A smartphone application to capture visual evidence of laser incidents has been developed in response to the growing trend of lasers being targeted at commercial airline pilots, public transportation drivers, and police officers. This paper details the development of the smartphone application, known as LERapp (Laser Event Recorder App), giving details of its functionality and the laser detection algorithms used. An overview of laboratory and outdoor testing is also presented, together with the relative strengths and weaknesses of the adopted approach.

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