The Automated Change Detection and Classification - Real-Time (ACDC-RT) System

Abstract

In support of Military Mine Warfare (MIW) clearance operations for safe vessel passage, analysts perform change detection by visually comparing historical high-resolution sidescan sonar imagery (SSI) with newly collected SSI in an attempt to identify newly placed objects. The objective of MIW change detection is to match objects detected in new SSI with historical objects stored in a database. Any newly detected objects not successfully matched are flagged for investigation. A requirement exists for a system to perform real-time change detection and classification. This paper presents an Automated Change Detection and Classification (ACDC) System, developed by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), which aids analysts in performing change detection in real-time (RT) by co-registering new and historical imagery and using automated change detection algorithms that suggest imagery changes. In this paper, ACDC-RT components are described and results given from a recent change detection experiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA498490

Entities

People

  • Charles Martin
  • Christy Gautre
  • Geary Layne
  • James Hammack
  • Martin L. Gendron

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Change Detection
  • Classification
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Image Processing
  • Military Research
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Signal Processing

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  • Database Systems and Applications