Choi, and Joo Hyoung Lee "Advanced thermal imaging system for tank sights", Proc. SPIE 5783, Infrared Technology and Applications XXXI, (31 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602283

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