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The AN/PSQ-20 Enhanced Night Vision Goggle (ENVG) is a third-generation passive monocular night vision device developed for the United States Armed Forces by ITT Exelis. It fuses image-intensifying and thermal-imaging technologies, enabling vision in conditions with very little light. The two methods can be used simultaneously or individually.
A US airman tests AN/AVS-10 panoramic night-vision goggles in March 2006. Member of the U.S. Marine Corps testing out the GPNVG-18. Night vision devices typically have a limited field of view (FoV); the commonly used AN/PVS-14 has a FoV of 40, [66] less than the 95° monocular horizontal FoV and humans' 190° binocular horizontal FoV. [67]
Digital night vision relies on high sensitivity back-illuminated CMOS image sensors, also sometimes called sCMOS (scientific CMOS). Their sensitivity can exceed the sensitivity of the human eye. [13] These sensors can be head-mounted in night vision goggles and rifle scopes, but are also used in security camera systems, astronomy, and ...
Visual perception in animals plays an important role in the animal kingdom, most importantly for the identification of food sources and avoidance of predators. For this reason, blindness in animals is a unique topic of study. In general, nocturnal or subterranean animals have less interest in the visual world, and depend on other sensory ...
Many animals such as cats possess high-resolution night vision, allowing them to discriminate objects with high frequencies in low illumination settings. The tapetum lucidum is a reflective structure that is responsible for this superior night vision as it mirrors light back through the retina exposing the photoreceptor cells to an increased ...
Animal multilayer reflectors work in the same way as a man-made dielectric mirror (or Bragg mirror) being composed of alternating layers of high and low refractive index, the thickness of each layer being 1/4 the wavelength most strongly reflected. [8] To reflect a wide range of wavelengths, the spacing must vary through the thickness of the ...
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Thermal weapon sights are often used by hunters to aid in the detection of game, such as feral hogs, coyotes, or rodents such as rats. The sight's ability to see unaided even in complete darkness allows the hunter to be undetected and aware of potential prey, facilitating a quick and precise takedown. [3]