Automatic Detection and Tracking for the San Francisco Vessel Traffic System.

Abstract

The San Francisco Vessel Traffic System (VTS) was conceived as an automated complex that would free the system operators of all routine tasks, permitting them to concentrate on situations requiring human intervention. Accordingly, a radar detection system has been designed to automatically acquire and track all vessels within a defined surveillance region covering the San Francisco Bay and seaward approach to the Golden Gate. The report describes the two major elements comprising the automatic detection and tracking system: a Radar Video Preprocessor (RVP) and a radar computer. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0779589

Entities

People

  • J. L. Macarthur
  • J. M. Davis
  • S. F. Oden

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Automatic
  • Bays
  • Computers
  • Coverings
  • Detection
  • Intervention
  • San Francisco Bay
  • Surveillance
  • Traffic
  • Vessel Traffic Systems

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computer Science.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security