The IMAGO Splash Detection system measures the impact point of weapons fired at a naval or land-based test site. It uses a staring-array solution and can support up to 8 stations.
The Splash Detection System provides the following information:
- Splash location in different coordinate systems (NEU/WGS84)
- Range and drift off line of fire
- Miss distance
- Time resolution to within +/-50 msec (1 frame time)
- Daily summary report of shots
- 3D map display showing SDS locations, target locations and splash locations
The Splash Detection System offers the following functionality:
- Ability to point cameras to a location where impact is expected.
- Automatic or manual image brightness control.
- Records approximately 20 seconds of data upon trigger.
- Ability to scroll through the image sequence to identify the splash.
- Saves splash location to 0.0001° resolution (manual or automatic mode).
- Save location (Az and El) of other points such as survey markers and reference floats can also be saved to 0.0001° resolution via manual designation.
- Ability to reprocess the event by reloading recorded data.
- Accepts a trigger from the gun and expected flight time.
- Multiple stations can communicate to verify detection of the same event based on IRIG time (optional).
- Cue mode allows the system to follow a moving target based on an input cue while recording video.
Automatic Splash Detection (Optional)
IMAGO's splash detection image-processing algorithm is optimised for automatic detection and extraction of large splashes caused by munitions entering the water. Specifically:
- Designed to exclude other moving objects such as birds or boats.
- Handles whitecaps and wave motion.
- The algorithm is designed to handle moderate sunlight reflection off the water; however, strong solar reflection will reduce the effectiveness of automatic detection.
- Camera image brightness is automatically adjusted to maintain a clear image.
- Extracts the position and time at which the munitions entered the water.
- Handles skewed splashes (non-vertical) and splashes of various shapes.
- Can detect whether munitions detonated above the water surface.