METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SEARCH OF SMALL TARGET ON SEA SURFACE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for conveying search support information related to the detection of a small target floating on a sea surface to a crew even if the aircraft crew looks one's eyes off a monitor screen.;SOLUTION: In a method for supporting the search of a small target on a sea surface for searching a small target floating on the sea surface while scanning along a sea route, an infrared imaging apparatus, or the like mounted on an aircraft is used to output a sound signal to headphones 19 using the strength of sound and variations in a sound interval by a sound signal conversion section 18 according to the distance difference between the position of the small target and that of the aircraft calculated by a target extraction processing section 15, thus reporting the crew that the small target to be searched is near the aircraft even if the crew is not seeing the screen of the monitor 13 of the infrared imaging apparatus 10.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT