JBI Distributed Test Bed (JBI-DT) Video
Abstract
This final technical report will describe the efforts and accomplishments performed under contract to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Rome Research Site (RRS). The original terms of this contract specified the incorporation of Motion Imagery Exploitation capabilities, provided by AFRL's Exploitation Toolkit for Video (XTV), into the Joint Battlespace Infosphere (JBI). However, given the relatively small dollar amount of the contract, and the potential benefits anticipated for this purpose, it was decided to concentrate on enhancing existing exploitation capabilities. Prior Motion Imagery Exploitation work performed by Northrop Grumman Information Technology (IT) under contract to AFRL consisted of a method to automatically determine significant scene changes in compressed MPEG video. This contract extended that effort to add segmentation capabilities to the scene change detection efforts. To make this tool user friendly, a graphical user interface (GUI) was built to support testing and utilization of this automatic segmentation tool. Additionally, this process was loosely integrated with an AFRL developed mosaicking capability to demonstrate a proof of concept for Phase 0 image exploitation. Surveillance video can be of very long duration, often longer than 24 hours, thus making effective use of this video difficult. To facilitate the exploitation of this video and reduce required manpower, tools such as automatic segmentation become necessary. This effort has shown that automatic video segmentation can be an effective tool for partitioning video into homogeneous segments and will assist in the effective exploitation of aerial surveillance video. Integration of the automatic segmentation tool with the mosaicking capability provides the exploiter with a completely hands-free analysis tool that will allow the user to quickly view the mosaics and identify which video clips may be of interest. (2 figures, 5 refs.)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA418575
Entities
People
- Thomas Heath
Organizations
- Northrop Grumman