Compact, Light Weight Color Night Vision Goggles

"TeraOps Corporation is proposing to develop OmniScope, a compact, portable night vision goggle system with multi-spectral sensing and enhanced color visualization. By fully utilizing multi-spectral information representing a night scene obtained usingintensified visible-range and infrared sensors, OmniScope will provide an information-rich yet easily discernible view allowing faster interpretation of visual information. Significant improvements in situational awareness, detection, targeting,navigation, and maneuvering capabilities are expected by incorporating state-of-the art sensor, processing, and display technologies into this highly portable device. TeraOps will design and develop a ruggedized prototype system suitable for field use.Hardware based on the latest signal processing technology will enable the creation of an extremely compact fusion processor using less than 10 W of power. The fusion processor will be able to generate both gray-scale and false-colored images of highquality and readability by evaluating information contained in the input images at every point in space and time. The highly optimized output image containing all salient features available from input images will be displayed using a lightweighthead-mounted display unit which will also contain a compact multi-spectral sensor package. The resulting system will enable mobile personnel to efficiently operate in low-visibility environments including closed s