Effects of video compression on target acquisition performance

Richard L. Espinola; Jae Cha; Bradley Preece

doi:10.1117/12.779190

11 April 2008 Effects of video compression on target acquisition performance

Richard L. Espinola, Jae Cha, Bradley Preece

Proceedings Volume 6941, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XIX; 694107 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779190
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The bandwidth requirements of modern target acquisition systems continue to increase with larger sensor formats and multi-spectral capabilities. To obviate this problem, still and moving imagery can be compressed, often resulting in greater than 100 fold decrease in required bandwidth. Compression, however, is generally not error-free and the generated artifacts can adversely affect task performance. The U.S. Army RDECOM CERDEC Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate recently performed an assessment of various compression techniques on static imagery for tank identification. In this paper, we expand this initial assessment by studying and quantifying the effect of various video compression algorithms and their impact on tank identification performance. We perform a series of controlled human perception tests using three dynamic simulated scenarios: target moving/sensor static, target static/sensor static, sensor tracking the target. Results of this study will quantify the effect of video compression on target identification and provide a framework to evaluate video compression on future sensor systems.

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Richard L. Espinola, Jae Cha, and Bradley Preece "Effects of video compression on target acquisition performance", Proc. SPIE 6941, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XIX, 694107 (11 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.779190

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