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Dr. Peter F. Symosek

Principal Systems Engineer

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Proceedings Article | 30 July 1998 Paper

PMMW/DGPS/GPS integrated situation awareness system

Norman Tarleton, Peter Symosek, Randy Hartman

Proceedings Volume 3364, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317460

KEYWORDS: Passive millimeter wave sensors, Image processing, Cameras, Global Positioning System, Heads up displays, Spatial resolution, Receivers, Image enhancement, Detection and tracking algorithms, System integration

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Integrating Passive Millimeter Wave camera (PMMW), Global Positioning System (GPS), and Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) provides a pilot with a visual precision approach and landing in inclement weather conditions conceivably down to CAT III conditions. A DARPA funded, NASA Langley managed Technology Reinvestment Program (TRP) consortium consisting of Honeywell, TRW, Boeing, and Composite Optics Corporations is demonstrating the PMMW camera. The TRW developed PMMW camera displays the runway through fog, smoke, and clouds in day or night conditions. The Global Air Traffic Program Office entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with Honeywell to demonstrate DGPS. The Honeywell developed DGPS provides precision navigational data to within 1 m error where GPS has 100 m of error. In inclement weather the runway approach is initiated using GPS data until a range where DGPS data can be received. The runway is presented to the pilot using the PMMW image viewed via a Heads Up Display (HUD) or Head Mounted Display (HMD). At a range where DGPS data is available, a precise runway and horizon symbology is computed in the Flight Display Computer and overlaid on the PMMW image. Image processing algorithms operate on the PMMW image to identify and highlight obstacles on the runway. The integrated system provides the pilot with an enhanced situation awareness of the runway approach in inclement weather. When a DGPS ground station is not available at the landing area, image processing algorithms (again operating on the PMMW image) generate the runway and horizon symbology. GPS provides the algorithm with initial conditions for runway location and perspective. The algorithm then locates and highlights the runway and any obstacles on the runway. Honeywell Technology Center is performing research in the area of integrating the PMMW, DGPS, and GPS technologies to provide the pilot with the most necessary features of each system; namely: visibility, accuracy, obstacle detection, runway overlay, horizon symbology and availability.

Proceedings Article | 26 June 1997 Paper

Processor design optimization methodology for synthetic vision systems

Bill Wren, Norman Tarleton, Peter Symosek

Proceedings Volume 3088, (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.277225

KEYWORDS: Computer architecture, Passive millimeter wave sensors, Avionic systems, Performance modeling, Optimization (mathematics), Synthetic vision, Systems modeling, Genetic algorithms, Extremely high frequency, Heads up displays

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Proceedings Article | 20 June 1995 Paper

Automated adaptation for ATR algorithms

Peter Symosek, Michael Bazakos

Proceedings Volume 2496, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.211368

KEYWORDS: Detection and tracking algorithms, Automatic target recognition, Land mines, Mining, Algorithm development, Performance modeling, Multispectral imaging, Image processing, Feature extraction, Reliability

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Proceedings Article | 13 July 1994 Paper

Image processing for flight crew enhanced situation awareness

Barry Roberts, Peter Symosek

Proceedings Volume 2220, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.179609

KEYWORDS: Image processing, Radar, Sensors, Image enhancement, Image sensors, Feature extraction, Image segmentation, Antennas, Image fusion, Nonlinear filtering

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