Nonconventional concept for continuous reproduction of target movement

Abstract

We demonstrate a novel concept, to the best of our knowledge, for reproduction of the target movement without the frame-by-frame display technique elaborated by the Lumiere brothers. The specially designed elements—apodizing filters with axially quadratic transmittance of radiation, are used to continually record a target position change in time. The recording system deals with nonmatrix detectors and requires only one-step conversion of light energy into an electrical signal to monitor the target under study. The concept makes it possible to develop new techniques for night vision in the near-infrared and thermal spectra. The path and speed of a bouncing and receding ball in the computer screen animation are recorded and reproduced in 3D.

Distant human detection in the thermal infrared region

“…16 The concept is used for optical monitoring of integral properties of arbitrarily distributed substances using a specially designed radially quadratic transmittance-apodizing filter. Based on this technique, the single object movement is recorded 17 in the visible spectrum, where the detection system uses non-matrix detectors operating in a linear sensitivity range. The theoretical and experimental research concerning object tracking, remote sensing, and radiolocation is carried out in Ref.…”