SENSOR CALIBRATION SYSTEM DESIGN

THIS INNOVATION IS A FULLY AUTOMATED, FIELD RATED APPARATUS TO CALIBRATE VISIBLE AND INFRARED SYSTEMS IN AIRBORNE APPLICATIONS. SEVERAL MANUFACTURERS PRODUCE TEST EQUIPMENT,BUT NO OBE APPARATUS CAN PERFORM THE MULTITUDE OF INDIVIDUALTESTS IN A CORRELATED AND AUTOMATED MANNER. THIS INNOVATIONNOT ONLY CALIBRATES AIRBORNE SENSOR SYSTEMS, BUT DOES SO USING MENU DRIVEN SOFTWARE FOR COMPLETE USER FLEXIBILITY, DISPLAYS RESULTS ON A CRT FOR IMMEDIATE REVIEW, PRINTS A HARD COPY OF TEST RESULTS, AND PRODUCES A FLOPPY DISK RECORDOF THE RAW DATA FOR LATER REPLAY OR COMPARISON TO SUBSEQUENTDATA. THE SOFTWARE ALLOWS USER SELECTION OF THE AVAILABLE WAVELENGTH, TESTS, AND SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PARTICULAR SENSOR. DATA FROM THE SENSOR UNDER TEST IS FED INTO THE ANALYSIS COMPUTER OVER A COMMON INTERFACE, SUCH AS THE IEEE-488, IN A PRESELECTED FORMAT FOR ASSIMILATION.