NIGHT VISION TECHNOLOGY

ABSTRACT

NIGHT VISION ,AS THE NAME IMPLIES IS THE ABILITY TO

SEE IN DARKNESS.ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR MILITARY
USE, IT HAS PROVIDED NATIONS WITH STRATEGIC
ADVANTAGE IN FORM OF MILITARY AND CIVILIAN
MEANS.NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENTS HAVE EVOLVED FROM
BULKY INSTRUMENTS TO LIGHT WEIGHT GOOGLES
STARTING FROM GENERATION 0 TO GENARATION 4.NIGHT
VISION BASICALLY RELIES ON TWO TECHNOLOGIES.THEY
ARE IMAGE INTENSIFICATION AND THERMAL
IMAGING.IMAGE INTENSIFATION USES A SERIES OF LENS
AND A PHOSPHOR SCREEN TO FACILITATE NIGHT
VISION,WHERE AS THERMAL IMAGING RELIES UPON THE
INFRA-RED RAYS EMITTED FROM OBJECTS AND THEN ARE
PROCESSED IN A DIGITAL PROCESSOR TO PRODUCE AN
IMPRESSION OF THE OBJECT ON A COMPUTER
SCREEN.NIGHT VISION DEVICES HAVE A NUMBER OF
APPLICATIONS RANGING FROM THERMAL IMAGING
CAMERA TO NIGHT VISION GOOGLES.

NAME:

SAFALYA KUMAR BISWAL

BRANCH: ECE(2)
REGD NO:0701287256

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