Vehicle identification using the acoustic sensor: training, sensing concepts, and bandwidth / Harold Martinek and Sterling Pilette and Bill Biggs.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Martinek, Harold, author.

Pilette, Sterling, author.

Biggs, Bill, author.

Contributor:

U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Battlefield Information Systems Technical Area, issuing body.

HRB-Singer, Inc.

Series:

Technical paper (U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences) ; 334.

Technical paper ; 334

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligent transportation systems.

Military reconnaissance--Remote sensing.

Military reconnaissance.

Genre:

Electronic government publications -- United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([6], 71 pages)

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, Virginia : U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, September 1978.

Summary:

Experiments were designed (1) to develop and validate a training program for using the acoustic sensor to identify vehicles in convoy; (2) to provide estimates of operator performance in identifying vehicles using the acoustic sensor; and (3) to investigate the effect of different sensing concepts and bandwidths on the operator's ability to identify vehicles. Following an orientation and procedure training, 18 school-trained, unattended ground sensor (UGS) operators were tested in their ability to identify military vehicles in convoys. Magnetic tape recordings simulated use of the acoustic remote sensor in the field. Two sensing concepts were incorporated--continuous, wherein the operator monitors the entire convoy, and intermittent, wherein the operator hears each vehicle in the convoy for 4 seconds. Operators then received vehicle recognition training that used concepts of immediate feedback, self- scoring, paired comparisons, and practice. Following this training, the operators were retested to measure the effects of the training. An exploratory study compared operator performance using three bandwidths: 50-1500 cps, 50-2000 cps (presently used), and 50-4000 cps. Operators varied widely in ability to identify individual vehicles in convoys. The best operator reported twice as many correct identifications as did the poorest operator, under some conditions.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 7, 2016).

"September 1978."

"Battlefield Information Systems Technical Area."

"Performing organization: HRB-Singer, Inc."--Report documentation page."

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Martinek, Harold. Vehicle identification using the acoustic sensor

Microfiche version: Martinek, Harold. Vehicle identification using the acoustic sensor

OCLC:

227519447