Patent ID: 7149652

Claim:
A method for assessing the detection probability of a camouflaged target by a given sensor at a given range R, comprising the steps of: A) determining the cycles resolved on the target (N) for said sensor as the number of equivalent cycles resolved by the sensor with its apparent thermal contrast; B) defining a variable N 50 as the cycle criterion required for a fifty percent (50%) probability of detection of said target; C) determining the inherent ΔT RSS of the camouflaged target; D) scaling the result of step B) according to the relationship N 50 = A ( Δ ⁢ ⁢ T RSS ) B + C , where A, B and C are predetermined constants; E) determining the probability P of detection according to the relationship: P =( N/N 50 ) E /(1+( N/N 50 ) E), where E=2.7+0.7(N/N 50 ), and F) predicting an accurate model of a sensor's performance.