Presented

by
SHIVNATH DHRUWANSH IPS-CTM 2007 BATCH

WHAT WE WILL COVER. !

Introduction
The night vision technology Working of night vision device Generations Usage Application References

INTRODUCTION
Night Vision Technology, by definition, allows one to see in the dark.

To understand night vision, it is important to understand about light..

NEAR-INFRARED MID-INFRARED THERMAL-INFRARED

WORKING OF NIGHT VISION

DEPENDING ON TECHNOLOGY: IMAGE ENHANCEMENT: Using lower portion of infrared light spectrum. THERMAL IMAGING: Using upper portion of infrared light spectrum

HOW DOES THERMAL IMAGING WORK????????

Components used in thermal imaging are as follows:

Its quite easy to see everything during the day.

..but at night, you can see very little.

Thermal imaging lets you see again.

TYPES OF THERMAL IMAGING DEVICES..

UN-COOLED: The unit operates at room

temperature. CRYOGENICALLY COOLED: The unit kept at a temperature below 32 deg. F.

THEN WHAT ABOUT IMAGE ENHANCEMENT?

Why do NV devices always show images in hues of green?

The screen was purposefully colored green due to the scientific fact that the human eye can differentiate more shades of green than any other color.

GENERATIONS OF NIGHT VISION PRODUCTS

There are 5 generations of night vision products. They are as follows: GENERATION 0: Night vision products developed in early 1950 s. GENERATION1:Advanced devices produced in 1960 s. GENERATION 2:Introduction of MCP in 1970 s. GENERATION3:Newer versions of MCPs were developed in late 1970 s and early 1980 s. GENERATION4:Extended part of GEN3 forms this generation.

GENERATION-0
The earliest night vision products were based on image conversion rather than image intensification. They required a source of invisible IR light mounted near or on the device to illuminate the target area.

GENERATION-1
They have 3 image intensifier tubes connected in series.

A gain of 10,000 was obtained in this generation.

GENERATION-2
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CHARACTERISTICS OF NIGHT VISION

A.Textures, light and dark : B. Fog and rain : C. Black spots :

EQUIPMENT AND APPLICATIONS

Night Vision equipment can be split into three broad categories:-

 Scopes

GOGGLES

 CAMERAS

APPLICATIONS
Common applications for night vision include

Military Hunting Wildlife observation Security Hidden object detection Entertainment

REFERENCES

1.www.answers.com 2.www.journalofvision.org 3.www.opticsinfobase.org 4.www.night vision.com 5.www.informaworld.com

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