Multitarget Tracking Using Optical Processing

Abstract

Our SDIO multitarget tracking optical system is described. It involves point target detection and localization of sub-pixel targets below the noise level (using an optical correlator), track initiation (using an optical Hough transform), data association (using an optical neural net), a simple estimator (alpha, beta, gamma tracker), and inherent error correction (in the full modular system). New algorithms and optical architectures were devised, and real ISTEF data was processed on real-time optical laboratory systems. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA239656

Entities

People

  • David P. Casasent

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Vision
  • Computers
  • Data Association
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Filtration
  • Information Science
  • Kalman Filters
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Multiple Hypothesis Tracking
  • Multitarget Tracking
  • Network Science
  • Neural Networks
  • Optical Correlators
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.