Evaluation of protection measures against laser dazzling for imaging sensors

Gunnar Ritt; Bernd Eberle

doi:10.1117/1.OE.56.3.033108

28 March 2017 Evaluation of protection measures against laser dazzling for imaging sensors

Gunnar Ritt, Bernd Eberle

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 56, Issue 3, 033108 (March 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.3.033108

Abstract

We present our work regarding the evaluation of protection measures against laser dazzling for imaging devices. Different approaches for the evaluation of dazzled sensor images are investigated to estimate the loss of information due to the dazzle spot: (1) counting the number of overexposed pixels, (2) based on triangle orientation discrimination, and (3) using the structural similarity index. The evaluation approaches are applied on experimental data obtained with two different sensors hardened against laser dazzling. The hardening concept of the first sensor is based on the combination of a spatial light modulator and wavelength multiplexing. This protection concept allows spatially and spectrally resolved suppression of laser radiation within the sensor’s field-of-view. The hardening concept of the second sensor utilizes the principle of “complementary bands.” The optical setup resembles a common three-chip camera, with the difference that dedicated filters with steep edges replace the regular spectral band filters. Although this concept does not really represent a “protection measure,” it allows the sensor to provide information even in laser dazzling situations. The data for the performance evaluation were acquired both in a laboratory setup using test charts comprising triangles of different size and orientation as well as in field trials.

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Gunnar Ritt and Bernd Eberle "Evaluation of protection measures against laser dazzling for imaging sensors," Optical Engineering 56(3), 033108 (28 March 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.56.3.033108

Received: 18 November 2016; Accepted: 8 March 2017; Published: 28 March 2017

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