Multiple Target Tracking in a Wide-Field-of-View Camera System

Abstract

We are developing a real-time-multiple-target-tracking system using a wide-field-of-view (WFOV) camera. The high resolution WFOV camera was conceived as part of the Strategic Defense initiative Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The camera system consists of a lens made of concentric solid blocks of index matching glasses, CCDs arrayed on the focal plane, and a custom VLSI image processor to extract the targets. References 1 and 2 describe the basic design of the WFOV camera and the prototype system that we have constructed. In this paper, we will briefly review the existing prototype system, the on-going effort to cover the full field of view using digital CCD cameras, the production of custom VLSI chips developed to extract centroids in real time, and the implementation of transputers to run the tracking algorithms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA344882

Entities

People

  • Arno G. Ledebuhr
  • Hye-sook Park
  • Michael E. Colvin
  • Nicholas J. Colella
  • Timothy S. Axelrod

Organizations

  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Cameras
  • Circuit Boards
  • Data Acquisition
  • Focal Planes
  • High Resolution
  • Image Processing
  • Images
  • Multiple Targets
  • Multitarget Tracking
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Signal Processing
  • Target Tracking
  • Targets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
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