Methodology for estimating the efficiency of optical-electronic systems using an analytical model. Functions of threshold contrast and modulation transfer

Efficiency assessment is an integral part of the stages of development, testing and operation of optoelectronic systems. The lack of a unified methodology for assessing the effectiveness of optoelectronic systems leads to the fact that different assessment methods are used to compare different systems, as a result of which the results obtained are contradictory and do not provide objective data for making appropriate decisions at various stages of the life cycle of optoelectronic systems. One of the ways to solve this problem is the development of an analytical model, which can be the basis for the construction of a unified set of intellectual support for the design and maintenance of optical-electronic systems at all stages of the life cycle. The aim of the study is to form an analytical model for evaluating the effectiveness of optoelectronic systems, in terms of the functions of threshold contrast and modulation transfer. As a result, the analysis of models for evaluating the efficiency of the optoelectronic systems NVL 1975, FLIR92, NVTerm, NVTermIP and NV-IPM was carried out, and the main differences between these models were considered. The functions of the threshold system contrast and the threshold contrast of the human visual system are considered. The effect on the form of the threshold contrast function of the modulation transfer function (frequency-contrast characteristic) of the system and the external environment, as well as space-time noise, is shown. Then, a description is given of the components of the modulation transfer function of the system and the environment: the modulation transfer function of the turbulence of the atmosphere, the transfer function of the motion modulation of the optoelectronic system, the modulation transfer function of the optical system, the detector modulation transfer function; image processing modulation transmission functions. Monitor modulation transfer functions. The main parameters of the modulation transfer function, which are used to estimate the resolution of the optoelectronic system, are considered. Examples of evaluating the resolving power of various optoelectronic systems are given and the effect of smearing caused by the movement of the carrier of the optoelectronic system on the image quality for different values of exposure time is shown. The practical significance lies in the fact that the research results were applied in the development of tactical and technical requirements for optoelectronic systems, in the development of optoelectronic systems at the stages of preliminary and technical design, showed the consistency of the calculation results with the results of using existing systems.