AVID SPOT

AVID SPOT (Software Pixels on Target) assists system designers in selecting the ideal combination of vehicle and sensor package for a given application. SPOT combines a UAV flight simulator with the ability to control sensor parameters such as field of view, frames per second, and sensor orientation. SPOT saves time and money by removing the need to build a vehicle, mount a camera, and perform test flights to study the quality of visual data that can be collected by the system. With SPOT, designers can perform trade studies on sensor parameters and vehicle stability to develop an optimal system for an application.

Figure 1 demonstrates a virtual 3-D scene in SPOT and how field of view for the sensor affects visual data. Three fields of view of the same scene are shown: 120 degrees, 50 degrees, and 7 degrees.

Figure 1. SPOT software comparing three
fields of view from the same scene