Virtual Optical Platform Simulation Software

With the development of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) technology, the reconnaissance equipments of UAV have been more and more complex, which from the early days of the photoelectric camera to opto-electronic platform. Opto-Electronic platform costs highly; whereas, with low cost computer and visual simulation technology, it achieve vivid simulating reconnaissance scene. In this way, it can be used in the UAV Hardware-In-The-Loop simulation experiment, also can be used to educate the remote controller of GCS(Groud Control Station). In a word, it has great practical meaning. The main contributions are as follows:1. A document review is made to analyze the present status and trend of opto-electronic platform of UAV; and based on Virtual Reality technology, this thesis designs the configuration of virtual opto-electronic platform and introduces the develop environment that are Multigen Creator and Vega software.2. According to the requirement of virtual opto-electronic platform, the main contents of this thesis are Visible Light Scene, IR Scene and SAR imaging of the virtual opto-electronic platform. In the Visible Light Scene simulation, three-dimension mode is built and Vega is used, and using C++ programming.3. The IR Scene simulation is the most important in the thesis, firstly analyzing reasons of affecting IR Scene simulation and designing IR Scene using IR simulation tools(SensorVison, SensorWorks, TMM, MAT and LOWTRAN). In addition, the difficulty of this thesis is SAR imaging simulation with using RadarWorks to simulate.4. The virtual opto-electronic platform accepts the datas which from the Flight Control Station with UDP, completing the simulation and satisfying real-time request.The virtual opto-electronic platform simulation software achieves UAVs flighting scene simulation, it is proved that the application in the virtual opto-electronic platform simulation is feasible. The research methods and key technology in this thesis are valuable for the future research on the virtual opto-electronic platform simulation.