Merlin microbolometer camera calibration

William J. Green; Donald E. Maurer

doi:10.1117/12.439151

10 September 2001 Merlin microbolometer camera calibration

William J. Green, Donald E. Maurer

Proceedings Volume 4372, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.439151
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Low Cost Gun Launched Seeker is a component of the Navy's effort to develop effective weapons for surface fire support missions by enhancing the performance of projectiles like the Extended Range Guided Munitions with low-cost, uncooled infrared (IR) staring focal plane array terminal seekers. IR target images for validating target detection algorithms were collected using a Merlin long wave camera from Indigo Systems. This paper characterizes the camera in order to develop performance parameters for simulating the seeker and to understand features in the imagery. These parameters include temperature response, temporal noise characteristics, fixed pattern noise, and the modulation transfer function.

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William J. Green and Donald E. Maurer "Merlin microbolometer camera calibration", Proc. SPIE 4372, Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XII, (10 September 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.439151

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