A Comparison of the Detection Rates for Infrared and Visual Imagery of a Person Holdina an RPG

Abstract

Detection of potential threats that are camouflaged or concealed is important not only for military acquisition problems but, also for crowd surveillance as well as tactical use such as on border patrols. Imaging and display technologies that take advantage of photo-simulation and sensor fusion are discussed in this paper. A comparison of the detection rates of visible, infrared (IR) and sensor-fused imagery of scenes that contain a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) were made. Image fusion was achieved using a Gaussian Laplacian pyramidal approach with wavelets for edge enhancement. Three types of images were also compared in terms of better detection of concealed weapons.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 2004
Accession Number
ADA460141

Entities

People

  • Darryl Bryk
  • David Bednarz
  • Elena Bankowski
  • Euijung Sohn
  • John Vala
  • Kim Lane
  • Rachel Jozwiak
  • Tom Meitzler

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Information Operations
  • Military Acquisition
  • Rocket Propelled Grenades
  • Sensor Fusion
  • Standards

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.